tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post7161876642066354170..comments2024-03-11T16:51:36.636-04:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: A New Poll: Favorite Movie PiratesMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-82166229008740572382011-05-17T16:50:05.189-04:002011-05-17T16:50:05.189-04:00Got tired of waiting for Blogger to restore all th...Got tired of waiting for Blogger to restore all the missing comments.<br /><br /><b>Beveridge D. Spenser:</b> Charles Laughton as Capt. Kidd! Oops, I already voted. Never mind.<br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> Vote early, vote often, I always say! <br /><br /><b>Worc:</b> I voted for Lancaster, incredible performances like a pirate. A greeting. <br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> I think my favorite Lancaster performances are <i>Elmer Gantry</i>, <i>The Train</i> and <i>Atlantic City</i>. Plus all those film noirs he made in the 1940s. He's never boring. <br /><br /><b>Worc:</b> Agree with you, for me Elmer Gantry is a superb Lancaster`s performance and Jean Simmons simply amazing. A greeting. <br /><br /><b>Uncle Tom:</b> what, no Yosemite Sam? Oh Mr Pye-Rate! I'm a Hessian with no agression <br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> I got your Yosemite Sam right <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxXWnGkRIU" rel="nofollow"> here</a> ... <br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> And apropos of exactly nothing ... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgJW0XZZpw&playnext=1&list=PL95FBF07A819CBE4E" rel="nofollow"> goigle, goigle, goigle, goigle!</a><br /><br /><b>Douglas Fairbanks:</b> I vote for Mr. Depp. While he neither swashes nor buckles, he charms and entertains. Thank you for considering my work. <i>I think my favorite Lancaster performances are Elmer Gantry, The Train and Atlantic City. Plus all those film noirs he made in the 1940s.</i> My friend, let us not sleep on Mr. Lancaster's performance in <i>Field of Dreams</i> The film is admittedly a train wreck, but every moment that Mr. Lancaster appears onscreen is sublime -- he is a movie star and makes us like it. <br /><br /><b>Douglas Fairbanks:</b> It nearly slipped my mind: Your modern pharmaceutical <i>Xanax</i> is admirable! <br /><br /><b>Mythical Monkey:</b> <i>My friend, let us not sleep on Mr. Lancaster's performance in Field of Dreams The film is admittedly a train wreck, but every moment that Mr. Lancaster appears onscreen is sublime -- he is a movie star and makes us like it. </i> Ah, yes, it slipped my mind. Lancaster rescues the movie -- a great, understated performance,Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-35771249557246290982011-05-15T08:53:43.552-04:002011-05-15T08:53:43.552-04:00Well, the star of any pirate movie worth its salt ...Well, the star of any pirate movie worth its salt is the ship. You have to have a ragtag pirate ship square off against one of those British ships with three tiers of cannons before you can even call it a pirates movie...<br /><br />... and then there must be a women worth stealing, converting to the cause, losing, and then rescuing from her unhappy life of royalty and privilege for a life on the high seas ...<br /><br />... then we need Errol Flynn to step in to save the day ...Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09138793420174462147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31578656759714004782011-05-12T14:23:19.477-04:002011-05-12T14:23:19.477-04:00My friend, let us not sleep on Mr. Lancaster's...<i>My friend, let us not sleep on Mr. Lancaster's performance in Field of Dreams The film is admittedly a train wreck, but every moment that Mr. Lancaster appears onscreen is sublime -- he is a movie star and makes us like it. </i><br /><br />Ah, yes, it slipped my mind. Lancaster rescues the movie -- a great, understated performance,Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-7233940745641959252011-05-12T14:10:39.629-04:002011-05-12T14:10:39.629-04:00It nearly slipped my
mind:
Your modern pharmaceut...It nearly slipped my<br />mind:<br /><br />Your modern pharmaceutical <i>Xanax</i> is admirable!Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-11309662757965346162011-05-12T14:09:06.777-04:002011-05-12T14:09:06.777-04:00I vote for Mr. Depp. While he neither swashes nor...I vote for Mr. Depp. While he neither swashes nor buckles, he charms and entertains.<br /><br />Thank you for considering my work.<br /><br /><br /><i>I think my favorite Lancaster performances are Elmer Gantry, The Train and Atlantic City. Plus all those film noirs he made in the 1940s.</i><br /><br />My friend, let us not sleep on Mr. Lancaster's performance in <i>Field of Dreams</i> The film is admittedly a train wreck, but every moment that Mr. Lancaster appears onscreen is sublime -- he is a movie star and makes us like it.Douglas Fairbankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07618933609577319699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-4905887485890796392011-05-12T13:35:38.534-04:002011-05-12T13:35:38.534-04:00And apropos of exactly nothing -- goigle, goigle,...And apropos of exactly nothing -- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgJW0XZZpw&playnext=1&list=PL95FBF07A819CBE4E" rel="nofollow"> goigle, goigle, goigle, goigle!</a>Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-55513201617521066662011-05-12T13:16:53.451-04:002011-05-12T13:16:53.451-04:00I got your Yosemite Sam right here ...I got your Yosemite Sam right <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxXWnGkRIU" rel="nofollow"> here</a> ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-79153132769915851642011-05-12T13:05:35.218-04:002011-05-12T13:05:35.218-04:00what, no Yosemite Sam?
Oh Mr Pye-Rate!
I'm a...what, no Yosemite Sam?<br /><br />Oh Mr Pye-Rate!<br /><br />I'm a Hessian with no agressionUncle Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14928846509441045279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84062363113179931012011-05-12T12:25:13.417-04:002011-05-12T12:25:13.417-04:00Agree with you, for me Elmer Gantry is a superb La...Agree with you, for me Elmer Gantry is a superb Lancaster`s performance and Jean Simmons simply amazing.<br /><br />A greeting.Víctor M. Lázarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003886340212857661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-71476253234880210052011-05-12T11:39:39.370-04:002011-05-12T11:39:39.370-04:00I think my favorite Lancaster performances are Elm...I think my favorite Lancaster performances are <i>Elmer Gantry</i>, <i>The Train</i> and <i>Atlantic City</i>. Plus all those film noirs he made in the 1940s.<br /><br />He's never boring.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-38403410047018529912011-05-12T11:05:05.283-04:002011-05-12T11:05:05.283-04:00I voted for Lancaster, incredible performances lik...I voted for Lancaster, incredible performances like a pirate.<br /><br />A greeting.Víctor M. Lázarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003886340212857661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-88857923935627189222011-05-11T22:23:23.331-04:002011-05-11T22:23:23.331-04:00Vote early, vote often, I always say!Vote early, vote often, I always say!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48772858363849142522011-05-11T21:38:04.226-04:002011-05-11T21:38:04.226-04:00Charles Laughton as Capt. Kidd! Oops, I already vo...Charles Laughton as Capt. Kidd! Oops, I already voted. Never mind.Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-13221726601872832482011-05-11T08:37:00.226-04:002011-05-11T08:37:00.226-04:00Of Burt Lancaster, I say when he's good, he...Of Burt Lancaster, I say when he's good, he's very very good, and when he's bad, he's the <i>Crimson Pirate</i>.<br /><br />My mother, as a teenage girl, was foaming at the mouth gaga over Tyrone Power -- <i>Alexander's Ragtime Band</i> was one of her all-time favorites -- so it's nice to see he's picked up a couple of votes.<br /><br />I like Johnny Depp -- I'd put him third on my list. He's basically the anti-pirate pirate, funny and single-handedly turned what could have been a minor Disney movie into one of the most lucrative franchises in history.<br /><br />But Errol Flynn versus Douglas Fairbanks is where the action is in my head -- Fairbanks in <i>The Black Pirate</i>, one of the earliest color movies, is filled with great stunts and action, while Flynn in both <i>Captain Blood</i> and <i>The Sea Hawk</i> is terrific. You can't go wrong either way.<br /><br />And for those who prefer, say, Wallace Beery as Long John Silver, or whoever that guy was in <i>The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad</i> or even the dead Guy Williams in <i>Captain Sinbad</i>, well, there's always "other"!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-30031934143124747032011-05-10T23:16:58.487-04:002011-05-10T23:16:58.487-04:00Hands down Errol Flynn gets my vote!
PageHands down Errol Flynn gets my vote!<br />PagePagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063277863578004836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31588930894575460052011-05-10T20:07:59.527-04:002011-05-10T20:07:59.527-04:00Johnny Depp is not my favorite pirate, but his fra...Johnny Depp is not my favorite pirate, but his franchise may be my favorite pirate <i>movies</i>. Most pirate movies are compromised by a weak action, excessive goofiness, or lack of nautical scenes. The last is a killer - so many pirate movies spend too much time on dry land or phony ship sets. Not <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i>, though!<br /><br />But Depp is a little too Burt Lancaster for my tastes.Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.com