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Release Date: 25 July, 2000 Retail Price: $14.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (8 total) |
Cutthroat Island Reviews
Avast ye mateys....This movie is bad. Poor Geena Davis.....
How bad is Cutthroat Island? I don't think there's a word to describe it. The lesson here is $100 million can buy you a lot of special effects and big name stars but it can't buy you a decent screenplay to base the movie on.
Geena Davis fresh off the success of Thelma & Louise tries to make the world's first feminist Pirate movie. Unfortunately she looks and feels out of place. I was never able to suspend my disbelief watching her in the role of a pirate. Her acting isn't on the level of her great work in The Accidental Tourist and Thelma & Louise, It's the worst performance of her career. It's like she forgot everything she learned about acting. In a lot of scenes she gets shot and stabbed, but in later frames doesn't act injured at all. I guess they were trying to show how tough she is unfortunately she looks ridiculous.
The film has lavish set pieces, and elaborate stunt work. Unfortunately it's not seamless. In many frames you can see the stuntmen! The plot about pirates traveling the world for a treasure just doesn't come together. The story has holes you can drive a pirate ship through. You never believe the fantasy because of Davis' wooden performance and the poor special effects.
Geena Davis' career never recovered after this disaster. If you like her work get the Accidental Tourist or Thelma & Louise. If you want to see a strong female hero, Check out Alien.
"Love...who can explain it?"
I'm not sure if it's still true, but at one time Cutthroat Island was considered biggest box-office loss of all time. Sometimes when a film isn't a success the reasons why are obvious. Sometimes a film comes out at the wrong time. Sometimes a film is too radical to have mainstream appeal. And sometimes...I have absolutely no idea why a film isn't a success.
This film is a great movie in the modern sense. By that I mean tha the dialog is cheesy, the plot is predictable, the characters are lovable and the budget is massive. In some movies you wonder where all the money for the special effects wnet. Not this time. In this spectacle of celluloid you will witness the destruction of entire towns, and see a ship literally blown into toothpick-size pieces! As you would hope for, there is a ton of action-filled swordfights and silly romance as well.
With awesome sound effects, a rousing musical score, and lavish cinematography, perhaps the real deciding factor in a person's feeling of love or hate toward this one will be Geena Davis' portrayal of the Mogan Adams, possibly the toughest female ever to sail across the silver screen. Visibly doing most of her own stunts (some of which look incredibly dangerous, if not outright painful), pretty much all of the drama, comedy, romance, and action is centered on her. Personally, I find her performance charming and her stuntwork through the numerous action sequences inspiring.
I think everyone should see this film at least once, if only for the stunts, explosions, swordfights, and wonderfully cheesy dialog. Pirate movie fanatics should order a copy immediately and prepare to set sail!
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