The pirate movie is a sub-genre of the cinema. "Captain Blood," while not the first pirate movie, gave us all the infrastructure for those to come. Errol Flynn was born to play these parts. He had swagger, good looks, and a way of overcoming obstacles. At the beginning he is treated like dirt and shoved off to be enslaved by king and country. When he has a chance, he takes his fellow slaves, captures a Spanish ship, and sets off to rob and plunder any merchant ship he comes across. But there is also romance, betrayal, revenge, and scenes of incredible action. This hasn't always been my favorite kind of movie, but I can see why this one stands above so many others.
Review of Captain Blood
