The Black Pirate (1926) :
Brief Review -
An earliest Nicer Pirate Film against the tide. Douglas Fairbanks- An ancestor to great On-Screen Pirates like Errol Flynn and Johnny Depp. Michael Curtiz's 'Captain Blood' is the First Pirate Classic ever and also the Greatest pirate film ever for me, you can agree or just ignore. The fact that The Black Pirate came almost a decade before surely leaves me worried about dishonoring it for going against the tide. Whether it is Captain Blood or modern Classic 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' (2003), both the films followed those notorious rules of pirate while this film went against the tide with the protagonist of the story. However, the cumulative results were still satisfying but not enough for a Classic tag compared to those two classics i just mentioned. Thankfully, Douglas Fairbanks portrays a great pirate even though he's not the one (i heted that part actually), his body language, tricks used to fool others everything is best for the time. One just can't deny the factual value and heroism of this film and his character when you look at it as a 1926's Flick. They made the best possible version for their time, but today it definitely stands behind Captain Blood and POTC. Maybe having not gone against the characteristics and basics of a pirate would have helped the film and it would have brought more conviction and quirky patterns for sure. Nevertheless, it makes solid heroic tale set in typical revenge and romance drama zone. Some scenes in the film are really amazing even when i consider its visual appeal for today's audience. Overall, it's a fantastic watch for superb performance of Fairbanks and his acrobatics and couple of amazing grand style sequences of Pirates world. I wish it had understood the main Motive and meaning of 'Pirate' word and we might have experienced the First Pirate Classic in World Cinema and that too in Silent era.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
An earliest Nicer Pirate Film against the tide. Douglas Fairbanks- An ancestor to great On-Screen Pirates like Errol Flynn and Johnny Depp. Michael Curtiz's 'Captain Blood' is the First Pirate Classic ever and also the Greatest pirate film ever for me, you can agree or just ignore. The fact that The Black Pirate came almost a decade before surely leaves me worried about dishonoring it for going against the tide. Whether it is Captain Blood or modern Classic 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' (2003), both the films followed those notorious rules of pirate while this film went against the tide with the protagonist of the story. However, the cumulative results were still satisfying but not enough for a Classic tag compared to those two classics i just mentioned. Thankfully, Douglas Fairbanks portrays a great pirate even though he's not the one (i heted that part actually), his body language, tricks used to fool others everything is best for the time. One just can't deny the factual value and heroism of this film and his character when you look at it as a 1926's Flick. They made the best possible version for their time, but today it definitely stands behind Captain Blood and POTC. Maybe having not gone against the characteristics and basics of a pirate would have helped the film and it would have brought more conviction and quirky patterns for sure. Nevertheless, it makes solid heroic tale set in typical revenge and romance drama zone. Some scenes in the film are really amazing even when i consider its visual appeal for today's audience. Overall, it's a fantastic watch for superb performance of Fairbanks and his acrobatics and couple of amazing grand style sequences of Pirates world. I wish it had understood the main Motive and meaning of 'Pirate' word and we might have experienced the First Pirate Classic in World Cinema and that too in Silent era.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.