As I just mentioned, I’m gonna try to do a better job of posting around here. Again, I’ll have more to say about that in a day or two, but as part of that plan, I’m starting a new series I’m calling Now Watching.
Quite a lot of folks do that on social media. They will mention what they are currently watching, or reading, or listening to, and maybe say just a few words about it. So, I thought I’d turn that into a full-on blog post.
The idea won’t be to do full reviews, but to just mention what I’m currently watching (and maybe listening to or reading) and to say a few words about it. Later on, I might do full reviews of some of these things, but maybe not.
Tonight I watched:
Captain Blood (1935)
Directed by Michael Curtis
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Lionel Atwill, and Basil Rathbone
Synopsis: After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica, where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
Rating: 7/10
Thoughts: Me and the wife wanted something fun to watch tonight, and she suggested a pirate movie (she was aiming for the Muppet pirate movie, but we landed on this).
It takes an awfully long time to get to the piracy. Captain Blood starts out as an ordinary citizen, minding his own business. But when he applies his physician’s trade to a rebel fighter, he’s arrested and sold into slavery. Yada, yada, yada, an hour later, he finally becomes a pirate. There is a romance subplot with Olivia De Havilland and Basil Rathbone shows up for a couple of scenes as a rival pirate.
All of that is okay, not great, but watchable. It is the last half hour where things pick up, and the final battle is pretty terrific.
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Cool idea, though i obviously love the full reviews too. I have to say, i will be looking up that Muppet movie now, i don’t care how old i get, they are always pretty good. It’s all down to you Sir! 🙂
I hope to keep doing full reviews. This will just be something a little extra. We’ll see how it goes.
I think it is called Muppet Treasure Island and I’m pretty sure it has Tim Curry in it, but it has been a long time since I watched it.
Yes definitely, you’re the best judge as you have been doing awesome stuff for a long time now. I have not seen that film, though i will now add it to my watchlist on IMDB. The Christmas Carol one, and i think the Manhattan one i have seen. Both i thought were great, and i saw them both over 30!