Do you ever just sift through the Leaving Soon category on Tubi and randomly pick a movie? Halfway through, you wonder why you picked it (not in a bad way, you're just wondering what made you pick it)? And then, once the credits roll, you wonder, "What did I just watch?"
Let me introduce you to The Crimson Pirate. I chose this one, for some reason, and settled in for almost two hours of comedy/drama. It's one of those confusing plots that flips mood at interesting moments. Our main character is played by Burt Lancaster. I've seen him in tons of stuff, but I remember him from Run Silent, Run Deep and The Train. For some reason, I didn't review The Train.
Anyway, he's got his crew of misfit pirates who pretend they're dead from scurvy so they can take over one of the king's ships. They make a deal to capture El Libre and make some gold off the sale of weapons. Then, a woman becomes involved, and now it's about...love!
This movie was a bit crazy. Burt Lancaster was swinging on ropes and jumping on canopies and doing all sorts of acrobatics. His friend was doing the same and also performing magic tricks, but apparently he was mute. After a bit of digging, Burt was a circus performer, and his real life partner, Nick Cravat, is his co-star. They played really well off each other for the comic portions. Also, Nick wasn't mute in real life.
When it came to the serious bits of the plot, I just don't know what to say. It didn't come up much. The traitor had the strangest hair, and it bothered me. He used a braid as a place to hang his earring, and it was just weird. Mr. Pirate forgave his crew pretty easily for trying to murder him, and the middle dragged a bit. I have to say, my favorite part was the fight at the end. It was ridiculous and went on forever. It even had a hot air balloon and explosions!
Overall, I kinda liked this movie. I found it amusing how no one cared when people died. They just fell off the screen and POOF! We don't care about them anymore, and we don't talk about them. I liked learning about Burt and Nick's acrobatics and watching them bounce around. Burt had some real weird outfits, and I'm not sure where the woman got her dresses from. She was on the run and escaped with the clothes on her back, but somehow there were magic dresses for her on the king's ship? Ok...I'm just not going to think about it. I'm giving it a Good Movie! review because it's ridiculous, and I had fun with it.
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