No pun intended - and if you've seen the movie, you know what I mean. How many times can you push someone to the edge - or under the edge ... surface ... there is many names you could come up with. Nick of time it is then - don't get me wrong, it works ... and Geena Davis plus Matthew Modine ... they are amazing in their roles.
I reckon this came a few years too early ... also without a Captain Jack Sparrow ... let's keep it real, Pirates of the Caribbean would never have been this massive franchise (and had the success it had), without Johnny Depp in the lead role ... playing that character. And while the movies may have lost some of that magic (first movie), it was always great to see him. I think one can argue about wanting to see a sequel to this ... I wouldn't have minded. I think there are many stories to explore here too. Still you don't have that one major character who would have made it possible.
Renny Harlin may have lost his box office touch (and both movies starring Geena Davis, so maybe her too) ... but only when it comes to the money the movies made ... they are not as bad as the earnings would let you believe. I would even argue they are quite good, even if I and probably you wouldn't consider them classics.
And a pun for the German speaking here: Eine (Piraten) Braut, die sich traut - which I would have used as summary headline, but as you can tell only works in German ... it's a riff on a title of another movie! They have nothing in common really ... but it works for ... fun and silliness.
After listening to the audio commentary, I can say that Renny had quite some problems with the movie - shooting it (DP injured, set and crew changes and so many other things) ... but also with the studio promoting it. Not sure if the fact that he had a woman as a lead was also an issue ... Geena Davies also was the lead a year later with Samuel L. Jackson as a "sidekick" ... and it didn't work out there either ... so maybe he was right to assume that. Pirate genre also seemed dead when this was shot .. but again, Pirates showed how you could revive it ... still a good movie overall.
I reckon this came a few years too early ... also without a Captain Jack Sparrow ... let's keep it real, Pirates of the Caribbean would never have been this massive franchise (and had the success it had), without Johnny Depp in the lead role ... playing that character. And while the movies may have lost some of that magic (first movie), it was always great to see him. I think one can argue about wanting to see a sequel to this ... I wouldn't have minded. I think there are many stories to explore here too. Still you don't have that one major character who would have made it possible.
Renny Harlin may have lost his box office touch (and both movies starring Geena Davis, so maybe her too) ... but only when it comes to the money the movies made ... they are not as bad as the earnings would let you believe. I would even argue they are quite good, even if I and probably you wouldn't consider them classics.
And a pun for the German speaking here: Eine (Piraten) Braut, die sich traut - which I would have used as summary headline, but as you can tell only works in German ... it's a riff on a title of another movie! They have nothing in common really ... but it works for ... fun and silliness.
After listening to the audio commentary, I can say that Renny had quite some problems with the movie - shooting it (DP injured, set and crew changes and so many other things) ... but also with the studio promoting it. Not sure if the fact that he had a woman as a lead was also an issue ... Geena Davies also was the lead a year later with Samuel L. Jackson as a "sidekick" ... and it didn't work out there either ... so maybe he was right to assume that. Pirate genre also seemed dead when this was shot .. but again, Pirates showed how you could revive it ... still a good movie overall.