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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The Worst Film Ever

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Cecil B. DeMille's last film (directed by his son-in-law Anthony Quinn, his only film) is a lavish and colourful feast for the eye all the way with some excellent acting by Yul Brynner himself (with hair on for once), Charles Boyer as a pathetic relict of the Napoleon grandeur, Claire Bloom as a wild cat of a pirate's daughter gradually emerging as the only real woman, while Inger Stevens is more like a Barbie doll, E.G.Marshall treading carefully as the governor of New Orleans and many others, but the great story and drama gets somehow obfuscated in the sumptuous and generous mass scenes in splendid Technicolour, every scene making out an impressing image, a typical trait of Cecil B. DeMille, and with glorious fights and fisticuffs in between - the every day life of the pirates of Jean Lafitte is almost the most memorable part of the film. Charlton Heston is a bit exaggerated as old Hickory Andrew Jackson but makes a great impression also.The main thing is the drama, though, which gets a bit muddled up in all the great battle and crowd scenes. It's a tragedy, and does Jean Lafitte really have to take the responsibility for Captain Brown's plunder and sinking of the 'Corinthian'? Whether he had to stand for this crime or not, that's what makes the drama and the tragedy, which nevertheless is saved for a satisfactory end by Claire Bloom as Bonnie Brown, who gets the ultimate victory as a woman and definitely saves the show.

Oh, I like Charlton Heston a lot, in fact. He was a really great actor and with his impeccable sense of artistry and an array of emotions. And his part in this film as that of General Andrew Jackson, yes, a future President, is probably the best of all. The rest is simply mediocre. Yul Brinner as the titular pirate is at best even and absolutely bland. And then, of my, all those naive pavilion shots, directed by the very Anthony Quinn, who failed at all levels, and even all mighty Cecil DeMille was unable to mend this awful mess of romantic drama, pirates fairy tale, slightly kiddish take on morals...Any better moment? yeah, the best one is a probably the most famous - The Battle Of New Orleans - that Highlanders Charge is the high point of the whole film, but these 20 minutes cannot save 2 hours of yawn and plod and drag and terrible naivety. Yes, such films must be watched for the sake of knowledge that there were truly abominable pseudo historic efforts. My rating - 1 out of 10 - awful

A very catchy real character, great dialogue, strong sensitive music, nice art direction, and a good respectable cast. So what's the problem with that movie from the good old Hollywood and from the mighty (Anthony Quinn) as a director for the first and last time in his life ? Is it the script, or the editing ? I'll tell you..I see that the main character is a drama's treasure, a type of hero which movies long for, so maybe (Quinn) found himself in love (or found himself !) with that wild-hearted free-spirit pirate, famous intense personality, and that exceptional lover. But the studio wanted other things ! The strict (Cecil B. DeMille), (Quinn)'s father-in-law at the time, was the head of the production. Although he was only the uncredited executive producer but for instance you still can read his name on the top of the authentic poster as (Cecil B. DeMille Presents). He saw a good pirate adventure in that story to make an assured commercial movie, consequently by controlling the editing the taste had been changed and the final result was that confused movie !Sometimes you find yourself into it as another buccaneer's adventure with all the fights and the hot ironic dialogue. Then you find yourself into that drama of (Jean Lafitte) and the historical role he played during the war of 1812 !! There wasn't quite a harmony between the 2 overlapping movies, so the ultimate feeling was close to perturbation as it's a cup of coffee with some soda in it !So perhaps the accused is that script which annoyed the big bosses at Hollywood and overstepped their desired requirements to discuss the man's life and choices plus the details of the war, or it's the anxiety of a producer (who happened to be here Mr. DeMille himself) over a movie that must be much simpler and more commercial, so actually it's nothing but the eternal clash between the artist and the producer! But (The Buccaneer) is still fun to watch even if all the battles were inside the studio, and the make-up of (Charlton Heston) seemed horrible !, or even if some of the story lines looked overlooked ! I loved the movie's smart selection for that unique character, its dramatic hesitation between 2 worlds (the aristocratic society and the freedom of the oceans), and how his love of the freedom conquered as he found himself with the wild gypsy girl eventually. Also, the very enjoyable dialogue; in fact there is a list of 7 persons wrote the script so I don't know who I'll give the credit of writing clever lines like : (you know everything about being a classy woman but you don't know anything about being a woman !), (if my hair knew my plans then I'll shave it !), (enjoy the silence before it ends), (I don't need a world but you), and the cleverest of them all when the girl told (Lafitte) the man she adores and the killer of her father as well (I can't leave you…You became part of everything I love or hate). Over and above the music of (Elmer Bernstein). He is one of the greatest composers whom ever wrote for movies, when he died in 2004 he left a 50 years' legacy of superb working. This time his music was powerfully expressive of (Jean Lafitte)'s main conflict, so the sense of greatness and heartache in him to an imposing extent makes you feel that it's bigger than the movie, or as big as its unfulfilled original ambition.

I am afraid it was a movie that you have to ACTUALLY WATCH to get anything out of it.I t is not a mindless movie like ....."LEATHAL WEAPON PART 58" you know the one where Riggs is really crazy? it is not a movie that is pretty much the same at the end as it is a the beginning. you can run everywhere talk on the phone do what ever and enjoy it in any way.I have noticed in the past that most people that do not like this type of movie are the type that will do most anything but watch a movie and then slam it because .....duh they don't get it or understand it or what happened.DON'T LET YOUR DOGGY TAKE A SHOWER!!!