RichardG
01.06.2021 9:20:54
It's Johnny Depp who steals the show, creating a swashbuckling persona so outrageously regaling it would single-handedly guarantee sequels.here
See full version: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
It's Johnny Depp who steals the show, creating a swashbuckling persona so outrageously regaling it would single-handedly guarantee sequels.here
And so we leave the cinema happy, our heads full of Gareth and gangsters-at-sea. Context, of course, is all.here
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It's Johnny Depp who steals the show, creating a swashbuckling persona so outrageously regaling it would single-handedly guarantee sequels.
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The most notable period of piracy happened between 1650s and 1730s in a period that is today known as "Golden Age of Piracy". Then, large amounts of organized pirate fleets managed constantly raid trade routes of Caribbean, West Africa, Red Sea and India, and various publications started promoting their idolized way of life, great adventures and riches that they captured. Some of the most notable pirate captains managed to inflict such a fear and devastation to the trade community, that they even manage to completely stop naval commerce between commerce in few occasions. Exploits of pirates such as Blackbeard (who operated in Caribbean and was famous for his theatrics and personal image), Henry Every(who managed to capture incredible wealth and retire without being caught by authorities), Henry Morgan (who fought against Spanish as a privateer his entire life), Edward Low (famous for his cruelty and love for torture), and Anne Bonny (one of the rare female pirates) managed to attract such attention, that European and US governments had to react. For years their armies were occupied with fighting among themselves, but when peace treaties have been signed threat of piracy became unbearable to all of them. With few organized attack they managed to kill several major pirate captains (such as Bartholomew Roberts who captured over 470 ships in Caribbean and West Africa), destroy their hideouts (at the peak of the pirate activity, their bases at Madagascar held over 1000 people) and provide better support to trade fleets and end so called "Golden Age of Piracy". here
Increased trade between Europe and India in 15th century gave birth to the rising wave of piracy. The prime attack of many pirates became " treasure fleets" that carried newly discovered wealth to the ports of Spain, Portugal and England. Hostilities between those countries helped for the formation of Privateers, state sponsored pirates who had official pardon for raiding and destroying supplies and war machinery of enemy countries. here
Some of the first mentioning's of piracy that were preserved in historical records described the raids of Likka sailors in Mediterranean Sea in 1400-1200 BC. During those ancient periods Roman trade and military ships were frequently attacked by the pirate fleets of Illyrians which operated from their bases in Adriatic Sea. Another famous example of ancient pirates comes from Cilicia. They even managed to capture famous Roman Emperor Julius Cesar on one of their raids. In the following centuries, Romans formed several military fleets with the plan to wipe out pirates, most notably mission of General Carausius who protected waters of English Chanel against pirate raids.
Portrayal of pirates became greatly popularized after the end of 18th century. Many authors showed them as rebellious, clever teams who operated outside of oppressing bureaucracy of modern life. Many of those popularized tropes about pirate lifestyle survived an even up to today - their iconic wardrobe, way of speech, use of Jolly Roger black flags, pirate code, myths and legends about their exploits and hidden buried treasure.
Piracy is an act of robbery, criminal violence of other war-like acts that are committed at the sea by private parties that are not affiliated with any government. This term does not describe the crimes that are for instance committed by passengers on one single ship, but it refers to the raids of organized criminal groups across the sea, shore, land and air. Piracy came into existence shortly after the creation of first organized naval trading in the early 2nd century BC, but it received major growth and public popularization after the discovery of the New World and trade routes to India. It is important to distinguish difference between pirates who operated in the search of money and riches, and privateers, who were government sanctioned parties that fought at sea against hostile countries.
Nearly one hundred years after Bushnell’s Turtle (the submersible, not the sandwich shop), Jules Verne introduced the world to his futuristic advanced submarine the Nautilus. In the pages of his novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, an expedition is investigating a giant sea monster that ends up being Captain Nemo’s famous submarine. A predecessor to modern steampunk stories, 20,000 Leagues gets a sequel 145 years later in C. Courtney Joyner’s new steampunk novel Nemo Rising. more
The Prop Store Live Auction: Treasures from Film and Television will be auctioning off approximately 600 items. You’ll find the following movies and TV shows represented and more: 3:10 to Yuma (2007), 300, Aliens, Back to the Future films, Blade Runner, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Chronicles of Narnia films, Elysium, Enemy Mine, Excalibur, The Fifth Element, Gladiator, The Goonies, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Jason and the Argonauts, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the Indiana Jones films, Iron Man, the James Bond films, Judge Dredd (1995), the Jurassic Park films, Kick-Ass 2, Kingsman: the Secret Service, Lifeforce, Looper, The Lost Boys, The Martian, The Matrix, Men in Black III, Mission: Impossible (1996), The Mummy (1999), Patton, Pirates of the Caribbean series, Predators, the Rocky films, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface, Serenity, Shaun of the Dead, Shawshank Redemption, Sherlock Holmes (2009), Star Trek franchise, Star Wars franchise, Starship Troopers, Superman films, Terminator films, The Three Musketeers (1993), Tropic Thunder, Troy, True Grit, Underworld: Evolution, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Willow, The Wolfman (2010), World War Z, and the X-Men films.
First edition of the original Jules Verne Captain Nemo novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas. [links]
We’re finally connecting back with big movies first previewed in autumn 2019. That includes Jungle Cruise (first previewed here), which looks like a take on Hepburn and Bogart’s African Queen, and a great set-up for a Disney franchise follow-up to its long-running Pirates of the Caribbean. Eighteen months later and the second trailer is here. The theme park ride turned big-screen adventure could hardly look more fun (except for some iffy CGI effects sequences). Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Mary Poppins Returns) seems to have walked right into a role written for Johnny Depp, as she teeters through a clever Rube Goldberg-inspired scene as Lily Houghton, a scientist embarking on a journey with her brother in the Amazon, via riverboat, where they meet an unusual ship captain. It also feels a bit like the big adventure hit The Mummy, with Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. With Hollywood’s #1 box office draw Dwayne Johnson still entertaining us with his Jumanji jungle series and international tours in the Fast & Furious movies, there’s hardly a better person to cast with Blunt in this kind of new team-up. Check out the new trailer (and updated poster) below for Jungle Cruise.