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Summary: Worst Movie Ever Made
Review: "CutThroat Island" was without a doubt the worst movie i have ever seen. The actors were horrendous. It seemed as if they were reading the lines from a piece of paper during the shooting. The storyline was horrendous. There was no story. I saw this movie at my friends house. I told him about how good "Pirates of the Caribbean" and he said to watch this. That was a huge mistake. Within 2 minutes of the movie, i was thinking of excuses so that he would turn the movie off. I would rather stare at a full toilet than watch this horriffic movie.Where did this movie go wrong?...u may ask. It is quite simple. The whole movie was flawed. Actors sucked, plot sucked, script sucked, story sucked. They could have easily just blown up all the ships in the first five minutes of the movie and that would have made a better pirate movie. If i was u ...i would never see this movie. They spent 92 million dollars making this movie and made only about 12 million from theaters. Hmmm....i wonder why it did so bad.
Rating: 
Summary: 5 stars without a doubt
Review: 1st Ignore the "professional reviews"
2nd Read this and other "real" reviews.
3rd Rent it, then if you like it buy it. This is action and humor, a real swashbuckler. Gena Davis is outstanding and the storyline (although thin) holds together well, and the action and scenes fit it well. It is a bit far fected here and there but heck ITS A MOVIE! and a good one at that. (If you want a boring documentary, or philosophical discussion you wont find it here). If you want action, pirate ships, swordfights, explosions, swashbuckling fun and humor, get this movie and enjoy the ride. Check out the "Long Kiss Goodnight" another bit darker serious secret agent/action flick of Gina Davis's that professional reviewers didnt like.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Story; DVD Just Doesn't Make the Cut
Review: 4 and 1/4 Stars
I recommended this movie instead of Pirates of the Caribbean .... Given that, I have to defend it against the bitter nay-sayers. Don't get me wrong, Pirates had many positive aspects - Depp's performance chief among them; and yet, it was just too kid friendly (well duh, that's Disney). I whole heatedly believe that Cutthroat was as good, if not far better than Pirates. I would yield to the arguments that the acting here is a bit cheeky, and the editors could have been a touch more through. Beyond that, I don't know what the fuss is about. Maybe the other reviewers just couldn't stomach a (historically improbable) female pirate. Well, I think this movie was a lot of fun, but apparently there are some who didn't care for it. The best advice I can offer here is for all of you out there to watch it, and make up your own minds.
Rating: 
Summary: Stop the trash talk!
Review: 4 and 1/4 Stars
I recommended this movie instead of Pirates of the Caribbean .... Given that, I have to defend it against the bitter nay-sayers. Don't get me wrong, Pirates had many positive aspects - Depp's performance chief among them; and yet, it was just too kid friendly (well duh, that's Disney). I whole heatedly believe that Cutthroat was as good, if not far better than Pirates. I would yield to the arguments that the acting here is a bit cheeky, and the editors could have been a touch more through. Beyond that, I don't know what the fuss is about. Maybe the other reviewers just couldn't stomach a (historically improbable) female pirate. Well, I think this movie was a lot of fun, but apparently there are some who didn't care for it. The best advice I can offer here is for all of you out there to watch it, and make up your own minds.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Movie!
Review: Action! It's a wonderful classic pirate story with a thunderous sound track. A definite family movie with NO nudity, NO adult language, and NO gratuitous violence. Even without those, it managed to maintain a high level of excitment and intrigue. If you like the idea of a good pirate's of the carribean type story, this is it. It gives you a sense of what it must have been like to live back then under those types of conditions. PS. X doesn't always mark the spot.
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Summary: Only one reason to watch this movie
Review: Alright, first things first. The only reason I gave this movie one star is because there are explosions. Aside from that, this movie is on a list I've been compiling of the worst movies of all time. If you, like myself, enjoy watching bad movies for the sole purpose of laughing at the poor attempt at "art," then buy this movie. And, while you're at it, buy something to hit yourself with when you are done watching this, trust me, you'll need it.
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Summary: EXCELLENT movie for Home Theatre Big Screen excitement!
Review: ALthough alot of people didn't like this movie and it bombed at the box office, in my opinion it is everything that Disney's "Pirates" hadmissing, which wasn't much. In my opinion this movie had alot more swasbuckeling fun loaded with explosions, more high-seas battles and top notch action.DVD REVIEW:PICTURE QUALITY = 5 stars (outa 5) - All tones & colors are nicely placed making it better than the fillm element shown in theatres. This DVD's picture quality is great and does not look dated one bit. SOUND QUALITY = 5++. When listening on a home theater system, the Dolby Digital 5.1 EX sounds as every bit as good as any sounds you'd get from DTS.The X is so good infact that DTS is not needed. ALl sounds surround your listening space and explosions and bullets sound as if they are wizzing by your head. Outstanding sound reproduction that'll rock your room. Every bit as good as the sound quality (if not a touch better) than Disney's 'Pirates'. Any home theater fan will enjoy this one. The soundtrack is perfectly placed in the surround speakers and invelope the room.Even if you didn't like this movie for whatever reason, if your a big screen DVD action-adventure collector you must get this one if not just for the outstanding sound effects. This movie (in my opinion) is everything a BIG SCREEN type of movie should be and the DVD just proves it further.
Rating: 
Summary: Far from stellar but mindlessly entertaining
Review: Arrr, mateys. It takes a lot of work to create an absolutely stinkeroo pirate movie, and it has been done, but Cutthroat island is not quite *that* bad. It just doesn't really try to rise above its modest objectives, either, and was not designed for more than set-piece spectacle sequences linked by the minimum requirement of exposition and character development. It's a popcorn movie pure and simple, and taken as that (and with a bottle of rum) it is a few hours of fun. Subtract one star, or maybe two, from the above rating if you simply aren't interested in salty tales of bloodthirsty freebooters, shiver me timbers. There is little in the way of convincing acting or believeable physics or original plot, but things blow up frequently and there is fighting and sailing and wenching and Jolly Rogers flying and lots of suitable pirate greed on display. It *should* have been better -- they might have spent more on a decent script, stronger casting, and a more capable director -- but it isn't unwatchable and it ought to get you yo-ho-hoing well enough. Then try "Treasure Island" with Charlton Heston for a top-notch buccaneer tale, ye scurvy swabs. Technical caveat: Did I get a bad DVD, or what? I can't get the French language audio feature to work and the English subtitle feature is always ON when I put this disk in and play it, unless I manually click thru the menu to disable it. What's up with this bilgewater? Garrn!!!
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Summary: Not as bad as its reviews made it out to be.
Review: Cutthroat Island had lots of potential, but didn't quite live up to it. Not that the movie is bad. It's just that some of the acting was disappointing. For the first half of the movie, Geena Davis' character, Morgan was kind of unbelievable. However, Frank Langella's portrayal of the villain, Dog, was nothing short of spectacular. Awesome sets and beautiful costumes make this movie a must see for any pirate fan!
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Summary: Not the best film, but lots of piratey goodness
Review: Cutthroat Island is not a great film. I do know however, that the production crew, and in particular the props and costume folks went all out toward accuracy. That attention to detail does show through, even if the script is cheesy and cliche'.
Frank Langella was wonderful as Dawg Brown. I wanted to see more of him, and I wanted to know more of his motivations, more of the history behind he and his brothers Mordechai and Harry and the story behind the gold. Gina Davis was really a very good heroine in this movie, as Morgan Adams. She is now captain of the ship she has inherited from her father, Harry and as a woman, she has her challenges on a shipload of men, to be sure. But she is energetic and tough enough to make you believe it is within the realm of possibility. Davis' beauty is found in her underlying strength. The disappointment in her character for me lie in the fact that she far outshone Matthew Modine. Modine's performance was rather flat when set next to the leading lady and he seemed almost like a Saturday morning cartoon, or a young father playing pirates on the city park playground with his own children. It just did not come off as a very good performance at all. The spark between Davis and Modine was not at all believeable. If they had gotten someone else to play that role who was a bit more of a leading man, the movie may have been a lot better. I keep wanting to cast someone like Oded Fehr or Brandon Frazier, or someone of that ilk.
If you like pirates or sea faring flicks, I would say definitely add it to your collection. It is not nearly as tight and polished as say Pirates of the Caribbean, but that is ok. This film is still somewhat of a good time.
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