Captain Blood (1935)

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• AJ V

  
  If you love pirate movies and the stars of the 30s, you'll enjoy this movie. It has a lot of good actors, it's exciting, and hey it's a pirate movie! How could you not like this movie? Sure, it's not too spectacular, but it's got it's charm. I enjoyed… More
  If you love pirate movies and the stars of the 30s, you'll enjoy this movie. It has a lot of good actors, it's exciting, and hey it's a pirate movie! How could you not like this movie? Sure, it's not too spectacular, but it's got it's charm. I enjoyed it.

• First L

  
  Captain Blood marks the star-creating, breakthrough performances of both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It's also one of the great epics of early Hollywood. Flynn stars as Doctor Peter Blood, a man who finds himself in prison after treating a wounded man who was injured… More
  Captain Blood marks the star-creating, breakthrough performances of both Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. It's also one of the great epics of early Hollywood. Flynn stars as Doctor Peter Blood, a man who finds himself in prison after treating a wounded man who was injured fighting in rebellion against the king. Though Blood himself was not apart of the rebellion, he's sentenced to death for treason. At the last moment, the king issues a decree that all condemned men (remaing alive) are sentenced to slavery in the island colonies. Here, he's purchased by Arabella Bishop (de Havilland), on a whim that he's so much more sophisticated than the other slaves, but Blood wants no part in being her "toy", and is sent to work among the other slaves doing hard labor. When it's discovered he's actually a very competent doctor, he's sent to treat the governor's game foot and becomes a sort of in-house doctor for the ailing old man. Blood concocts a scheme for escape which is aided greatly by the timely attack of spanish pirates upon the port. With the aid of several fellow slaves, Blood takes over a spanish ship and soon sets off for the high seas to live the life of a pirate. There are so many things that go into making this a great picture, most obviously, Flynn's performance as Captain Blood. Direction and story are also simple yet eloquent. Action/adventure blockbusters are nothing new, and while modern times have shown improvements in special effects and sound editing, there's nothing that can take the place of good old fashioned human effort. For pirate adventure, I daresay Captain Blood is better than Pirates of the Carribean any day. According to my favorite reliable source, wikipedia, swash "is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken". I'm not sure how you buckle water the washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken, but I can assure you Errol Flynn has buckled it.

• Phil H

  
  Jack Sparrow you say?? hahaha Errol's first big role and a darn good one at that. Looking dashing, your typical cutlass wielding buccaneer, along with the gorgeous Havilland (at her sexiest) and good old basil Rathbone, Blood is a rousing adventure with dueling, romance and some… More
  Jack Sparrow you say?? hahaha Errol's first big role and a darn good one at that. Looking dashing, your typical cutlass wielding buccaneer, along with the gorgeous Havilland (at her sexiest) and good old basil Rathbone, Blood is a rousing adventure with dueling, romance and some pretty excellent looking galleon battles too. The costumes and effects are tremendous for such an old film, it looks really authentic, the dialog is brilliant with the olde English terms and phrases, all of this really gets you into the pirate mood perfectly hehe The first pairing of Havilland and Flynn began a dream team that lasted for many films, all classic, and again in this you can see why, both look good together and they were always cast in roles that just suited them (period of course) Havilland was always better at the acting side if you ask me, Flynn was kinda wooden really haha Top film in all areas and with a sword fight between Rathbone and Flynn that matches the Robin Hood one for moves, looks and excitement :) If only they made films now like this one.

• Stella D

  
  see this before the remake scheduled for 2011. yeah it's old school, starring a 25 year old unknown named errol flynn. it made him an overnight sensation and he was soon typecast in swashbuckling parts. he wasn't the greatest actor in the world but he made it up with… More
  see this before the remake scheduled for 2011. yeah it's old school, starring a 25 year old unknown named errol flynn. it made him an overnight sensation and he was soon typecast in swashbuckling parts. he wasn't the greatest actor in the world but he made it up with charisma. the first pairing of one of the great screen couples, flynn and olivia de havilland, who went on to make 7 more films together

• Alexander W

  
  Not as good as I had hoped for. Stiff upper lip, boring, supposedly a classic, but wasn't making me feel enthralled. There ARE better pirate movies. Fact.

• Jennifer X

  
  Errol Flynn movies are a ton of fun and make my blood pressure higher from all that suspense, but I liked Robin Hood better, and this movie was pretty much Robin Hood minus the hot tights.

• Mason W

  
  Captain Blood from 1935 starring Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland is a true swash buckling adventure of a classic. Both of these stars are at the early stages of there career and look great and have wonderful chemistry. A true adventure with some romance mixed in....check this out!

• moon r

  
  michael curtiz slices to the heart of every adventure lover everywhere with a film with more derring-do than has been done at anytime (until danny kaye's "court jester"). errol flynn and olivia de havilland are little remembered anymore but you can see their definitive… More
  michael curtiz slices to the heart of every adventure lover everywhere with a film with more derring-do than has been done at anytime (until danny kaye's "court jester"). errol flynn and olivia de havilland are little remembered anymore but you can see their definitive DNA in any of george lucas' first 3 outings of the star wars franchise. you think derring-do is easy? nobody's done it better (harrison ford comes close, but that's all) for SEVENTY YEARS, pilgrim, and that blah, blah, blah of the carribean is only a pale, pale imitation. watch the preview clip and feel chills run up yer lousy stupid jello of a backbone! HERE'S FOR REVENGE!!!

• xGary X

  
  Another hugely enjoyable old school swashbuckler from the legend that was Errol Flynn.

• Jonny C

  
  Errol Flynn's breakthrough role. Captain Blood is an entertaining tale of an enslaved doctor who escapes with his fellow pirates to become the most feared pirates on the seas. Flynn took Hollywood by storm after this role, and you can see why. He was wonderfully charismatic in… More
  Errol Flynn's breakthrough role. Captain Blood is an entertaining tale of an enslaved doctor who escapes with his fellow pirates to become the most feared pirates on the seas. Flynn took Hollywood by storm after this role, and you can see why. He was wonderfully charismatic in his swashbuckling roles, and even though he was at times a little wooden in this, he made up for it when the action started. Overall a good adventure movie worth looking out for.

• MJS M

  
  This pirate adventure film is what built Errol Flynn?s reputation as the new heir to Douglass Fairbank?s throne. Like a lot of movies of this era there?s a certain weirdness that needs to be overcome, there is very little darkness in Flynn?s character and these pirates are only… More
  This pirate adventure film is what built Errol Flynn?s reputation as the new heir to Douglass Fairbank?s throne. Like a lot of movies of this era there?s a certain weirdness that needs to be overcome, there is very little darkness in Flynn?s character and these pirates are only slightly more dangerous than the crew of a Gilbert and Sullivan musical. This is an unselfconscious member of a very old fashion kind of genre, but take for what it is this is a great example of its type. In fact I can?t think of a better pirate movie to date. The action is good, and I was intrigued by the fact that Captain Blood was both a hero and a rebel against the king. The ending was a bit of a cop-out, but this is still very enjoyable.

• Marion R

  
  Swashbuckler movie. Another Flynn and Havilland film. One of the better ones. Swordfighting and pirates, this is a fun time.

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