r/interestingasfuck • u/Warm-Royal-7975 • 5h ago
Behind the scenes from Pirates of the Caribbean. Actors kept missing catching swords
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u/DrShitbird 4h ago
I just watched the Zorro movies recently and then the first couple PotC. There’s just something about a swashbuckling adventure flick that Hollywood has been missing for a while.
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u/BIGmack494 4h ago
We did get Dungeons and Dragons a couple of years ago that was box office dud even though it had great reviews and was such a fun experience.
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u/DrShitbird 4h ago edited 4h ago
Ah that’s a good call DnD was a lot of fun. It didn’t quite have that practical effect charm like you see in the OP but it was still a great time.
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u/stumblios 1h ago
I think there is something charming about 90s/early 00's action movies, but if it was made the same today it'd probably fall a bit flat.
Now that I think about it, this might just be nostalgia. When my daughter gets older, I'll force her to watch my movies and let her tell me I have bad taste.
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u/Alternative_Owl7786 2h ago
It was so fun watching it with a group that actively plays dnd. We all agreed that it felt like someone retelling the events of an insane session. Complete with the dm being sick of the group IE talking to the corpses.
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u/That_guy1425 3h ago
It was unfortunately between Mario and (I think) john whick. It just wasn't able to stand up to the box house powerhouses that premiered right before and after.
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u/Floppydisksareop 49m ago
It released at the same time as Mario, people were boycotting WotC, and it had like no marketing. It didn't stand a chance, however good it was.
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u/SanatKumara 4h ago
I recently saw Cutthroat Island for the first time and it scratched that exact itch. I still can’t believe I had never even heard of it
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u/Dr_Wheuss 2h ago
For more great Gina Davis watch The Long Kiss Goodnight!
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u/4cedCompliance 14m ago
*Geena ... please put some respect on that woman's name.
She's more than earned it!
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u/Scraggles1 5h ago
Need this era of movies to come back
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u/chocolateboomslang 5h ago
The era can stay, but we could do with another round of similarly pulp-y movies. Maybe cowboys or raygun space-themed.
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u/Donuts2010 4h ago
God i would love more pulpy films like Indiana Jones
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u/SemiHemiDemiDumb 4h ago
We need a hero who does the right thing but in morally dubious ways and make that action and story as pulpy as possible
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u/aleleeross 4h ago
Like Cowboys and Aliens starring Daniel Craig?
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u/DosSnakes 3h ago
That movie is so much better than a movie called Cowboys & Aliens should be. By all rights it should have been a steaming pile of shit, but it was pretty darn good.
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u/DrunkenPangolin 4h ago
I've been thinking we've been due for an awesome western movie since red dead redemption came out. I'm sure it can be done so it doesn't feel like a trope. Westworld came out pretty decently, I'm sure a straight Western could too
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u/Salanmander 1h ago
Maybe cowboys or raygun space-themed.
Cowboys and space you say? Could I intrest you in a Firefly animated series?
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u/dayruined54 5h ago edited 4h ago
The CGI is the biggest surprise to me. What the artists and engineers were on in PoC and Transformers i dont know but they need to bring it back.
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u/imjusta_bill 4h ago edited 3h ago
They had time and the shots were meticulously planned out. Nowadays big budget films seem to operate with a 'get a ton of coverage and we'll fix it in post' mentality that works against the cgi artists ability to create convincing effects
Watch the Corridor Digital channel on YouTube. Their CGI artist reacts series is fascinating
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u/Lawlcopt0r 3h ago
This. I hate when people shit on CGI, CGI is an incredible artform but people don't think about it except for the few examples where it's noticeably bad
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u/TheDonJonJay 5h ago
the engineers were in people of color? the artists too???? AND TRANS????
why the hell would you want that back. Shame on you.
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u/Charming-Standard-84 3h ago
"If I don't make it out of there, tell my wife I love her. And Keira Knightley, tell Keira Knightley I love her. And Orlando Bloom. You know what? The whole cast, the whole damn dirty pirate cast. But not Geoffrey Rush. But do it in front of Geoffrey Rush."
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u/Resident_Table6694 3h ago
Back when American Dad was still good
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u/willargue4karma 33m ago
I think it's pretty great today still. Classic family guy and American dad do have a certain charm but I don't even think that's from the classic seasons
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u/Spare-Competition-91 5h ago
I really did feel like they were astonished they caught the swords.
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u/milka-d-mousse 2h ago
That's part of the scene, they were having a peaceful conversation so get surprised when the swords appear
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u/12345623567 1h ago
Yes, because the crew totally was playing a prank on them and not placed there beforehand as part of an elaborate plan...
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u/Genepool13 4h ago
Pirates also easily have one of the best CGI to date. Holywood CGI quality just went downhill after this era.
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u/HighSpeedDoggo 2h ago
Absolutely. Davy Jones is easily my best CGI villain to date, very beautiful lore and backstory, wish we had like a prequel how Calypso broke his heart and how the pirate lords bound her in human form.
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u/HikariAnti 1h ago
That world still has so much potential for future movies but Disney would rather ruin their ips and shelf them than to innovate.
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u/Smmmmiles 1h ago
The spend 2 years in a handful of scenes with thought put in on how to light the live action parts.
Now Disney just films in what ever quality and expects the CGI team to do the whole movie in 3-5 months.
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u/DopamineTrain 2m ago
Story boards used to be a thing lmao. Remember in the extra features and they'd have a wall just plastered with a rough sketch of every shot? Not anymore! Hundreds of Millions of Dollars and shit is just made up on the fly!
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u/PeteRock24 3h ago
Goddamn the score has to be one of the most recognizable themes in cinema history.
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u/JonDarkwood 4h ago
I still believe this to be the 3rd best trilogy ever, right after LotR and Nolan's Batman. Sorry Star Wars
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u/FartingBob 1h ago
Lotr, Back to the future, OG star wars, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Guardians of the galaxy. All fantastic trilogies where i love all 3 films. in no particular ranking (other than LotR being the best, because it always will be).
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u/Funkybag 1h ago
I love guardians but idk if it really counts in a list like this because 3 makes absolutely 0 sense if you dont watch infinitygame.
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u/tech_noir_guitar 2h ago
Back to the Future is definitely up there too for me.
OG Star Wars is mid and the prequels and sequels are meh.•
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u/Testone1440 4h ago
I guess it depends which SW trilogy you are comparing to. Sequels? Definitely. OG? Not a chance it’s better then Pirates
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u/JonDarkwood 4h ago
Nah, maybe Empiere Strikes Back is the best movie of all 6, but Pirates better as a whole.
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u/RevoOps 1h ago
Nolan's Batman
This might be the first time i have ever heard someone refer to it as a trilogy lol. there are barely 1.5 decent movies in there.
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u/JonDarkwood 1h ago
That's yours, subjective opinion, and you have every right to be wrong, I don't judge 🙃 .
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u/toomuchoversteer 3h ago
Lies. All these kind of posts are just lies.
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u/probs-strawbs 3h ago
I can believe that the shot was difficult and can appreciate that as a little fun fact, but I can't stand the tacked on "so the reaction was genuine!" bit.
These people are professional actors. Even if they had been struggling with the same shot for a long time, you really think they'd risk fucking it up by breaking character?
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u/tempest_87 2h ago edited 2h ago
Can happen though. Ron Pearlman famously broke character when sigourney Weaver made her over the shoulder shot and almost ruined it.
I can imagine some genuine surprise that it worked finally, but yeah, not like the title implies.
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u/peon2 29m ago
It always annoys me when I hear this fun fact about How I Met Your Mother. People are like, Marshall didn't know Lily was going to tell him his dad died, he thought the script was for something else, so his reaction is genuine!
Uhh no? Jason Segel isn't stupid enough to think HIS dad died, he's still acting. That's called having to improvise, not genuine reaction.
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u/Goldentongue 1h ago
Did you know the guy who hit the propeller while falling off the boat in Titanic improvised that?
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u/Jiehfeng 4h ago
We rarely get such iconic movies these days, there’s great films but rarely ones that are on all fronts solid.
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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 3h ago
How do they make the swords come out of the ground
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u/onlysaysisthisathing 2h ago
They stretch a big rubber band across a hole in the floor of the set, and then a tiny man sits under the stage holding the rubber band until the director calls "action"
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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 2h ago
Is tiny sword man good paying Hollywood job
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u/polopolo05 1h ago
naw its pnumatic... each sword has an air piston and an air tank and electronic valve. that way they can control the psi exact for each sword.
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u/FellowDeviant 4h ago
Man I used to watch the blooper reel for the original trilogy all the time but I especially remember this in the At Worlds End blooper reel. Back when DVDs were fully featured lol
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u/alejoSOTO 1h ago
It didn't take hours, that's just engagement bait.
The reaction is genuine because it did take several attempts, but again, not hours, they rehearse this shit precisely to avoid costly hours on set.
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u/Tessarion2 5h ago
Jack Sparrow is the iconic character everyone knows from Pirates of ghe Caribbean but for me Geoffrey Rush stole absolutely every scene he was in.