Disc Watching Report: A Good Film That Was Overlooked - Watch "Indian Treasures\Cut Throat Island" again (

Lola 2022-10-12 22:27:30

It's an old movie, and it's been a big hit for quite some time, and that's because it's one of the most money-losing films of all time. Although I received D5 from JF, and then Jane Jiu from DNA, but because of its reputation as a box office failure, I have never been interested in watching it. Since the summer of 2003, pirate films and nautical films have become popular. Pirates 1" came out one after another, and I suddenly remembered that I had received such a film. On a whim, I put it into the disc player. I didn't expect it to look so smooth. At that time, I was very puzzled by its box office fiasco. How could such a film lose money? At the same time, I feel very guilty for ignoring such a good film. After that, I received MK's D9+D5's "Indian Treasures" for a national distribution, but when I got it, I found that there was no national distribution in this set of MK, but the "Mandarin dubbing" was wrongly printed on the outer packaging. Although it was a little depressing at the time, but after all, there was still a tidbit of D5, which was enough to masturbate. A while ago, I saw the news tree of FH, saying that Phoenix is ​​going to do this film, this time it is really a national match, I told myself at the time, I will not wash anything this time, but when I see the real thing, I still endure it. Can't stop taking it.
After dinner in the evening, I wanted to test the national match of this film, and I watched it again unconsciously. Although the story was already familiar, I still watched it with relish. I didn't have any plans to code words at first, but I always felt that this was a film that was ignored, at least the film I ignored. If I didn't write something, I would be really sorry for it, so I wrote some words for this film. Name it in my mind.
After watching the two-hour film unknowingly, I was not only surprised again, how could such a film fail at the box office back then? Isn't this a great entertainment film?
Some people may say: Can such an old-fashioned story be considered a good film? Come on, boss, have you made a mistake? How novel is required for such a type of film. Personally, I think pirate films are nothing more than finding treasures, infighting, hunting down officers and soldiers, and naval battles. If there are differences, they are only differences in details. The story of this kind of entertainment film is not the most important, as long as it is smooth and attractive, as for whether it is old-fashioned or not, it is not the key at all. To talk about novelty, like "Pirates of the Caribbean" adding pirates to ghosts? In fact, in terms of novelty, the film "Indian Treasures" has also tried to express the life of a female pirate.
As an entertainment blockbuster, more important are the scenes and actions. From this point of view, the film fully meets the requirements. The two most prominent action scenes should be the first half of the street chase and the fight in the hotel. These two scenes are compact but not cramped, tense and witty. I don't know how you feel after watching it. I actually thought of Jackie Chan. It's the female version of Jackie Chan. The final naval battle was also very atmospheric. The naval battle scene of "Indiana Jones" is not inferior to that of "Wind of the Furious Sea", and I think it is even better than "Pirates of the Caribbean".
In addition to the Chinese audio track and a commentary audio track, this disc also has two English audio tracks (DTS 1536 Kbps, Dolby Digital 5.1 384 Kbps), especially the full file. DTS did a great job. I listened carefully to the last melee, the swords collided, and the sound of swords breaking through the air was so vivid.

In addition, the soundtrack of the film is also quite good. Morgan gallops at the beginning of the film, and the theme music as the background music is impressive. It is full of dynamism and makes people excited. I
really don’t know how such a film would lose money in the first place. So, to correct the reason, it is probably because the investment in the early stage was too large, the production cost was seriously overrun, and the operation in the later stage was improper. After watching this film, I only deeply regret what happened to it, and it also reminded me: a film Whether it is good or bad, you have to see it for yourself before you know it, hearsay is unreliable.

However, this set of FH discs still feel that there is a fly in the ointment. The subtitles of this disc are the same as DNA and MK's subtitles. This subtitle has no translation for some place names, such as the title "JAMAICA, CARIBBEAN 1668", and The first place I received was JF's D5, and it was translated. Fortunately, there are only two places in the film.

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Cutthroat Island quotes

  • [after the storm, Morgan wakes up to find herself and her crew holding on to the floating remains of their long boat]

    Morgan Adams: Glasspoole, are you alright?

    Glasspoole: [breathlessly] Aye, Morgan.

    Morgan Adams: Bowen?

    Bowen: Yes.

    Morgan Adams: Blair?

    Mr. Blair: Aye. We've lost two of our mates.

    [Morgan bows her head in grief. Glasspoole suddenly sees something in the distance]

    Glasspoole: [excitedly] Morgan! LOOK! LOOK!

    [Morgan's crew looks up to see... Cutthroat Island]

    Morgan Adams: [amazed] The cliffs of blood... It's Cutthroat! It must be!

    [Glasspoole lets out a whooping scream of joy as Blair and Bowen stare at the island in disbelief. Morgan laughs in relief]

    Glasspoole: [joyfully relieved] We are truly blessed!

    Mr. Blair: [shouts in triumph] We made it, sky!

    [Glasspoole laughs as the other pirates begin to celebrate their success in finding the island]

    Morgan Adams: We found it!

    Mr. Blair: We made it!

    Morgan Adams: We found it! We made it to Cutthroat Island!

  • [Morgan has blown the hull of Dawg's Ship during the final battle]

    Glasspoole: [excitedly] Morgan has done it! AAAAAHHHH!

    [Glasspoole kills the pirate he's fighting off. To his fellow crewmates]

    Glasspoole: LOOSE! CUT US LOOSE!