Pirates in FIlm

In today's day in age the idea is of a film about pirates is thrown to the side. This is due to Disney basically having a monopoly on the genre with the successful franchise Pirates of the Caribbean. Ever since the early 2000's pirate films have been something that is unachievable in fear of being compared to Pirates of the Caribbean. I feel differently about the idea, rather than fear I feel excitement.  Throughout taking my English composition 2 I have learned a lot and I mean a lot about pirates. I have learned what is fact and what is fiction when it comes to pirates. such as that pirates did not actually walk the plank and say aarrgh. This is contrary to what Hollywood would have you believe. My biggest take away from this course is from my view as a writer. There are so many fantastic characters that are just going to waste waiting to be used and told stories bout during the golden age of piracy. These are stories that the pirates of the Caribbean stories have not

I sit on the deck with a telescope in hand in search of oncoming ships. The top deck is empty. The captain is sound asleep in his chambers and the rest of the crew do the same below deck. I still find it absurd that Captain Blackbeard only assigns one man for lookout duty. If I were captain I would have at least three or four men out here in case one died in an attempt to alert the others. This was just a pipe dream because I wouldn't dare talk back to Captain Blackbeard. The man would have me executed just to prove a point. Things were so much easier when I was just a simple buccaneer under some no-name pirate. I could trust my captain to not slit my throat at any time. I remember hearing stories before I joined about Black Beard sitting at a table with three of his crewmates. as time passed one of the crew realized he had somewhere to be. not long after he left the captain pulled out two pistols. This astonished the two crew members, pondering what the man was planning to do

Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir dogs   Torture is a word that makes people's skin crawl.  It brings up horrific images of inhuman acts being performed. The general jumps to military torture such as the iconic waterboarding technique. Torture has also been reimagined in the medium of film. Quentin Tarantino's first film Reservoir dogs weren't just conversations revolving around whether Mr pink should tip or not. The image to the left should bring back memories of descriptive torture seen in the film. The scene has Mr. White who has captured a cop dance around to the song stuck in the middle with you by Steelers Wheel. Mr. White takes a razor blade and cuts the cop's face, this doesn't seem to satisfy the man so as of result he takes the same razor and cuts the man's ear off. This scene is disturbing, making the viewer's skin crawl, but is nothing compared to the type of torture the pirates in the golden age used. Pirates of the Caribbean The Cu