Returning to the theme of Peter Pan there was also the 1991 Steven Speilberg fantasy film, ‘Hook’ with Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts. Indeed, Spielberg had already used the pirates storyline in 1985’s ‘The Goonies’ the great effect.
So, out of the many films (and I have only mentioned a small amount) that have been made around this theme over the years, just who are the public’s favourites? Who is more suited to wearing pirate costumes more than their counterparts? It may not be too much of a surprise to learn that Johnny Depp is one of the most popular choices. The other name that is mentioned more than most is Errol Flynn. Even after all of these years his roles are still incredibly popular with film-lovers.
It may be that Disney came up trumps when it dressed Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley in pirate costumes but the story is basically nothing that has not already been done before. ‘The Curse of The Black Pearl’ is a brilliant and highly enjoyable family film as are its sequels. It is important, however, that we don’t forget all of the other great films of its kind that went before it. Many of these are still ‘classics’ as well.
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Hey, what’s happening with spiderman costumes? There’s hardly any range on offer anywhere. Are we in between seasons?
I just compared with the range of batman outfits and there si no comparison.
Sophie