Favorite Movie Pirates

Avast, landlubbers! Tomorrow be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so I wanted to share with ye some of my favorite villainous scofflaws of the seas. I’ve captained ships from the Spanish Main to the Orient, and I assure ye these are some of the blackest hearts to ever sail:

The Black Pirate (Douglas Fairbanks), The Black Pirate
This bilge water swillin’ blackguard stole my move! Tis I who first knifed a sail on the way down from a mast.

Captain Blood (Errol Flynn), Captain Blood
He was loath to take on the pirate’s life at first, but Blood took to it like a scurvy dog born.

Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn), The Sea Hawk
Tis a horrible name for a pirate. Truth be told, he was really a privateer: an important distinction to the likes of us, savvy?

Jack Sparrow, (Johnny Depp), Pirates of the Caribbean
This scoundrel is full to burstin’ with pirate moxie. I’d share a cup of grog with him any day.

Jamie Waring (Tyrone Power), The Black Swan
He’s a bilge rat of the worst kind for giving up the life for a lady (spoiler!), but he was a fine example of a buccaneer in his day.

Captain Kidd (Charles Laughton), Captain Kidd
Any man who kills that many rivals be a true pirate, but I say he should do less talkin’ and more stabbin’.

Long John Silver (Robert Newton), Treasure Island
A pegleg, a parrot, and a pining for buried treasure. I like this man’s style.

Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), The Crimson Pirate
A pirate AND a rebel? It almost brings a tear to yer eye.

One-Eyed Willie, The Goonies
Tis a bit embarassin’ to be shut up in a cave instead of sailing the seas, but ye gotta admire the man’s skill with a booby trap.

In conclusion, arrrrrrr!!