I really think that the Story of Jim Hawkings, Billy Bones and Long John Silver is to be considered the quintessential pirate story.
This movie is by now rather old and it really shows in the costumes and make-up which is kind of distracting to the story to watch. Robert Newton gives a very theatrical performance as Long John Silver and I actually think that he does that rather well. Its quite entertaining to watch him manipulate with young Jim (especially the scene where Jim discovers "Black Dog" and Long John makes all of the other pirates chase him down the street). Silver has an overtly friendly attitude which makes you wonder if he is really such a cutthroat as is suggested.
Some sort of bond grows between Jim and Silver which I also think is believable as Long John seems to have an affection for Jim - maybe because he reminds Silver of himself as a boy (which I actually think he says at a certain point).
Not a must see I would say but still this movie has its moments.
/Simon
This movie is by now rather old and it really shows in the costumes and make-up which is kind of distracting to the story to watch. Robert Newton gives a very theatrical performance as Long John Silver and I actually think that he does that rather well. Its quite entertaining to watch him manipulate with young Jim (especially the scene where Jim discovers "Black Dog" and Long John makes all of the other pirates chase him down the street). Silver has an overtly friendly attitude which makes you wonder if he is really such a cutthroat as is suggested.
Some sort of bond grows between Jim and Silver which I also think is believable as Long John seems to have an affection for Jim - maybe because he reminds Silver of himself as a boy (which I actually think he says at a certain point).
Not a must see I would say but still this movie has its moments.
/Simon