TreyWriter

Okay, so the swashbuckler is one of my absolute favorite genres of film. The swordplay, the banter, the thrilling heroics, the rousing score (seriously, swashbuckler scores are the best scores), the overall sense of fun— it’s all tied into why I love the movies.

But the swashbuckler genre is utterly underrepresented at the theater. We’ve had I think 3 so far this decade, and two of those are Pirates of the Caribbean movies. They usually perform well at the box office, they’re visually distinct from the current glut of comic book movies, and they have great rewatch value. And for those of you who say Pirates does big business because of Johnny Depp, look at the receipts for Mortdecai, Bl