History YMMV / CutthroatIsland

* CriticalBacklash: This is the biggest bomb office ever and the film credited with sinking of the pirate flick genre, so it is a given that many people who have watched the film consider it at least not as bad as to deserve such a dishonor. There are quite a few who have come to believe it's actually a genuinely good movie regardless of the economic mismanagement and production troubles which led to its failure. Among those it was Creator/RogerEbert of all people, who at its very day (while most professional critics were panning it) he gave it three out of four stars, the same number he would give years later to ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[Creator/NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite a conspicuous lack of effort from ''everyone else''. Of course, to hear Langella tell it, he wasn't trying to save the movie... he was just [[HamAndCheese having a fantastic time playing pirates]].

* CriticalBacklash: This is the film credited with the biggest bomb office ever and the sinking of the pirate flick genre, so it is a given that many people who have watched the film consider it at least not as bad as to deserve such a dishonor. There are quite a few who have come to believe it's actually a genuinely good movie regardless of the economic mismanagement and production troubles which led to its failure. Among those it was Creator/RogerEbert of all people, who at its very day (while most professional critics were panning it) gave it three out of four stars, the same number he would give years later to ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.

* NarmCharm: Watching the film can give you the impression that it's just a small step away from actually being a legitimately decent movie. Everything -- the action, the humour, the dialogue, the romance, the characters -- seem just off, enough to make it more than a bit ridiculous, but it's hard not to find it impossible to enjoy.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[Creator/NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite a conspicuous lack of effort from ''everyone else''. Of course, to hear Langella tell it, he wasn't trying to save the movie... he was just [[AwesomeDearBoy having a fantastic time playing pirates]].

* CriticalBacklash: This is the film credited with the biggest bomb office ever and the sinking of the pirate flick genre, so it is a given that many people who have watched it find it as at least not as bad as to deserve such a reproach. There are quite a few who have come to believe it's actually a genuinely good movie regardless of the economic mismanagement and production troubles which led to its failure.

* NarmCharm: Watching the film can give you the impression that it's just a small step away from actually being a legitimately decent movie. Everything -- the action, the humour, the dialogue, the romance, the characters -- seem just off, enough to make it {{Narm}}y and more than a bit ridiculous, but it's hard not to find all that completely impossible to enjoy.

* VindicatedByHistory: To a degree. While not a CultClassic, the movie has its fans today, and it's believed that it might have failed at its day precisely because the audience at the time wasn't willing to accept a strong female action AntiHero.

* SoBadItsGood: Watching the film can give you the impression that it's just a small step away from actually being a legitimately decent movie. Everything, though -- the action, the humour, the dialogue, the romance, the characters -- seem just ''off'', enough to make it {{Narm}}y and more than a bit ridiculous. At any rate, it's still enjoyable for its sheer brash terribleness.

* VindicatedByHistory: On the other hand, there's quite a few people who believes it's a genuinely good movie that failed because people didn't accept a strong female action AntiHero.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[Creator/NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite [[TheyJustDidntCare a conspicuous lack of effort]] from ''everyone else''. Of course, to hear Langella tell it, he wasn't trying to save the movie... he was just [[AwesomeDearBoy having a fantastic time playing pirates]].

* VindicatedByHistory: On the other hand, there's quite a few people who believes it's a genuinely good movie that failed because people didn't accept a strong female action hero.
** [[DesignatedHero For a given value of hero anyways]]. Lets remember for a moment that Morgan is a PIRATE. AKA: A thief, who dedicates her life to rob and kidnap people. Through the entire movie, her whole motivation for herself and her crew is nothing more than greed for the treasure. And she's not above buying a slave, and keeping him a slave for most of the film. So calling her a ''hero'' may be a bit of a stretch.

* VindicatedByHistory: On the other hand, there's quite a few people who believes it's a genuinely good movie that failed because people didn't accept a strong female action hero.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[Creator/NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite [[TheyJustDidntCare a conspicuous lack of effort]] from ''everyone else''.

%% * CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning[[note]] Well, technically he didn't ''murder'' either of them, but he had few qualms about doing so and he ''was'' more or less responsible for both of their deaths- the first tried to commit suicide to escape him and was shot in the process of Morgan saving him; the other he was threatening to gut with his knife, but stabbing him was an accident after someone bumped into him- for which he slit the guys throat because "you killed my brother". He still doesn't shed many tears about either death and spends much of the film trying to murder his niece.[[/note]]. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.
%%-->'''Dawg:''' We need fewer mouths! (fatally shoots crewman)

-->'''Dawg:''' We need fewer mouths! (fatally shoots crewman)
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: None of the characters come off as very good or charismatic enough to root for any of them,everyone is quite bland actually

* CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning[[note]] Well, technically he didn't ''murder'' either of them, but he had few qualms about doing so and he ''was'' more or less responsible for both of their deaths- the first tried to commit suicide to escape him and was shot in the process of Morgan saving him; the other he was threatening to gut with his knife, but stabbing him was an accident after someone bumped into him- for which he slit the guys throat because "you killed my brother". He still doesn't shed many tears about either death and spends much of the film trying to murder his niece.[[/note]]. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.

-->'''Dawg:''' "We need fewer mouths!" (fatally shoots crewman)

* {{Narm}}: "Bad Dawg."

* CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning[[hottip:*: Well, technically he didn't ''murder'' either of them, but he had few qualms about doing so and he ''was'' more or less responsible for both of their deaths- the first tried to commit suicide to escape him and was shot in the process of Morgan saving him; the other he was threatening to gut with his knife, but stabbing him was an accident after someone bumped into him- for which he slit the guys throat because "you killed my brother". He still doesn't shed many tears about either death and spends much of the film trying to murder his niece.]]. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Whatever else the film may be, Davis' LandInTheSaddle (yes, actually performed by Davis herself) is a pretty damn awesome moment for the actress.
** Dawg's death:
-->(''Morgan is cornered but brandishes a burning twig.'')
-->'''Dawg''': (''who still has his sword'') You're going to kill me, with that little stick?
-->'''Morgan''': No. With this. (''pulls a nearby blanket to reveal a cannon, which she then lights'')
*** Unfortunately she follows it up with an awful PreMortemOneLiner: "Bad Dawg."

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite [[TheyJustDidntCare a conspicuous lack of effort]] from ''everyone else''.

* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Both the [[NathanRabin My Year Of Flops]] [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-extrapiratey-case-file-114-cutthr,2391/ review]] and the NostalgiaChick [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-cutthroat-island-6361360 review]] credit Frank Langella for trying his best to save the movie despite [[TheyJustDidntCare a conspicuous lack of effort]] from ''everyone else''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ''entire'' soundtrack is probably John Debney's best as well as one of the top modern swashbuckling film scores - or just top film scores, period. The majority of veteran film score collectors consider it far superior to the music from ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', but YMMV, of course.
** However, it could also be argued that the overly glorious and over-the-top music, especially those (many) moments featuring OminousLatinChanting or some variant thereof, makes the comparatively mundane onscreen events seem almost parodic. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], in particular, [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/cutthroat-island/ argued it]].
** What can't be argued is that Debney is just about the only participant in the film whose career actually ''benefitted'' from working on it - he remains a prolific, in-demand composer to this day.
* CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning[[hottip:*: Well, technically he didn't ''murder'' either of them, but he had few qualms about doing so and he ''was'' more or less responsible for both of their deaths- the first tried to commit suicide to escape him and was shot in the process of Morgan saving him; the other he was threatening to gut with his knife, but stabbing him was an accident after someone bumped into him- for which he slit the guys throat because "you killed my brother". He still doesn't shed many tears about either death and spends much of the film trying to murder his niece.]]. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.
-->'''Dawg:''' "We need fewer mouths!" (fatally shoots crewman)
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: None of the characters come off as very good or charismatic enough to root for any of them,everyone is quite bland actually

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment: Whatever else the film may be, Davis' LandInTheSaddle (yes, actually performed by Davis herself) is a pretty damn awesome moment for the actress.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ''entire'' soundtrack is probably John Debney's best as well as one of the top modern swashbuckling film scores - or just top film scores, period. The majority of veteran film score collectors consider it far superior to the music from ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', but YMMV, of course.

* CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning[[hottip:*: Well, technically he didn't ''murder'' either of them, but he had few qualms about doing so and he ''was'' more or less responsible for both of their deaths- the first tried to commit suicide to escape him and was shot in the process of Morgan saving him; the other he was threatening to gut with his knife, but stabbing him was an accident after someone bumped into him- for which he slipped the guys throat because "you killed my brother". He still doesn't shed many tears about either death and spends much of the film trying to murder his niece.]]. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.

* CompleteMonster: Dawg. Murdering his own brothers for their pieces of a treasure map is only the beginning. One particular example of something that seems ''extremely'' [[ForTheEvulz petty and cruel]] is when one of his crew protests they don't have enough food loaded to leave immediately.

** However, it could also be argued that the overly glorious and over-the-top music, especially those (many) moments featuring OminousLatinChanting or some variant thereof, makes the comparatively mundane onscreen events seem almost parodic. [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], in particular, [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/cutthroat-island/ argued it]].

--->Dawg: "We need fewer mouths!" (fatally shoots crewman)
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ''entire'' soundtrack is probably John Debney's best as well as one of the top modern swashbuckling film scores - or just top film scores, period. The majority of veteran film score collectors consider it far superior to the music from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', but YMMV, of course.
** However, it could also be argued that the overly glorious and over-the-top music, especially those (many) moments featuring {{OminousLatinChanting}} or some variant thereof, makes the comparatively mundane onscreen events seem almost parodic. [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]], in particular, [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/cutthroat-island/ argued it]].
** What can't be argued is that Debney is just about the only participant in the film whose career actually ''benefitted'' from working on it - he remains a prolific, in-demand composer to this day.
* SoBadItsGood: watching the film can give you the impression that it's just a small step away from actually being a legitimately decent movie. Everything, though -- the action, the humour, the dialogue, the romance, the characters -- seem just ''off'', enough to make it {{Narm}}y and more than a bit ridiculous. At any rate, it's still enjoyable for its sheer brash terribleness.

* SoBadItsGood: Naturally, YourMileageMayVary, but watching the film can give you the impression that it's just a small step away from actually being a legitimately decent movie. Everything, though -- the action, the humour, the dialogue, the romance, the characters -- seem just ''off'', enough to make it {{Narm}}y and more than a bit ridiculous. At any rate, it's still enjoyable for its sheer brash terribleness.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ''entire'' soundtrack is probably John Debney's best as well as one of the top modern swashbuckling film scores - or just top film scores, period. The majority of veteran film score collectors consider it far superior to the music from ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', but YMMV, of course.