Well, it is February it is obviously the month of St. Valentine and love stories from Television and Movies, and though I really cannot make a list of many Romantic films I look as amazing than any other movie I decided to take a dive into classic Swashbuckling films. Moreover, I loved Tyrone Power's performance in Nightmare Alley so what better way to pick a movie that made him a household name, also this was one of the few movies I found on YouTube, so The Black Swan was the perfect contender to sit down and review. The best way I would describe the swashbuckling genre is that they were really consisting of men in tights with lots and lots of fencing through the course of the movie with a love story to go along with it. The genre made both Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn famous moreover the perfect men to make these action adventure films believable mainly because these men where good looking and they can do their own stunts in terms of fighting. The Black Swan, I would look at as a perfect fun style of action with a love story that reminds me of the Marriage Story.
With the pardon of notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) by the English King, Caribbean pirates are offered amnesty if they give up their lawless ways. As Governor of Jamaica, Morgan picks Captain Jaime Waring (Tyrone Power) to round up the renegade Captain Billy Leech (George Sanders). Beautiful Margaret Denby (Maureen O'Hara) complicates matters for Waring, as her scorn for him is matched only by his love for her.
Watching this movie whole, I have to say that this is almost like a movie genre in reverse, mainly because now it's like every year there's a superhero movie coming out for which feels annoying at times and yet I'm starting to think that people back in the thirties and forties where probably tired of the swashbuckling genre or the ten chapter movie serials, although the main differences people back then were dealing with the great depression and WW2, while this generation is dealing with the Government being obnoxiously stupid playing games with people's lives. And yet I would say the main difference back then and now is that Hollywood can come out with something new and different when it comes to going to the movies and you would feel like having to watch something fresh and new, Hollywood now, is like they're not even trying at all to make a movie furthermore are just rehashing old scripts and remaking the same old material over and over so deep down I would say that this generation has really gone down the toilet in terms of trying to create something new and different even though I've been saying that so many times. The Black Swan I have to admit was a breath of fresh air, though deep down it's not as great as Nightmare Alley in terms of Power's best performances but this movie was no doubt one of those adventure films that the studio's forced it upon Power's furthermore had no choice but to accept and even though this was the first action adventure film of Tyrone Power's work this was defiantly a movie that he absolutely made it work. Moreover, this film came out two years after the Mark of Zorro was released so you can tell that Power was the right choice to play the pirate Jaime Waring especially since he is required to handle a sword so it's like he was born for these roles. Maureen O'Hara who, I've watch her all of my life from such films like The Quiet Man, McLintock and Big Jake for which she was the leading lady to a good portion of John Wayne's movies and watching her performance it's like there is nothing she can't do she can play a strong independent woman then go to a damsel in distress character for which there's a great reason why I look at her as one of the greatest movie actresses of all time. The love story between Power and O'Hara gave me a chuckle inside because it really does remind me of the film Marriage Story where they spend a good portion just bickering at one another so in all honesty it's like Marriage Story but only they fall in love with one another in the end, although to be honest I would say if I kidnap a woman and force her to fall in love with me I would get a restraint order placed on me moreover would be branded a creep for the rest of my life, though let's be honest all men are creeps it's to what extent you are as a creep. The most awesome thing about this movie is seeing Uncle Billy in this pirate film aka Thomas Mitchell for which was so surprised to hear his voice on screen, moreover, thought he does an excellent job playing the comic relief of the film moreover playing the reliable sidekick to Tyrone Power. Seeing the first of many swashbuckling films that Tyrone Power starred in I have to say that this was a great find and great movie from start to finish though it was a little be slow at first, but it gets good by the end of the frame. So, if you are getting tired of watching so many romantic comedies, I would highly recommend watching the Black Swan.
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