113: Cutthroat Island (1995)

It's time again for our now-annual Turkey Month, and we're kicking off a November's worth of big budget turkeys with Cutthroat Island, the pirate movie that plundered Carolco of their last remaining doubloons, and sent Geena Davis' career as a swashbuckler off the side of a boat. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 113: Cutthroat Island (1995) (00:00:18) - Intro. (00:02:08) - Our first turkey for November: Cutthroat Island! (00:07:37) - The Renny Harlin factor, and the initial (fairly different) pitch for this movie. (00:12:06) - THEY KILLED CAROLCO! (00:18:15) - The cast we got, and the cast we could have had. (00:23:30) - Listing off some of the myriad curses that befell this production (and some debate about Davis' stunts). (00:32:16) - Despite all the troubles, they pulled this one off at the box office, right?!? (No.) (00:38:49) - Addressing any lingering questions before we get into the movie proper. (00:43:58) - Break! (00:44:24) - We're back, and here's what the hell is happening in this movie. (00:54:21) - The introduction of William Shaw. (00:59:28) - I saved a guy who speaks Latin, what did you ever do? (01:02:26) - One of the few bright spots: the carriage chase. (01:04:41) - These puzzles suck. (01:06:11) - Time to dig up another uncle. (01:12:43) - Gunshot wound? No problem! (01:17:45) - An interminable mutiny before we finally get to Cutthroat Island. (01:25:31) - Oh look, treasure. (01:29:49) - Let's blow some stuff up for like 30 minutes. (01:37:11) - We saved the treasure! (...and Shaw!) (01:40:32) - Final thoughts. (01:46:04) - Some talk about our film for next week: Waterworld! (01:51:28) - Outro.