II - Roman Polanski's PIRATES - Ghost-ship.flv After "Tess" (joy!), for me, Polanski's golden age comes to an end, that period when he produced almost exclusively excellent films or masterpieces. After that, which is also quite normal, his work becomes more fluctuating in quality (with at least one more masterpiece, at least, and several other nice films but also some real duds), particularly that period spanning the mid-'80s to the early '90s which I believe was, in my opinion, the least interesting of his career, featuring a trio of films that are rather (un)remarkable. Like this one, which actually has some nice bits, a tasty pirate-like Matthau, a few memorable scenes (the dinner with the rat), and an appropriately adventurous flair, along with a dose of "wickedness" that Polanski never fails to include, just like in all his comedies; it’s not a bad film and I understand it can be entertaining, unfortunately for me, pirate adventures and stories hold no appeal whatsoever and honestly, I got quite fed up watching this film. I enjoy maritime ballads, films... Less. As a homage to classic adventure cinema, it’s not bad, but not to my taste, thanks.