Review of The Sea Hawk (1940) by Stcenterprise . — 30 Jan 2016

The Sea Hawk.

Spain 1585.

Battle early on Sea Hawk and massive Spanish Ship being rowing around.

To get Spanish to surrender is to go to the Spanish horn blower to make the surrender call.

English Pirate privater Ship The Sea Hawk. Free slaves on below Spanish ship to.

They argue in front of captured Spanish crew where gain food and alcohol from and saying it came from Spanish galleons or Portuguese ships.

The Spanish have confiscated cargo of English in Spanish ports.

The Queens requires no explanation.

Errol Flynn has own pet monkey with crown from Brazil.

Everyone in England is concerned that Spanish are a threat with treasure gain from New World and colonies so Try to convince Queen of England to invest in building up Navy.

Captain Thorp is a lady charmer Queen of England, Donna Maria captured on Spanish ship, as well as other women.

The Spanish try to put a spy onboard Overtross Sea Hawk but his interview to join crew did not work to be acceptable to CAPTAIN.

They go to a chart map maker. Rarely seen in movies map vs charts.

Found out that they plan to go to Panama at map shop.

Show South America in Brown and White instead of Black & White.

The Sea Hawk crew is killed and captured in a trap by Spain in Panama.

9 cities and 54 Vessels.

Privater Crew of Jeffrey Thorp was put into captivity chained to work rowing Spanish ships for rest of lives.

Stop rowing to gain dagger from one of whipping guards.

Over night the ore rowers escape and take ship using confiscated knife from guardsman.

Find plan for secret planned invasion by the Spanish of England.

I liked the final sword fight sequences using shadows to depict the battle. The numerous angles from wide shots, close ups, and seeing shadows on the walls to depict the fight. I also thought the sword fights were stepped up with Errol Flynn fighting 3, 4, or more people within one fight was entertaining to watch.

The musical score in this film was great but the pass was ever so slightly a rich too fast.

I did like that the South America portion of the film was shot in brown & white where as the shot portions in Europe were shot in Black & White which was an interesting feel to the film. I had never seen that done before except in the silent films.

I liked the scale and choice on places to put the camera at. The angel looking from a crane perspective strait down on the ship in South America once Errol Flynn's crew boards back from being ambushed by the Spanish in Panama was a nice touch.

I also think that this film did a good job of using silence to create an atmosphere of uneasiness and tension among the audience.

I liked the pictures scale in ship fights, models, and size of the ships used to film this picture. It was an experience to watch.