What kind of movies do Pirates like?

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What kind of movies do Pirates like?

Friday, July 25, 2008 at 12:07am

Movies about Pirates... duh.
Like this one...

Oh yeah... Pirates like Arrghh-rated movies, too.

Or this one for the kids...

Since I have been in Quito, I have become quite the pirate.
In Quito, on just about every street corner, there is a store full of pirated DVDs. Now some stores are more professional than others. Some actually make the DVD cases look legit and cover the DVDs with designs so that the DVDs look like the actual.

However, some do not go to such great lengths. Some DVD cases are just photocopies from the movie's website. And the DVDs are just white, blank DVD-R disks.
But what do you expect for $2?

But I think I have become addicted to buying pirated DVDs. This is my collection so far...

Yes, that was High School Musical.
No, it wasn't for me.
It was for Brandon Wade because he opened my eyes to the miracle that is High School Musical 1. However, this copy was a defect. The movie worked fine but all the words were behind by like 3 seconds. And you know, I cannot sing along unless my lips are insync with Zac Efron's.
But what do you expect for $2?
So I returned it for another movie.

Now, some of you may be wondering... pirated DVDs... didn't Metallica or someone like that tell me that was wrong? Well you are correct. Pirated DVDs are TECHNICALLY illegal.

BUT! The congress of Ecuador are making pirated DVDs and CDs legal for the sake of the poor. So many people in Ecuador make a living off of selling Pirated DVDs. So instead of shutting down these businesses and putting these people in jail. They are going fix the problem by making it legal... makes sense, right?
So TECHNICALLY it won't be illegal in about 2 months, so I don't have a guilty conscience.

However, I did get a guilty conscience after I bought "Que Tan Lejos" for $2.

"Qué tan lejos" translates to:
"How much further?" in English
or
"Are we there yet?" in Annoying little kid

"Que tan lejos" is a great independently-made film about 3 people on a road trip through Ecuador. Two girls, strangers, are on the same bus headed from Quito to Cuenca. One (named Tristeza) is trying to stop her lover from marrying someone he doesn't love. (I think I like the movie because I have a crush on her. I am a sucker for hippie Latino girls. However, this changed when I saw her in the Bonus section of the DVD where she had a uni-brow in an interview. A little too hippie for me.) The other (named Esperanza) is from Spain traveling through Ecuador. A third man joins them (his name is Jesus... it made me feel really guilty for buying the pirated movie... WWJD :-/ ). But its a great movie if you want to see what Ecuador is like - the mountains, kids selling chiclets, Quito, Cuenca, la playa, late buses, famous Spanish singers, and Liga... haha.

Here is a link to the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnzrllQlzQ

After watching it, I felt like the Independent Film Gods were going to strike me dead.

To make up for it, I am going to have you guys buy the legit DVD for me! Haha.
Here is a link to the website where you can buy it for $20.
http://www.medulafilms.com/siloin/

Actually, I am going to buy it when I get back to the states (because its next to impossible to find a legitimate DVD store in Quito... haha).
But you should buy it to support Independent Film in Ecuador.