If I look back at my weird transition into becoming a teenager, I remember where my passion for knowledge of films came about. It all started with Pirates of the Caribbean... no doubt in my mind about it. I watched every minute of special features for his three pirate movies. Not only are those movies amazing but everything else he's worked on is great! Here are his 10 directing credits:
The Lone Ranger
Rango
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's end
The Weather Man
The Ring
The Mexican
Mousehunt
The Ritual (short)
However, I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty last night and it was amazing! Guess who produced it? Verbinski. I'm not saying the credit goes to him because Ben Stiller really put that movie together but hey, it was great. It was also very surprising to me that he directed The Ring. That movie is intense...
Fun Facts: The dice game in POC: DMC, was a game Gore made up with his family.
He's the one playing the guitar in "At World's End."
Being from Tennessee it was interesting to know that he was born in Oak Ridge, TN
The only movies he's made that I haven't seen are The Weatherman and The Mexican. I had no idea what The Mexican was and then I realized it has Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts in it so I'm thinking it's probably worth seeing. Some hipsters of our time like to think it's "unhip" to watch movies because they are big blockbusters or have the most famous actors. Don't worry about those people because I almost exclusively do this. I've never been let down doing so. What's even better is watching an independent movie just because it has one or two great actors in it and it's amazing because those artists made that movie to tell that story. Watch who you want to watch because you can appreciate their work. I'm going to go out and find these movies and watch them just because Gore Verbinski made them. I guarantee myself that it will be worth it.
p.s. The Lone Ranger was amazing. Don't listen to everyone that seems to hate it, even though that feels like everyone. It's worth it.
