I was watching the Movie The Substance and that film was basically softcore porn with an interesting message to say, who’s to say Porn can’t be art?
Sure professional studios don’t care, They just want to show you the goods and that’s it, but even with such studios they sometimes put the effort in, I remember watching a scene of Nikki Benz with Brazzers where she popped off a champaigne and you could see it in slow mo and I thought “Wait, so y’all are capable of actually having interesting shots”
Porn can be art, It’s just most directors are lazy.
Pirates is pretty bad. None of the actors are particularly entertaining and the female lead (Jesse Jane) is terrible. The sex does not redeem anything. Barely worth the effort of tracking it down for the novelty. The costumes and sets are kinda fun though.
All that to say: throwing lots of money at something can make it shiny but doesn’t necessarily improve it as “artistic expression.”