POTC: At World's End Appreciation Thread #2: Hoist the colors high (SPOILERS)

I agree with Rockstar.

Captain Jack is my whole thing about pirates, without him the 2nd and 3rd would not be much good, cause the 2 movies weren't close as good as the 1st one.
 
I don't know whether this has been discussed before but why did Will have his heart cut off when he became captain of the Dutchman? As I recall, the only reason why Davy Jones cut out his heart was because he couldn't bear Tia's betrayal.
 
Extremnely. Especially with that green light. It has been said that it appears when the dead come back to life, like when it happened to Jack, but who commands the Dutchman if Will's curse has been broken?
 
To get us all in the mood, I found this deleted scene from AWE. Watch it or not, it's up to you. It's hilarous though!

YouTube - Two Captains, One Ship
 
I actually thought that turning Elizabeth into a hero was the best part. Keira was great as the damsel in distress in the first movie but had they left her that way there would have been no character progression and the movie would have been stale (in my opinion).

I was fascinated because for me, Elizabeth had a modern day/pirate version of Joan of Arc (minus hearing voices.) I always love to see the sword fights. And Keira totally kicked rear.

One thing I'm disappointed with on the special features- there wasn't much Keira Knightly footage. I would have loved had there been some stuff/talk about her doing that sword fighting.
 
I totally loved this one more so than the second. The second one was like the appatizer to the big meal. Loved how packed this movie was. And Keira Knightley as Elizabeth just gave that modern day Joan of Arc feel (minus the hearing voices from on high).

So can't wait till it comes out on DVD. I've been hinting to my parents that I want it for Christmas- the two disk that has all of those features.
 
I also got the 2 disk for Christmas, I've only watched the movie disk so far, loved the movie. The only thing I have with this one is the way Elizabeth has become a hero type I liked her in the 1st movie. The music I really liked that music that was played where Captain Jack, Barbossa, and Elizabeth are walking on the island.
 
You're in the same boat as me (no pun intended). It's funny, I was really hyped for this movie but I had so much stuff to do at work that the time window just passed before I could see it.
 
The score is my favorite aside from the movie parts. I always determine a movie based on the music. If I like the music then I'll enjoy the movie more. I was really impressed with what Zimmer accomplished for P3. There are even days when I think some of his newer stuff is better than the original Pirates theme.
 
Thanks for the new thread! :D
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Awwwww, no. :( I was on YouTube today, and people were commenting how Gore (or someone else from the production team) has said that the booklet that came out with the movie was incorrect, and Elizabeth breaks the curse, so I got confused all over again. :irked: Dang, I was really hoping he was back for good.

ETA

I just found the article.

The green flash, in general, signals when somebody who was once dead, returns to the land of the living and becomes living themselves. (Green flash happened when Jack & Crew came back to the land of the living because Jack was once dead, and now living again. Notice the Green Flash NEVER happened when Davy Jones popped up out of the water.)

As for the curse of Davy Jones (and now Will), was that he was supposed to ferry the dead who die at sea to the afterlife and help them find peace and he could step on land after 10 years of honest service to be with his true love (for Davy Jones, Calypso; for Will, Elizabeth). If he did not corrupt his duty and if his true love was still waiting for him after 10 years, the curse would be broken. He would no longer be bound to the Dutchman.

Davy Jones corrupted his purpose long before his 10 years was up, he became a monster with every sense of the the word. That is why Calypso did not wait for him, or at least one of the reason's she did not wait for him. If you remember when Davy and Calypso had their little heart to heart on the Pearl, Davy said "I did the duty you charged me with for ten years and after ten years when we could finally be together, you weren't there." Calypso's response was basically that he corrupted his purpose so he in fact did not do the duty she charged him with. He changed the purpose of the duty. So he betrayed her first, long before he bound her in single form.

As for William Turner, he is everything Jack Sparrow said he was when he was telling Davy Jones about Will Turner. He's Noble, Heroic, Worth at least 4 souls. (maybe 3 1/2 lol) and he was in love. So, being the Noble, Heroic, Honor bound man, he dutifully ferried the souls lost at sea from this world to the next and he did not corrupt his purpose. And Elizabeth waited for him. So when William came back after ten years of honorable service to the Dutchman, and Lizzie was still there waiting faithfully. That green flash you see, is Will returning from the dead, to become alive again and he is released from the duty he was charged with to the Dutchman.

Apparently we [the audiance] were supposed to be able to infer that from the green flash and the conversation between Davy Jones and Calyspo. Ted and Terry said that they had written in all the explanation about the curse so that it was clearly laid out in exposition, but it hit the editing room floor due to time constraints. But if you listened really closely and paid attention to all the little details, you'd be able to figure it out on your own although it would be very difficult to do so.
 
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