Pirates of Caribbean logic question MAJOR SPOILER

[Sam]

Pirates Sequel Sets Sail

Banking on the success of its Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Disney is already talking about a sequel to the theme-park-ride-inspired movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Disney has reportedly made sequel arrangements with key cast members Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, as well as with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the trade paper reported.

Saw the movie last night. Easily one of the best action/adventure films in many years! As we were walking out of the theater, I said to my wife "I wonder how they're going to do the sequel, as I don't see Depp signing on for sequels."

Already looking forward to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Flight of the Sparrow" or whatever they're coming up with

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Apparently, the priates don't turn into skeletons unless they are under the moonlight, and when they look like normal human they still bleed like normal.

Will and Elizabeth even realize this and take advantage of it. When they're all fighting Barbossa and his men in the cave at the end, and they've impaled the three pirates together under the moonlight, Will sticks a lit grenade in the open ribcage of the middle pirate and then kicks all three out of the light. Back in the shade, their skin magically reappears, and the pirate can't get the grenade out. He says, "No fair!", and then blows up.

THE ONGOING CURSE DEBATE

A few things were happening simultaneously during the fight between CAPTAIN Sparrow and Barbossa, and they show a close-up of a hand getting cut right after showing Will running up the treasure pile. It seemed pretty obvious to me that it was Will cutting his hand open (Why would Sparrow cut his hand, anyway?), but I can see how the way it was shot and edited might leave it confusing.

Which still begs the question no one's asked: Why Turner blood? Is it because his was the last coin to be returned? Is it because he was the only one who felt genuinely remorseful for taking the treasure in the first place?

 

[drnuncheon]

A few things were happening simultaneously during the fight between CAPTAIN Sparrow and Barbossa, and they show a close-up of a hand getting cut right after showing Will running up the treasure pile. It seemed pretty obvious to me that it was Will cutting his hand open (Why would Sparrow cut his hand, anyway?), but I can see how the way it was shot and edited might leave it confusing.

I believe that Sparrow needed to cut his hand (and they needed Turner's blood as well) because they needed some of everyone's blood to break the curse - Barbossa said something about it during his speech to the effect of "we've all paid in blood and now she must do the same!"

J

 

[Shadowdancer]

Well, I remember Sparrow saying something to the effect it had to be pirate blood. But apparently it had to be the blood of the pirates who took the gold coins, otherwise they could have just grabbed any pirate who wasn't part of the Black Pearl's crew and spilled his blood.

 

[demiurge1138]

Remember, CAPTAIN Sparrow took a coin too, so he could be immortal to fight with Barbarossa. He needed to pay his blood as well for the curse to be lifted. So both Sparrow and Will cut their hands and pay in blood in the last fight, lifting the curse and allowing Barbarossa to be killed.

Demiurge out.

 

[Aeolius]

Already looking forward to "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Flight of the Sparrow" or whatever they're coming up with

Pirates of the Caribbean II: Bootstrap Bill vs. Zombie Monkey

 

[Seonaid]

Other than Orlando Bloom, the movie was quite good. His character was, as noted before, incredibly unbelievable. I don't remember LotR well enough to analyze, but I thought he was quite good in that, but perhaps that was due to the scope of the film or how good he looked . . . Maybe he did well in Pirates, too, his acting was just overshadowed by how bad the character was.

As for the ending, I liked it a lot too. I was totally expecting the "jilted lover turned evil" and so it was a lovely surprise when it didn't happen. Dude always seemed like a half-decent guy anyway. If I *think* about it, the ending does seem a bit abrupt, but if I don't think too hard, it works out fine, so I just don't think too hard.

 

[John Crichton]

Great fun! All my likes have been listed already so I'll just move on to...

But I also greatly enjoyed the flick. Music wasn't bad either. I don't believe I've had the pleasure of that composer before.

Really? Hans Zimmer has done tons of movies, especially summer blockbusters.

See?!

But seriously, the music was quite good and obviously done by him. It just had that feel altho it did feel like he had much more fun scoring this film than he has any other in years. I actually didn't pick up on who it was until the very end, mostly because I was focused on Sparrow and his antics.

I'll be picking up the soundtrack ASAP.

EDIT: He had help. Oops. Klaus Badelt

 

[Shadowdancer]

I thought from the movie credits in the theater that Klaus Badelt wrote most of the music, with others contributing some, and Zimmer served as musical supervisor or something.

And Amazon.com lists Badelt as the primary composer: The link

 

[John Crichton]

I thought from the movie credits in the theater that Klaus Badelt wrote most of the music, with others contributing some, and Zimmer served as musical supervisor or something.

And Amazon.com lists Badelt as the primary composer: The link

Yup, I responded a bit hastily. That sounds about right.