Pirates of Caribbean logic question MAJOR SPOILER

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Hand slashings and you!

Talked about the final fight scene with my girlfriend, in which the curse is lifted. She confirmed that they DID both slash their hands. We also remembered the bit with Barbosa saying that they'd all paid in blood. Now it all makes much more sense.

What was so bad about Orlando Bloom's character? The bland hero is such a stereotype of these kind of movies, I'd have been disappointed if there hadn't been one.

 

[Seonaid]

Re: Hand slashings and you!

What was so bad about Orlando Bloom's character? The bland hero is such a stereotype of these kind of movies, I'd have been disappointed if there hadn't been one.

I don't appreciate stock characters in general, and this film was sufficiently different that I had hoped not to have *any*. Actually, I *almost* hoped that she would go with dude (whose name, again, escapes me), rather than submit to the hackneyed plot. ::shrug:: Oh well. It was still a quite good movie.

 

[Tsyr]

Actualy, my big question is:

Ok, blooms character's father sent him a coin. But giving away/selling a coin doesn't end the curse (Hence them talking about having to get all the coins back)... So Bloom's dad should have been hit by the curse, right? They tied him to a cannon, and tossed him overboard... So shouldn't he have still been down there? Or swam untied himself and walked/tied to shore somewhere, or something? It's not like he could drown or starve...

 

[Shadowdancer]

I'm betting that the fate of Bootstrap will be a major component in the sequel.

 

[drnuncheon]

I'm betting that the fate of Bootstrap will be a major component in the sequel.

Hopefully it's not something like this:

Bootstrap: Finally, after all these years, the chain has rusted enough for me to get free! (breaks it) I wonder how little Will is getting along. I suppose I'd better get walking.

[Two years later. Still on the ocean bottom.]

Bootstrap: Hmm. I should have made it to Hispaniola by now. I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere. Oh well, I'll just keep going - I'll hit land sometime.

[Three years later. Still on the ocean bottom.]

Bootstrap: Is that light up above? It's getting shallower! There must be land ahead!

[Meanwhile, Will drops the coins into the chest.]

Bootstrap: At last! I'll be able to....(glub).

J

 

[kingpaul]

drnuncheon,

I really hope that isn't what's going to happen.

 

[John Crichton]

Hopefully it's not something like this:

Bootstrap: Finally, after all these years, the chain has rusted enough for me to get free! (breaks it) I wonder how little Will is getting along. I suppose I'd better get walking.

[Two years later. Still on the ocean bottom.]

Bootstrap: Hmm. I should have made it to Hispaniola by now. I must have taken a wrong turn somewhere. Oh well, I'll just keep going - I'll hit land sometime.

[Three years later. Still on the ocean bottom.]

Bootstrap: Is that light up above? It's getting shallower! There must be land ahead!

[Meanwhile, Will drops the coins into the chest.]

Bootstrap: At last! I'll be able to....(glub).

J

Budget: $175 million.

Film Length: 2 hours 52 minutes.

I smell a winnah.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

drnuncheon,

I really hope that isn't what's going to happen.

I wouldn't put it past Disney at all. They've killed Bambi's mom, Lilo's parents, Cinderella's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Tarzan, and Mufasa, just to name a few. No parent is safe from Walt Disney's evil clutches!

 

[kingpaul]

I wouldn't put it past Disney at all. They've killed Bambi's mom, Lilo's parents, Cinderella's mother, Mr. and Mrs. Tarzan, and Mufasa, just to name a few. No parent is safe from Walt Disney's evil clutches!

Well, in Disney's defense, Cinderella's mom and Tarzan's parents weren't Disney's fault...they were just following an existing storyline.

 

[BobROE]

I saw this film last night and it was entertaining.

But I couldn't help thinking "Curse of Monkey Island" over and over again.