PotC: At World's End (reactions, spoilers!)

[Merkuri]

Perhaps the curse that's ended by a faithful lover is the part where he can't land except for once every 10 years. He's still the captain of the Flying Dutchman and still has to ferry the dead, but now he can go home every night to his wife and kid.

That's how I'm choosing to interpret it.

 

[Banshee16]

So if Will is released after 10 years, and 'The Dutchman must have a captain!', does that mean someone needs to stab Will's heart and take over for the next shift?

-Hyp.

I've seen posts suggesting that Calypso would find someone else to designate Captain. And apparently in that scene where Will comes back, there's a green flash on the horizon, indicating that a soul has returned from the dead. Davey Jones wasn't dead when he became Captain, whereas Will was.....he'd been slain by that Davey Jones. So the green flash could be indicative that Will returned to the living when he left his post as captain of the ship. Who knows? Maybe Will Turner Sr. took over the duties, to let his son go home to his wife?

Banshee

 

[Elemental]

One of my favourite lines - "Do you think he plans it all out in advance, or just makes it up as he goes along?"

-Hyp.

That was a great bit. The funniest bit without any lines was the physical comedy when Elizabeth gives up the last of her concealed weapons in Singapore.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Davey Jones wasn't dead when he became Captain, whereas Will was.....he'd been slain by that Davey Jones.

Well, he'd been stabbed. I didn't get that he was dead - they got him to stab the heart just in time.

To me, the green flash was souls returning from the land of the dead - that is, the Dutchman coming back from World's End - but not necessarily someone who was dead returning to life.

-Hyp.

 

[Banshee16]

Well, he'd been stabbed. I didn't get that he was dead - they got him to stab the heart just in time.

To me, the green flash was souls returning from the land of the dead - that is, the Dutchman coming back from World's End - but not necessarily someone who was dead returning to life.

-Hyp.

They made a point about the green flash when Jack returned, and that flash was related to souls returning from the land of the dead.

I figured that Will was dying or dead, and they put the dagger in his hand, and forced him to stab the heart, but that he was beyond the capacity of being able to do that himself.

Banshee

 

[Hypersmurf]

I figured that Will was dying or dead, and they put the dagger in his hand, and forced him to stab the heart, but that he was beyond the capacity of being able to do that himself.

Oh, he was definitely beyond doing it himself, but I'd still figure he can't have been dead... once he's actually dead, he'd be as much a tool as the knife, and whoever was manipulating his corpse would be the true instrument of Davy Jones' death.

-Hyp.

 

[Mistwell]

Kinda messy muddle, with too many characters/plots to be resolved. Think Johnny Depp's skit was getting a bit tired, though I really like Geoffrey Rush. ("What are YARRR doin'?") He shows folks who's the REAL pirate!

It was all right. Not really on my highly reccomended list.

I agree.

Let's kill the Kraken! Nevermind the big deal we made last movie about how it was the key to all power. And let's get all the Captains together to fight the East India Company. Nevermind that they don't. And let's release Calypso to change everything. Nevermind that it really doesn't do anything other than make an interesting special effect to sale around. And let's start the movie off all the peasants dying and a song. Never mind that the peasants continue to die, the song is almost entirely dropped except for a couple of short mentions later, and nothing is done to stop the people doing the killing (who sale off to presumably continue doing it). What a friggen mess!

 

[Hypersmurf]

Nevermind that it really doesn't do anything other than make an interesting special effect to sale around.

Maelstrom Sale! 50% Off! Everything Must Go!

-Hyp.

 

[Jakar]

Bad movie for doing that on the carpet (smacks it with a rolled up newspaper)

What a crap movie. It looked really good, but boy did the story really suck or what.

 

[Banshee16]

I agree.

Let's kill the Kraken! Nevermind the big deal we made last movie about how it was the key to all power. And let's get all the Captains together to fight the East India Company. Nevermind that they don't. And let's release Calypso to change everything. Nevermind that it really doesn't do anything other than make an interesting special effect to sale around. And let's start the movie off all the peasants dying and a song. Never mind that the peasants continue to die, the song is almost entirely dropped except for a couple of short mentions later, and nothing is done to stop the people doing the killing (who sale off to presumably continue doing it). What a friggen mess!

I think the whole concept they were going with was that the more extreme actions of EITC were basically because of the villain. They were him running rampant with his power, rather than actual EITC policy. When he died, cooler heads prevailed. That's kind of how I interpreted it.

Banshee