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

[Merkuri]

I don't know how they would've known where to meet (perhaps it was simply the nearest island), but she certainly didn't go back to the locker. Do you remember how hard it was for them to get there in the first place? I doubt she could survive the south pole (or wherever it was they went that was cold) in a dinghy.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I doubt she could survive the south pole (or wherever it was they went that was cold) in a dinghy.

I'd love to see you sail to the South Pole - in a dinghy or a ship

-Hyp.

 

[Steel_Wind]

My husband and I weren't sure about the end. Did Elizabeth go to the Locker, is that where the beach is where she waits for him? I thought so, it looked like the same beach. But husband doesn't think so. After Will sailed away on the FD, the pirates gave her a dinghy and said "bye" like they knew exactly where she was going. So I assumed she was going back to the Locker, but he doesn't buy it. He thinks she must have set up a rendesvouz on some other beach, but then how would she know where to go when she leaves immediately following the FD?

Thoughts?

They simply put ashore on nearby terra firma for some privacy to consummate their marriage. We know this, as when Turner leave on the Dutchman, he winks out to between the worlds as the sunsets with a green flash.

He goes off to do what it is that Davey Jones ought to have been doing - guiding souls to the after life who died at sea.

Later, after the credits, Turner returns ten years later to shore to see Elizabeth and his son, WilliamIII.

 

[satori01]

The whole cut out his heart thing got me as well.

They stated in AWE that Jones only cut out his heart after the first 10 years and Calypso's betrayal. There was no reason for them to have to cut Will's heart.

No reason other than magic, and to set up a way to kill Will, and bring him back again, and leave the story with a somewhat tragic air.
Davey Jones' act of defiance in cutting out his heart changed the nature of the office he was supposed to perform.... it is magic, and having a magic spell or effect be altered through a great determined action born of strong emotion is pretty time honored aspect of magical stories in general.

 

[Taelorn76]

No reason other than magic, and to set up a way to kill Will, and bring him back again, and leave the story with a somewhat tragic air.
Davey Jones' act of defiance in cutting out his heart changed the nature of the office he was supposed to perform.... it is magic, and having a magic spell or effect be altered through a great determined action born of strong emotion is pretty time honored aspect of magical stories in general.

Yeah, but I still don't think Will needed to have his heart cut out.

 

[death tribble]

I saw it and was disappointed.
Too many people in it.
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones, Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa and Keith Richards as Teague were good. But Johnny was having an off day.

Dead Man's Chest was better in my opinion.

 

[jonathan swift]

Yeah, but I still don't think Will needed to have his heart cut out.

Why not? They mentioned it several times in the movie.

 

[Taelorn76]

Why not? They mentioned it several times in the movie.

Because Jones cut out his heart so as not to feel the pain of Calypso's betrayal. IIRC cutting out his heart had nothing to do with the job of ferrying the dead to the locker

 

[sniffles]

I saw it opening day. I enjoyed certain parts of it very much, especially the mythic aspects of going to rescue Captain Jack and the story of Calypso. But it was too long and confusing. I wish I'd rewatched #2 before I saw #3. I had a hard time remembering what was going on.

The romance between Will Turner and Elizabeth had no chemistry this time. I just didn't feel it.

I also thought they had too many characters. Chow Yun Fat was mostly wasted and Geoffrey Rush stole the show from Johnny Depp. I wanted to see more of Jack Sparrow.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Because Jones cut out his heart so as not to feel the pain of Calypso's betrayal. IIRC cutting out his heart had nothing to do with the job of ferrying the dead to the locker

The only person to make that claim was Tia Dalma. So it's really a question of whether or not one chooses to believe that she was telling the truth.

Me, I'd rather that she had been, and that the heart bit was unrelated to captaining the Flying Dutchman. But that certainly doesn't appear to be the interpretation the movie offered.