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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 3580958" data-attributes="member: 29746">After seeing the movie for the second time with my friends last week, I can answer this one. The key is the interaction during the "quadruple-cross" betrayal-upon-betrayal scene where Sao Feng wants the Pearl and doesn't get it. Barbossa explains to him in that scene that he intends to get the Brethren Court together to release Calypso- and when he says that, he aims a glance at Elizabeth. Sao Feng follows said glance and clearly (to judge from his reactions later) comes to the conclusion that Elizabeth is in fact Calypso. But Barbossa knows perfectly well that Tia Dalma is- in other words, he was deliberately misleading Sao Feng in that scene (probably because he assumed that Sao would try to take her for himself).It's a very subtle bit of acting and direction I thought, and it's definitely not the only one in the movie. There are layers upon layers to the plot and the acting here, people. This movie definitely rewards multiple viewings!Pity so many people appear to have missed details and gotten confused so they disliked it. Me, I loved it- I'll join with the small number of posters who've said they thought it was the best of the three. All of the characters in this movie were complex and acted intelligently except for the comic relief squad (i.e., Jack the Monkey, the two Redcoats, etc.). And even Ragetti got a character-building moment in this movie by being the one who releases Calypso!I think there's also a way to explain the little stone-crabs in the Locker. Remember what Tia Dalma turns into when she discorporates after being released? Isn't that an interesting "coincidence" in light of the fact that she was with the party that sailed to World's End to get Jack and the Pearl? Isn't it curious that the crabs start moving the ship just when the rescue party comes ashore, and that they "just happen" to lead the ship to the ocean right next to the rescue party? I certainly thought so... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And the town of Shipwreck reminded me instantly of (spoiler alert for Savage Tide)[spoiler]the description for the Wreck which is the headquarters for the Crimson Fleet. PotC: AWE just one-upped the Adventure Path![/spoiler]. It's almost certainly a case of convergent thinking, but still- now DMs who run that adventure have the perfect image to hit their players with. Nice bonus for gamers there, just as the Liars' Dice scene in DMC was.</blockquote>

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