PotC: Dead Man's Chest spoiler thread

[Hypersmurf]

Also, I think the direction the needle is pointing in is the one that Will shows up from, a few minutes later.

Remember, the first time the compass points at Jack for Elizabeth, it's on the Pearl... and he's standing sternward of her.

In other words, in the opposite direction to the way the ship is heading, which is towards the chest.

-Hyp.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

And the Jar-Jar Binks award goes to...

Ah! A pox on yer and your's! How dare ye... eh... How dare you compare that sexy, busty, dangerous woman to the icon of fan dispair from Star Wars? She could not have possibly been that bad. I mean, the hate for Jar Jar is wide spread and deep. I find it hard to believe that the acromony for Tia could reach that point, let alone that it already has.

By the way, the sequel will star Chow Yun Fat.

 

[Sandain]

Why couldn't Jack use the compass to find the chest? What his heart desired was the key? or Elizabeth?

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Yeah, on rewatching it I have come to agree that Jack is at best Chaotic Neutral, though he may yet be redeemed.

And, my, didn't

Spoiler

Barbosa look smug eating that apple?

The Auld Grump

 

[Relique du Madde]

I'm not really sure why it worked the way it does, but I have some theories..

- JAck's "desires" the Black Pearl (it only shows him the direction of the pearl)
- Elizabeth "desires" Will/Jack/"Freedom" (Her heart's confused which is why it fluctated often)

Now, *MAYBE* it requires two people to use properly for the purpose of finding Davy Jones's Heart. The one person has to hold the compass (thus establishing a base line to what he/she desires) and the second person's own desire adjusts the reading so that it points to an object that can fulfill both desires.. SO....

Elizabeth Alone-----------> Jack/Will/Freedom
Jack Alone ---------------> The ability to sail the black pearl unchallanged*

Jack + Elizabeth ---------> Common Desire:"Freedom from Davy Jones"

Now since Jack and Elizabeth both desired freedom from Davy Jones (to some extent) the compass then pointed to the item which can fullfill that desire, Davy Jones's heart.

*At this point Davy Jones is the strongest threat to Jacks Ability to sail the Black Pearl. When he looks at the compass it goes wild since *everyone* is a potential threat ("eh, pirate") or because while over water there is no escape from Davy Jones (since it would point to the source of the threat).

 

[Firebeetle]

And to think, way back people were all like "A movie based on a Disney theme park attraction? That's gonna suck!" Heh

Don't forget "The Country Bears." Sometimes as a father you must do things that are a horrendous ordeal, and that was one of them. I still shudder. Although the lyric "her name was Lola, she was a show-bear" was pretty funny.

 

[Eridanis]

Just caught this last night. Maybe it was because I was really tired, but I wasn't that impressed. I thought that the plot was strung too tight, and needed some room to breathe; it was point-to-point-to-point without any letup to let you digest it.

The waterwheel fight was a perfect example. When it was happening, I was thinking "hey, this is the moment the filmakers want you to think is a cool set-piece fight. It's OK, but not great." At that moment, I should have been thinking, "Cool fight!" rather than metagaming about it. But maybe that was just me.

I loved the kraken. Man, oh man,a great illustration of how to present a monster that's really unkillable; the best to you hope to do is deal with it well enough to get some part of your party out alive. Loved the images (and squishy sound effects) of its tentacles grasping and pulling the ships apart. Very powerful and well-done.

And thank you to those who also found Voodoo Chick sexy. I was humorously shaking my head as I left the theatre wondering why I thought she was sexier than Elizabeth, bad teeth and all. Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Still, I enjoyed it, and I'll definitely see the third film next year.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I found Tia Dalma to be hawt too!!!

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Ah! A pox on yer and your's! How dare ye... eh... How dare you compare that sexy, busty, dangerous woman to the icon of fan dispair from Star Wars? She could not have possibly been that bad. I mean, the hate for Jar Jar is wide spread and deep. I find it hard to believe that the acromony for Tia could reach that point, let alone that it already has.

Nah, it wasn't that bad. I understood it. I'd not have mentioned it but for all the comments from others about not understanding her. She at least CONTRIBUTED strongly to the movie, albeit while difficult for some to understand, while he-who-shall-not-be-named-again was a clear detraction every second he was on screen or his voice was heard.

 

[Rackhir]

The necklace that Tia had on the table was nearly identical to the one that Davy Jones had. But I have a suspicion that it isn't her necklace, otherwise she'd have been wearing it. Though by the law of character conservation she is the most likely candidate for Davey's love, she just doesn't feel right to me for some reason. Elizabeth however has not directly met Davy though, so there might be some sort of reincarnation thing going?

Jack stole a ring from Tia, which I'm sure will factor in somehow in movie 3 since it didn't in this film.

I knew that Geofrey Rush was in the movie, but I thought that he was doing the voice for Davy. So the ending still took me by surprise.

Still had a blast at the film. I love Jack Davenport (He was terrific in Ultraviolet - The BBC miniseries, not the Mila film and of course "Coupling"). Both he and Orlando Bloom, seemed much more at home in this movie and didn't suffer from the curse of bland whitebreadess that aflicted them in the first movie.