I removed any reference to the controversy surrounding Depp from the video, just so folks know. I don't like editing things without being transparent about it. At this point leaving it in will just distract from the video, with people arguing with outdated comments made in 2017, and I'd rather people actually talk about the movie instead.
Now you want people to talk only about the movie, but you had no problem following unproven accusations back then. Now that it is proven that Amber Heard was the actual abuser, which means you directly contributed to an innocent man having his reputation ruined, you want the dust to settle and everyone to shut up.
This film had a lot of stuff going for it; it deserves the praise that it earned. However, I was a teenager when this movie came out and I knew a lot of people who were really excited to see it because Legolas was in the movie. I think it is a fair thing to say that some of the pre-release hype came from having one of the Lord of the Rings actors in it in a prominent role.
Even when I was little I remember picking up on this parallel and I remember thinking it was so cool how they wrote it like that lol,glad I’m not the only one who saw the similarities
In the lore, mermaids are predatory and usually don’t actually kiss the sailors, however the kiss of a mermaid allows you to breathe underwater. At the end of stranger tides she kissed him instead of murdering him, so they had a happy ever after ending
Yeah I agree, it's just that this guy doesn't like the sequels that's why he was harsh towards them, I agree curse of the black pearl was the best but the sequels are good too just not as much
The joke about Norrington holding the compass because he wants Jack actually tracks. Norrington wants to capture and kill all pirates so for this moment the compass points to what he wants.
you did not point out that Barbosa had an apple up his sleeve when he falls over dead. HE WAS GOING TO EAT IT WHEN HE FINALLY GOT HIS TASTE BUDS BACK!!!!! poor guy.
@My Multifandom Ass That’s the point, and don’t ask why, it’s truly beautiful, you may not understand the true beauty and high iq you need in order to understand shark tale, Shark Tale is the prequel to popular TV series House, which takes place in dystopia Japan. The movie follows the story of a young teenage boy (Flynn Rider) who is competing in a NASCAR demolition derby to win the pot money, so he and his slave mother can flee the planet Tatooine and join the fight against the evil Helghast. With famous writers such as Erwin Rommel, (writer of the Notebook) and Joe Biden (co-producer of the Ellen Show) the story of Shark Tale is beautifully woven into existence for the audience to truly feel apart of the grand, and epic conclusion of the series. Further more, the movie is complemented by the brilliant music composer Mr. Kesuke Miyagi who is best known for his DVD commentary of famous children novel, Moby Dick (1851) The problem is simply that you will never understand this great and beautiful movie, for your iq is not large enough to understand the true beauty that is shark tale
He also missed the connection of the beginning scene to the older Elizabeth transition. Older Elizabeth was waking up from a dream, (Disney...duh) we were inside her dream, it was real events. But it’s the dream itself that prompts her to remember and put on the medallion.
Fun fact. Hans Zimmer didn't actually do the score for Pirates 1. He did the scores for Pirates 2 and 3. Klaus Badelt did the score for Curse of the Black Pearl.
Zimmer actually did the score, but he was working on another project, so he wasn't allowed to do this one. So he did it in one night and gave it to Badelt, so he could take credit.
I think it's heavily implied that the Pirates can't feel satisfaction or fulfillment. As Barbarossa clearly states he feels like he can't slake desire no matter how much 'pleasurable company' there is and he can't feel the warmth of a woman's flesh, he's dying of starvation and thirst but can't die, so the Curse appears to only remove the positive feelings or satisfaction of things. He doesn't ever say he doesn't feel pain, he just can't feel or enjoy the things he could before being cursed. It also wouldn't make much sense for the curse to remove the feeling of pain since the Curse is specifically intended to cause suffering.
Even that explanation is inconsistent though, seeing as Barbossa doesn’t react to getting stabbed, like, twice. I think the writers either forgot about it at times or some scenes wouldn’t work as well if the pirates just ignored the pain they should hypothetically feel. Best example of this is probably when Elizabeth pours the burning coal over Pintel and Ragetti. It would be really weird since the curse hadn’t been properly established yet.
@@HazelOrbius my best guess is that barbossa just ignores the pain. The sole purpose of pain is to compel one to get away from something dangerous to health. But since he can't die, he can just dismiss it. And hey, as the leader of his crew, he would likely be wiser and know that the pain is no big deal and has psychologically become accustomed to it. It can also explain why he doesn't react in agony of being shot in the end, as he dismissed pain for so long he no longer associated it with bad things, even when it finally became bad once more.
I think it's more about unconsciously reacting to sudden events as expected (nobody says the curse removes muscle memory; in fact muscle/nerve memory is pretty crucial to their moving about), as well as phantom feelings (same thing, different words). The part where Ragetti gets glowing ashes in his hair is pretty open about this: Pintel has to remind him that he *can't actually feel it* (although that line was cut from this video), he just expects to get burned. This happens to all the lower status, less intelligent pirates. It doesn't happen to Barbossa who is (at least compared to his crewmembers) quite intelligent and is thus able to control his reaction to being stabbed, and he even makes a point out of not feeling it to Elizabeth. And Sparrow is obviously on Barbossa's level, hence he's equally able to control his reaction (although his genuine fascination seeps through eventually). I don't, however, think Krosecz was unable to realize this to begin with. I assume he simply decided to instead use it as an opportunity to make funny, critizising remarks of the low-hanging fruit variety. You know, to entertain us. I think that's fine.
@@HazelOrbius he reacts, but with what can be interpreted as annoyance and a degree of dismissal. While I do believe the real world explanation is the writers and directors forgot, in universe it makes sense for his character as even after the curse is removed, he doesn't react to the pain of having been shot,just the sensation of blood loss making him cold.
I always thought the reason that Elizabeth gave “Turner” as her surname was so that she might trick the pirates and hide the fact that she was the governor’s daughter to avoid being held for ransom or kept captive for whatever reason.
Fun fact: Jack getting mad and almost killing Elizabeth after she burns all the rum is kind of understandable when you get the wider shot of the island and see absolutely no source of freshwater in sight. She just burned their only source of consumable liquid. Sure it works out in the end, but still.
I actually like the beginning scene, it plays up the "fearful" aspect of pirates rather than the romanticised one Also while pirates were cruel i think many of them were more like "mercenaries" or privateers as they were called, you dont last long with no allies
No, many were just evil A profession which the scum of the earth would have been drawn to - those kinds of people have always existed, even to this day, and are drawn towards whatever makes their vile impulses the easiest to obtain The only "allies" were the ones who followed whoever had the biggest dick to swing, some rare bands may have had mutually respectful agreement, but certainly not joining a fight for the other if it was not beneficial to themselves - or help in a fight and stab them in the back right after It was a land of no morals
I think the problem with the opening is not the slight "horror" tone, which I think is probably a really good idea. It's just that, I suspect, the little girl's acting and characterization is a bit weak. It would have been far better, in my opinion, if Elizabeth had been portrayed as secondary to the adults here. This way a little girl, whose value as a forceful character is minuscule at best, could be introduced and portrayed _as a kid,_ and not as a small adult with bad acting. Even her standing there singing was awkward. I like the zoom-in on the ship, but the whole time I'm watching her trying to act, and that's a huge problem for a movie otherwise full of actual actors.
Nobody: '...' RU-vid Recommendations: 'Here's a 2 year old, 53 minute long video from a channel you've never heard of before and it's about a movie everyone has seen.'
And I watched the whole damned thing, and still felt like I should pirate and watch the movie. Doesn't matter if it takes 10 years and 23 movies, This movie is dead on point on how a movie should be made, and it only took 1.
I think the purpose of Gibbs being in the beginning of the movie is to give Elizabeth a solid reason to trust (or at least, go along with) Jack's crew. Gibbs is a friendly face, and given the fact that she looks to him for clarification about Norrington's joke in the first scene of the film, is likely someone who she knew reasonably well and was comfortable around. It's not a big thing, but giving Elizabeth even one extra person who she trusts goes a long way in explaining why she - who had previously been quite shrewd and cautious around the pirates - lets her guard down a bit around Jack's crew
It's also good world building. People were sometimes press ganged into service at this time, or they joined up simply to leave bad circumstances and then deserted at the first opportunity. Or they could just leave when their service was up. But it makes the world feel a bit more lived in to have a guy working for the navy eventually leave and become a pirate because it happened all the time of course.
I think Gibbs is a visual way of foreshadowing to the audience that Will's father could be both a good man and a pirate. Since he actually starts off the movie as a Navy Sailor (similar to what Will thinks his Dad was) and when we see him again as a pirate, it's with Jack (who revealed the truth about Bootstrap Bill to Will)
It dose sota explain his strict posinalty, having to hide your gay in that time period, and factor in how Jack is like everything Norrington never could be. Man the more I think about it the mor canon im calling this XD
+Beppe Thread-Necromancy, but the joke reappears later in the movie. When Jack attempts to obscure Will's identity after the *Interceptor* is destroyed, Jack lists 'lovely singing voice though', implying him to be castrato singer.
The screams when they get "hurt" might be out of frustration rather than actual pain, or even put of habit seeing as they lived most of their lives feeling pain
@@h0lstein121 Johnny Depp was accused of abuse by his ex wife and his career went to shit. Only for it come out that he was the one being abused, and theres some pretty gruesome pictures from some of his injuries
I’ve always interpreted Barbosa’s line of “I feel nothing“ to mean that they can only feel pain and no pleasure because of the explanation of how they’re constantly starving and thirsting to death but can’t die and that’s always been my head cannon as to why when the crew gets stabbed, they cry out in pain, and Barbosa’s non-reaction is to show he’s so personally so used to the pain/ an attempt at intimidation.
As someone else in the comment section noted, that doesn't really work with Barbossa's dying line. The whole bittersweet and almost sad note of "I feel ... cold" comes from him going on a quest for 10 years to feel anything, only for his only feeling after the curse of lifted to be the cold grasp of death. The way that line is delivered also heavily implies that feeling *anything* is a whole new thing for him. And it makes sense, too, that as an undead they are completely numb to everything.
If you read the script, this is actually pretty clearly what was intended. The final film just does a bad job of communicating it, it's hard not to take Barbossa's "I feel nothing!" at total face value, making every shout of pain come off like it's a plot-hole
Jack almost killing Elizabeth over Rum was my most favorite scene in the movie 🤣🤣🤣 Also I'd like to point out about Barbossa'a death the detail that he was holding an apple in his hand (most likely throughout the entire final fight scene) because he was waiting eagerly for the moment he'd be cured of the curse as a reminder from earlier when he cut Elizabeth's hand (attempting to cure himself) he said "You know what I'm going to do once I'm free of this curse?! *looks at Elizabeth sympathetically* Eat a whole bushel of apples..." Barbossa the ruthless captain of The Black Pearl could have said *anything* within his possibly endless list of desires but he wants to enjoy the little thing he hasn't been able to for ten long years. Apples. I take that as a couple lessons to heart that everyone could learn from: 1: Enjoy the little things & 2: Enjoy life while you have it
"Barbossa is best girl" I lost it laughing at that. Jokes aside I got really invested in this video, it's great picking up on small details I never thought about before and you're clearly passionate. I would totally be down for more videos in this style.
The fact you made a 53 minute video about a single film is honestly impressive on its own. But the fact you made a 53 minute video about a single film that was also entertaining, informative and just all round great is crazy. Not a single minute of this was boring. At no point did I want to skip forward and in some instances I even replayed parts a few times because I found them that entertaining. Hell of a good video.
I read online recently that while Elizabeth and Will both become pirates over the course of this movie, they adopt different styles. Will becomes a pirate in the vein of Jack, while Elizabeth becomes a pirate like Barbossa. Would love to see your take on this!!
the compass probably pointed to jack because he wanted to arrest jack, implying he values his career above anything else, which makes perfect sense for him
Yay fellow from the past! It's 3am for me. Feel like total piece of shit for going against my own promise to sleep at least before 2am. But still, that video was damn good.
Great video! I always thought Gibbs starting out as a part of the navy and ending up a pirate was just meant to show another example of how a good man could also be a pirate.
I've always interpreted the curse as; you're immortal, but you derive no pleasure from it, only pain. Otherwise things like starvation and thirst wouldn't bother them. So they actually feel the pain of being stabbed, Barbossa is just more disciplined than his crew.
@@kennedyshotfirst2534 It's not entirely inconsistent. There's a scene where Ragetti is screaming and Pintel reminds him that he can't feel pain and he stops screaming. It's possible that they react to pain because they're used and physiologically conditioned to react to pain, and Barbossa and the smarter/more disciplined members of the crew just like... got over it.
I think instead of "lying + cheating = cool" the moral is that strict adherence to a code is pointless, whether it be the Pirate's code or the letter of the law. Doing the right thing sometimes means breaking the rules.
jmcrofts These pirates were so afraid of getting caught by the government that they made their own government! They must not be true pirates. To my knowledge, that's a reference.
You ever watch a movie even though you think it’s cheesy and then accidentally watch the whole thing because it turns out to be a masterpiece? That’s this movie for me
>They keep crying out like they're hurt when they're not. Funny thing: know what I say when my character gets hurt in a video game? I say "ow" or some derivative. The pirates might not feel anything, but they may REMEMBER feeling things and are reacting out of a lifetime of habit.
Makes sense, actually. Kinda like how you can lightly stub your toe on a table and say 'ow!' even if it didn't hurt. It's just...instinctive. You experience something that you know should hurt and you act accordingly, even if it doesn't hurt for some reason. Like how I always feel a bit of panic at the dentist, despite knowing the anesthetic cream they use before the injected anesthetic makes the experience quite tolerable, if a bit uncomfortable when I have to have my head tilted back at an angle I'm not used to.
You forgot the part where Barbosa was tantalized by watching Elizabeth eat. He was imagining him enjoying food and feeling famished when observing Elizabeth eating. He was also anxious to get back to normal. Pretty cool stuff.
While the first “Pirates” movie was absolute lightning in a bottle, can we also acknowledge that so was this video essay??? Even five years later, I’m still watching it periodically because I remember how much it made me love both the movie and video essays. There really hasn’t been the same quality of video essays anywhere else since.
Dude same, I keep coming back to this video because it's so well made and articulated. It's so easy to watch and I haven't forgotten about it since I first saw it like 4 years ago.
Literally trying something to listen to while I’m driving around for work and I was like…. I haven’t listened to the pirates video in a while. Time to do it again.
Making Norrington and Jack a ship was something I either didn't know I needed, or was something you knew I needed. Either way, I'm pretty damn glad it got sunk into my head.😂
Would like to note that Barbosa mentions that he’s been starving without dying, I believe they still feel pain. Although Barbosa is just so badass he doesn’t flinch.
Even if they don't feel pain I might think being stabbed would cause you to cry out, even if one doesn't feel pain. Though they have had 10 years to get used to not feeling pain ( if that's the case). I'm saying the brains reaction is still "being stabbed is bad."
I also think that they dont feel pain, but still feel, and i can imagine feeling a blade go through your stomach is 1: very unpleasing, and 2: sends a reflex to your brain making you think it hurt. If they hadd no feeling at all, it would be somewhat hard to function since you really dont know how tightly to grip something e.g. (fair argument also used in Pacific Rim for the syncing with the jaeger).
The way I thought of it is they're rotting without dying. No matter how much they eat their stomach is dead. Their bladder is dead. Their body is rotting so they're clearly in constant pain, along with hunger and thirst, but their skin is dead so they can't feel what they touch.
I believe they feel pain. Besides Barbosa not reacting to the stab (badass), every other cursed pirate reacted to being cut, stabbed, or burned. I believe Barbosa was referring to not being able to feel the good things that help you enjoy life. Food, drink and pleasurable company.
I know it is just an "aaahhhh" but during the fight scene where Will dehumanizes pirates,Sparrow's response being a gutteral animal noise is super fitting. You're making me read too much into this because of how in depth the analysis is
It’s actually very interesting to me that, despite how extremely successful this series (1-3) was, that there haven’t been any new pirates movies. I guess filming on water is never very fun haha.
Late...but... "They keep acting like they're hurt!"...think of it as a "full body" version of "phantom limb syndrome". They psychologically remember it SHOULD hurt, so they react in anticipation. My theory anyway. :)
Alternatively, they do feel pain in their "fleshed" forms. Barbossa is just stoic (or badass, if you prefer) to not react to the pain. He does the same thing at the end of the movie, after the curse is lifted and Jack shoots him: He stands stoicly, remarking that he can feel, and that he can feel cold. Also, as I recall, Barbossa doesn't say that he and his men can't feel, just that they can't gain pleasure from their senses, due to the curse.
I always thought Barbarossa meant they can't feel anything, as in 'they cannot experience anything good". They can't experience pleasure, but they can experience pain. So essentially they are in hell.
well one thing you should have learn from this move, is not to trust a pirates words. And also Im on "phantom limb syndrome" i mean being hit may not hurt your emortal body, bot it still hurts you pride as a sword fighter. I sometimes shout out pain words when dying in video games, heck sometimes it really physical hurts losing that diamond picaxe in a pool of lave :P
In context, it's clear that when Barbossa says, "I Feel Nothing," he means that he doesn't feel any PLEASURE or SATISFACTION. He and his crew remain perfectly capable of suffering (they suffer from hunger, thirst, sexual frustration and, at least up to a point, physical pain). Barbossa is the only one of the cursed pirates who responds to physical assaults as though they don't cause him any pain. That has to do with the particular nature of his character, not the nature of the curse.
His feeling cold isn't describing temperature; it's the feeling of his heart. He was shot through the heart and then returned to humanity.... He felt the metaphorical sensation of your blood running cold, because he was bleeding out. He went from a moment of feeling the warmth of life again, to the chill as his blood flowed away and true death took him. You can tell from his hesitation he was taking a moment to process. But he does specifically state earlier in the movie he is suffering; dying of hunger and thirst is excruciating. The constant agony of being completely parched, but unable to get satisfaction even after drinking a barrel of water drives him to violent extremes. If they couldn't suffer, it wouldn't really be a curse; they seemed to enjoy the fact that they can't die and such just fine. They get whatever they want because they don't have to worry about damage. But, because they can feel none of the pleasures of life even as they suffer constant misery of starving, dehydration, no skin sensations, and of course physical pain, it's a living hell. Nothing has value if you can't enjoy it... I mean, Barbossa is more the exception than the rule, really. All the other cursed pirates react like they would normally for most things; the coals stung, being run through hurts, their limbs come off if you slice them.. the difference is, it doesn't affect them more than a moment. A major factor is, they can burn and bleed like the living when hidden from the moonlight. Jack cutting himself for the ritual and shooting Barbossa relied on this; their flesh is REAL when hidden from moonlight. Otherwise... the whole story would be pointless, as ending the curse would be impossible.
Feeling cold is the *literal* sensation of bleeding out and/or dying in any number of ways, the line is referring to a well established trope as such. I think it's a stretch of interpretation at best to suggest that Barbossa's final words were that abstract. I think he meant it in the most simple, natural, and human way possible, expressing the mortality and vulnerability that so suddenly came to him. The first thing he gets to feel, physically, is dying, and it's all he has to speak from.
I think Jack falling at the end was actually intentional. He saw Elizabeth fall from there earlier and probably assumed that if he did the same thing he would also survive and not hit any rocks.
Stil nok a dick joke and kind the hole point is that the crew of the Black Pearl is so far from dead as you can be, only in moonlight do they look the part.
I really enjoyed this extensive and in-depth breakdown on why CotBP succeeds as a movie. Since you're clearly passionate about it and the franchise, I would enjoy seeing a continuation of this at some point for you to breakdown how and why the sequels went wrong.
The second and third movies were both better than the first. The first one is nothing more than a movie that you can watch and enjoy but the second and third had more interesting events as well as deeper meanings that takes a mind that's open to the new and innovative ideas to truly appreciate.
Small detail that I’d like to point out, this movie is set in the 17th century because the British flags that are shown don’t yet have the red x the represents Scotland that was added to the empire in 1707. Great video, I love watching it, but just a little note from a history major
The red cross (St, Patrick's saltire) represents Ireland, not Scotland. The Scottish saltire (white cross on a blue background) is present in the flag, meaning the events in the film happen between 1707 (Acts of Union of England and Scotland) and 1801 (Union of Britain and Ireland). That would place it in the 18th century.
I always share this video, it is my favorite film essay. When I have a bad day I put this on, I will continue to come back. I appreciate your thoughts, your humor, and your your insight! I hope to see more content of your passions grow on your channel!! Also, I am now on thr Norrington/Jack ship train, bless you
It's so werid that this video essay is so important lol it was my gateway drug into more video essays and I still remember my first time watching it. When I get stressed or I have to push thru a lot of work, I put this on in the background. It's crazy
I know this video is kinda old but I always figured Elizabeth used Will’s last name because she thinks they raided port Royal for a ransom for the governors daughter so she doesn’t use her own name.
She said that she recognized the Black Pearl from 8 years ago when crossing from England. She also associated it with Will Turner who she thought was a pirate. So they were obviously after the coin which is why she threatened to throw it into the sea.
I just done re-binge the movies few days ago and finished this video and i actually surprisely agreed with the crack ship😂😂 I found it hilarious how he point out the whole compass point at Jack when Norrinton holding it thing lmao
Keira Knightley actually was in Star Wars. She played Padmé's decoy in The Phantom Menace. That fact actually makes the "Wait wasn't she in Star Wars?" joke even funnier.
For anybody who is always praising the first movie to be the best. I have been studying 1-3 and I constantly re-watch them. Pirates of the Caribbean does not go downhill in writing after the first movie. That is your business to believe that opinion everyone else goes with. Dead man’s chest gave the characters more depth! Elizabeth and William barely have anything to work with in the first movie. William’s relationship with his father that was hinted in the first movie of his father‘s existence. Paid off wonderfully. William’s character had way more in depth now and you have something to truly care about him for. You get both perspectives when you understand their Reunion! Bootstrap didn’t want Will to become a pirate like him, he wanted him to have a free life from the pirate life. William had a hard time accepting he was half Pirate but when he accepted his life and his father… He has a new journey to stab the heart of Davy Jones to set his father free. And you’re implying William is better in the first movie just because he wanted to save the girl he loved? William in the second movie now has Elizabeth as a lover. And now a new journey to rescue his father someone else he cares about. And this became a difficult situation when bootstrap told Elizabeth at world‘s end. William has to make a decision. Either don’t kill Davy Jones so he can be with you. Or he does kill Davy Jones and set me free, but he won’t be able to be on land for 10 years. If I were him I wouldn’t pick me! :/ The emotional weight on William’s character gets better and better. Elizabeth in the first movie was just a damsel in distress girl. She wasn’t useless in the first movie but you get the point. In the second movie, Elizabeth learned to wield a sword and she used it in the battle. She pulled a gun to Beckett‘s head.. went on her own journey to save will. She has grown a lot since the first movie who was just an innocent girl! Elizabeth got better as a character in 2 and 3! As for Jack sparrow. He does not become a joke at all in all 3 movies. Jack sparrow is at his best in the second movie and in the third movie. There was a moment in dead men’s chest… Where Jack didn’t know what he truly wanted so the compass couldn’t locate what he desired. So when Elizabeth went on her journey and then found Jack.. Jack used her for his advantage! He took advantage of Elizabeth’s feelings by telling her if you want to save Will you have to want to find the chest of Davy Jones! In order to get will back.. That’s why Jack gave her the compass. Jack knew if he couldn’t figure what he wanted out he was going to get it out of Elizabeth. Since Elizabeth now wants to find the chest of Davy Jones to save will. This gives Jack the huge opportunity to find the chest to stab the heart in it. But instead he wants to control DavyJones before killing him. Jack sparrow is not stupid! When will was trying to stab the heart towards the end of the second movie. Jack knows just because Davy Jones is dead, does not mean the Kraken will be stopped as well. And you’re telling me Jack is dumb after part 1?? As for Beckett. He was a well executed villain who uses dialogue and negotiation to control people. The Reason why Beckett didn’t fire his cannons at worlds end. Was because it would be totally out of his character to use weapons. Beckett uses certain words to get through people and how to control them behind the scenes. Beckett at the end of the movie had nothing left to negotiate with. Davy Jones was dead, Jack sparrow is alive and well. Will Turner is now the new captain of the Flying Dutchman. Beckett had literally nothing to use against on people. He was caught in shocked and he decided to die.. Anyways I could defend the Gore Verbinski’s Trilogy all night. His trilogy is an underrated trilogy. It had great character writing and amazing detail of its depth. Also Will vs Davy Jones!!! 😈😈😈 when Will challenging Davy Jones. Davy Jones asks him how do you know about the key? Will replies and says, that's NOT part of the game is it? 😏 You can STILL walk away!! 😏 As for pirates 4/5 they are not even Canon they are filler movies. The story ended at worlds end! ☠️
I’m in love with this video. It’s like getting validation in an echo chamber because I rant about every point in this video constantly. I think my friends are getting tired of listening to me talk about how Will and Elizabeth are the main characters and Jack is a supporting character and how his character, while not as terrible in the second and third as the later films, definitely devolves to become mainly comic relief after the first film instead of keeping the depth that made him so compelling in the first film. This is my new favorite video. Also, the focus on storytelling and advancing the plot in subverted ways is so much fun to examine.
"The last movie that people actually watched that prominently featured pirates? Muppet Treasure Island and Cutthroat Island".....HOW DO YOU FORGET ABOUT HOOK????
Proven innocent in a court doesn't mean a person is innocent. He has been defending a couple of satanist murderers REALLY hard for a while. He is NOT a good guy in any way.
@@Rpgreat Being proven innocent in a court of law *does* in fact prove that one is innocent. Innocent of the crimes one was accused of. Until proven otherwise. He is innocent. You do not have to be a 'good guy' to be innocent of a crime. You don't know if he's a bad guy or not, you don't personally know him. Neither do I. Until I meet him he is neither a good, nor a bad guy... Though seeing him dress up as Captain Jack and meet children with cancer, as well as donate to several charities, does sway my opinion somewhat. Also, were these 'Satanists' actual murderers, or convicted? And what's wrong with Satanism as an ideology, haven't you ever picked up a copy of Milton's Paradise Lost? If these people were proved to have actually killed someone, and he still defended them, then I agree his actions were flawed and immoral. Which doesn't necessarily cancel out the plethora of 'good' things he did regardless.
If innocent until proven guilty is good enough for the entire Western world to base our legal system on then surely it's good enough to be how to judge the character of our fellow man. Oh never mind, let's throw out the last couple thousand years of development and progress because there are accusations and rumors about a celebrity....... The fucking arrogance and pigheadedness you are putting on display here is beyond words Victor.
I hadn't even thought about that idea of Bootstrap suffering at the bottom of the ocean and Will inadvertently killing him until seeing this video. It really is disturbing when you think about it, or it would have been if not for the sequel. Also, does Bootstrap being picked up by Davy Jones mean that he was double-cursed, or was he picked up only after the first curse was broken?
like jack, bootstrap loses the curse after being banished. then he is picked up by davy jones and works for him. swapping one form of immortality for another. i think will believes his dad is dead because, obviously jack doesn’t have the curse, why would bootstrap? this all feels like amazing writing to me. what a movie!
@@djphoolishroc6816 they dont drown them, they just drag them to the depths and eat them... also realistically if you get dragged down that fast you will die because of the pressure difference, thats why divers take some time when they go diving to stop every few meters and thus their bodies get used to the pressure
@@totallyanexpert5212 Divers don't need to descend slowly as long as we equalize. However we do need to ASCEND slowly or else we'll get decompression sickness. Due to the nature of buoyancy, divers still sink slowly, and sinking quickly wouldn't be an issue unless you mean sinking VERY quickly.
the pirates screaming in "pain" is probably something like the placebo effect. They know they've been stabbed or hit and their mind tells them to scream before they realize that there is no reason to scream because they feel no pain.
130shooter1 I do this when I do something that should hurt but ends up not hurting... so... uh... Though, I just assumed they could only feel pain. Seems fitting of a curse, and perhaps Barbosa shows no pain and uses that to his advantage. Intimidation tactic.
They are still human with a human mind so they would still feel a cirtain level of shock or yes the placebo effect. Just because they are imortal doesnt disconect them from who they were and still are. Barbosa has changed who he is and in a way accepted his condition and made it a strengh to achive his goal of being mortal again.
i am such a huge pirates fan, can recite probably half of curse of the black pearl (i'm a total pain to watch with). still absolutely loved this and revisit it constantly!! you brought up so many small things ive missed despite my countless rewatches 🥰
A cool piece of info I found out recently was how Jack became a pirate. It was told in a scene deleted from At World's End where Jack freed human slaves from his ship when he was once working for a trading company. "People aren't cargo mate". It was hinted at 12:08. A line I couldn't wrap my head around whenever I watched it. Why would a good deed condemn him? Was it because he saved Elizabeth that he was arrested? Commodore: "One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness." Jack: "But it's enough to condemn him" I realise that it may not have been originally thought of in the making of the first film, but it does tell us more about Jack's character :)
I think her "bad action line" was put there on purpose. Elizabeth has now been introduced into the world of adventure and since she is a "pirate nerd" I think she probably wanted to say that kind of thing at some point. I mean, how many of us wouldn't like to say a cheesy line at the perfect moment given the chance?
I guess you can't entirely blame Stephan for trying to take the safe route but it does highlight the problem that in today's society that too often an accusation is taken as fact by the media and run with without doing their due diligence.
@@RandomCarrot2806 To be actually honest, he said "if you're interested, look it up" pretty much. Which I then did and found out about the false claims, so there's no real misinformation. Except for the "doing a Johnny Depp" line.
If I were to point someone to a video that represents everything that is great about RU-vid, I would point them here. I've watched this half a dozen times and have it saved to a playlist and half a dozen times I've laughed, been entertained and marveled at the level of insight and obvious appreciation for one of the greatest films ever produced. My only criticism at all is that there appears to be no other film that you are infatuated with enough to replicate this hour of video review perfection again. I'll remain a subscriber even if you never produce another video, it is that good.
Headcanon: The pirates aren’t totally unfeeling, they’re just robbed of any pleasant sensations. They still feel pain, but can’t die. To back this up; Barbossa even states that he feels the sensation of starvation, and Bootstrap talks bout how hellish his experience was when he was at the bottom of the ocean.
A pirate walks into a bar with a Captain's Wheel sticking out of his pants....The bartender says, "Hey, you know you have a wheel sticking out of your pants, right?" The pirate says "Arrrrr, it's driving me nuts"
Some of the parts of this video didn't age well, now that we have evidence that Johnny Depp was innocent and the accusations against him were entirely false.
Yeah, what Norrington wants most in that moment is to pad his resume by locking up and notorious pirate. It makes perfect sense that the compass would be pointing straight at Jack in that scene.
I love this movie (ok, all first three of the movies) eternally and I so appreciate the lengths to which you've gone to really explicate the genius filmmaking. Just for educational accuracy, though, for the sake of my fellow viewers, Klaus Badelt wrote this score. Hanz Zimmer did the subsequent movies. Also -- the recurring Careless Whisper bit is hysterical
I wouldn't say Jack was a supporting character in the first movie. He was more like a secondary protagonist to Will and Elizabeth's primary. He drove the plot forward pretty much the same amount as they did and actually had a personal beef with the main antagonist. That said, you're right, the sequels messed up by making him not only the primary protagonist, but eventually the ONLY protagonist with a bunch of bland supporting characters. Speaking of which, I do love Norrington's character in the first movie. He's the secondary antagonist, but unlike most examples (Joker from Suicide Squad) he actually has something to do with what's going on and despite being an antagonist he is still treated as a well-intentioned guy despite how little focus is drawn to him.
Similarly can be seen in Mad Max: Fury Road where Mad Max is certainly the hero of the story but not necessarily the protagonist, as the focus is on Furiosa going through a journey that results in a change. Same thing in Gatsby where Toby Maguire's character is the POV. So, Sparrow is definitely the hero, and possibly the most important figure in the film. But he certainly isn't the POV character as he isn't ordinary; thus, unrelatable to ordinary viewers.
i think u have it backwards, in the first movie the main plot is about jack getting the pearl back so he was actualy the main hero , the sequels actualy made him a comedic deuteragonist
The compass pointing at jack when norrington held the compass makes sense. In that moment catching the pirate he perceived as wronging Elizabeth probably was what he wanted the most in that moment.
The scene where Norrington goes through Jack's stuff when he is captured is also a really well crafted scene in my oppinion. Also it really pops with the best pirate I've ever seen line.
Sigh. You are being deceived. The Potc universe is yet again another twisted gospel version of the Bible where Beckett represents Jesus and is painted out to be the bad guy when he really isn't, and Jack, Pintel, Hector, Will, Elizabeth are the satanic rebellion in which you the audience are unknowingly supporting by siding against Beckett. Disney is satanic, it's time you all wake up. Look at the logo for the Endeavours flag, look at the death position of Beckett when he dies. Listen to the beginning of Potc 3 when they call Lord Beckett. Notice how the East Indian Trading Company is the ones who enforce the law, sounds similar to Jesus does it not? The East Indian Trading Company are the good guys, the Black Pearl and it's allies are the real bad guys. Even pay attention to when Tia Dalma says "Not of death, but punishment, the worst thing one can bring upon himself, stretching on forever, that's what awaits in Davy Jones locker" Fellas, she's literally describing Hell and they head straight into it in the glacier valley, notice the dark passage way. When they go past it they immediately are in darkness, in which a waterfall is the direction they are heading. The waterfall represents the fall into Hell, and yet Barbossa menacingly laughs while they are descending into it. The whole concept of Davy Jones locker is that Hell is this place of nothing where you go crazy, and can actually be saved by your fellow rebels. That's not biblical at all, wake up people! This is Satan's viewpoint on the war
This is the best analysis of the movie ever. Usually people make it boring when making a vid this long talking about a movie. But you made it so entertaining I love it.
asleep: will and elizabeth are in love eyes open: will and jack sparrow have unspoken feelings for each other wide awake: captain norrington feels an unexplainable spark for jack, a fondness for him and an appreciation for the excitement and variety he briefly brings to his life that extends past the simple relationship between hunter and prey, and this fondness haunts him, lingers in him unexplained and unaddressed, until the end of his days
@Cringy Wamen yo it's a joke, chill out. there's nothing explicit about my comment. i wouldn't have said anything if he hadn't brought it up in the video. you're the one who made it weird.
At 29:22 my thoughts on the matter of Norington are that he was desiring to arrest Jack, who's been extremely elusive for the Navy. So it makes sense in that context that the compass was showing him where Jack was.
Also shows more character arch for Norrington. "His desire to arrest Jack" because "he's been extremely elusive for the Navy", then Jack tries to bait him into going after Black Pearl. Then Norrington says, "By remembering I serve others, and not just myself." Whereas he was all-in on arresting and hanging Jack for the glory.
