What bugs me every time is whatever the hell that sound is right before he speaks that sentence, you know, that sound like someone's just stomped on an egg? 14 years later and I still don't have an answer!
I love this scene and the entire introduction of Davy Jones. He's the first character we meet in the series who isn't swayed by Jack's charisma or word-play. Add to it that Jack, who usually approaches every situation with a cheerful devil-may-care cavalier, is utterly terrified throughout the exchange and only barely comes out ahead and even then he knows he's on borrowed time, that is what a proper villain is supposed to bring to any story. The first three films truly were something special.
Even though Dead Man's Chest and At World's End weren't as good as the first one and did definetely have issues, they did at least have an interesting story arc and did expand the concepts and world of the first film. It was when we got to On Stranger Tides that the decrease in quality became distracting. Gore Verbinski worked his ass off with these films. After he left, it wasn't the same.
Me too. It showed two things simultaneously: one, Jones is evil and just doesn’t care that Jack technically didn’t get his end of the deal, and two, a good captain wouldn’t have made the crew want to do a mutiny.
Historically Pirate Captains were elected by their crew and could be voted out if they weren't meeting the crew's needs. Mutinies weren't always violent uprisings.
I feel sorry for Davy Jones when Jack mentions that Will is in love. Jack's really hitting a sore spot there. You can really see all the pain and sorrow Jones is feeling.
I always found it interesting when Jack says dividing the two beloved would only be "half as cruel" as being wed, therefore Jones decides to keep Will's soul. It's as if Jones is showing Will a small kindness based on his past experiences.
It’s also fantastic how calypsos music starts to play as Davy ponders on what jack said about Will n Elizabeth. But gets cut abruptly. You really feel his emotion even the world plays his song for his beloved
“100 souls…” May seem like a random price conjured up by Jones, but it holds a deeper meaning to those who know the lore. Jack was originally a smuggler for Beckett, you see. Then Beckett ordered Jack to ship 100 slaves from Africa to the colonies. Jack defied him, freed the slaves, and Beckett sunk Jack’s ship as revenge. Jack then makes that deal with Jones to raise the Pearl from the depths, leading to Barbossa’s mutiny and the events of the first film. By saving those 100 souls, Jack inadvertently damned himself for one good deed. As this dialogue states: Norrington: “One good deed cannot redeem a man from a lifetime of wickedness.” Jack: “Seems enough to condemn him…”
@@Anonymous-ub9oi ikr, makes me wish that Disney spent their budget on a prequel series about Jack working for Beckett instead of the unfortunate sequels after World's End.
I miss this Jack The mischievous, smart jack that plays dumb to get his way, the unpredictable Jack, the Jack that always pushes the plot forward The first 3 PoTC will always be the best and people can’t convince me otherwise.
I just love how Jack turns the whole scene to his favor. Jones is literally the most terrifying thing you could possibly meet in a pirate life and Jack not just laughs it off, no he bargains with him as if he´s the devil talking into the ears of an believer.
@Eternal Wanderer Bruh I went into the zoo and wanted to get inside the lion's den , hug them all and live there. They so cute. Aah. If they eat me it's ok tho. BTW Jack is the protagonist-antagonist here. Everything is at peace until he arrived.
Most things Jack tries backfire on him, in spite of his best efforts. Let us not forget that this is a man who has escaped prison and execution at least twice but lost his ship to Geoffrey Rush a grand total of three times. Irony is one of the original POTC trilogy's greatest strengths.
@@ronalddino6370 No But Elizabeth's Mother Was A Pirate Lord So What If She Was A Member Of The 3rd Generation Of The Brethren Court And If I'm Correct Than Elizabeth's Grandmother Was A Member Of The Second Court And Her Great Great Grandma Would Have Been There On The Day Calypso Was Sealed
2:40 I love the accuracy of how octopus appendages work. Davy Jones wants to disengage the handshake, but octopus tentacles literally have minds of their own and so he has to use his claw to pull it off of Jack's hand. This is genius.
0:29 "Then you were a poor captain but a captain nonetheless." Fffffing love that line. It's such a good retort to the BS that Jack is using to try to get out of his end of the bargain. Davy Jones isn't even wrong here.
Not to mention when he was mocking Jack on how he always like to boast to the world that he’s a great big pirate captain and never hesitates to spew it out loud to the crowd. He should call himself Captain CRACK Sparrow!
I just die at this part Davy Jones: Can you live with this, to condemn a innocent man, A FRIEND, to a life time of solitude in your name while you roam free? Jack: 😒 yep😊 totally good with it
'"But I wonder Sparrow? Can you live with this? Can you condemn an innocent man, A FRIEND, to a lifetime of servitude in your name while you roam free?" Is what he actually says. Yes I understand his accent is thick. I still have trouble understanding him.
@@mitchellfitzgerald8220 Well, he has a Scottish accent so I find it easy to understand him most of the time, unlike Salazar's spanish accent when he he spoke in an almost whispering manner in the beginning of Dead Men Tell No Tales
Not to mention the look he gave when he jack was talking about it, he gave out a sad look as if remembering him and Calypso before his betrayal , before snapping back to reality
I think it's also the first time when the music box theme is introduced, and I love how it's done very subtly, almost like a whisper. Jack knows Davy's vulnerability, and he uses this to his advantage and the fact that the song plays very quietly give the audience a short glimpse into Davy's heart and mind only to be cut short because he is very guarded in this regard and snaps out of it in order to not show weakness to his men.
The fact that Davy actually considers keeping Will on his ship away from Elizabeth as doing him a favor says alot about him. You can tell right there that Will is already worth 100 souls to him. But he doesn't want to make this too easy for Jack so he still counts Will as a single soul. Goes to show that even without a heart, there's still a human being in there. And he doesn't want anyone goin through the agony he's in now.
Yes Because This Is The EXACT Same Thing To Sora Where He Had To Leave Kairi YES This Happened To Him TWICE And Now She's Far Away From Sora But She Will Always Wait For His Return
I don't know. It's possible that if Jack doesn't come up with enough souls then he will still keep Will. Maybe the reason why Jack was using the love story was to get Davy emotional so that he can consider upping the value of Will's soul.
@franciscoancer2618 that's literally what he was doing. Davy Jones was legit going to IMMEDIATELY take jack and sink the ship but jack being so quick witted caught on and threw in "price" to bargain with Jones. Jack appears dumb but he's really a genius that's improvises and is quick on his feet to think of a plan for the grand scheme of things. The entire ordeal where will gets to meet his father and the time when jack was traded for will was all Jack's plan. That's why jack voted for Elizabeth as pirate King too. Literally jack bit like 10 birds with one stone.
@@Moakmeister how does he know that's his? He's been gone for 10 years. And he disobeyed his prerogatives as captain of the Flying Dutchman, since he was covered in fish and Barnacles in the fifth movie. Why? Answer: Why did Jones become a fish person
@@theblackpearl3880 I had to re-watch this to understand it lol. "Worth at least 4 (souls), maybe 3 and a half" Bc the joke about "being a soprano (eunuch) " correlates with having part of his manhood removed.
Its strange. Davy Jones really isn't that bad. Jones is fair on his offers, and won't go back on a deal. The men he offers the 100 years of service to would die without taking it anyway. Not saying he's great, but he's not the worst either.
Well he not the bad guy in the start either . He agree to lead the lost souls on the sea to after life for 10 year until betray by Calipso . It a noble job if you ask me
Umm he abandoned his job of ferrying the souls that died in sea because he couldn't get laid. Also he cheats the crewmembers to increase their years of service.
"Have you not introduced yourself all these years as Captain Jack Sparrow?" Anybody else laugh at the look of Jack's "Well! I've just f*cked things up" face?!
@@dadapsuteja4398 What's funny is that if it wasn't for the interference of Norrington, Jack would have gotten the 99 souls at the rate he was getting them (he got 3 in a minute of recruitment and a long line was waiting after). Imagine if Jack didn't get interrupted with Jones confusedly staring at him and asking "Hold on, you actually pulled it off?!" since obviously the deal was supposed to be impossible.
I like how the whole thing is basically spontaneous theatre. Davy Jones is performing for the entertainment and admiration of his crew, while Sparrow provides a counterweight by playing his own part.
"Then you're a poor captain but a captain nonetheless"! I will always be reminded of Davy Jones when I use the word "nonetheless", might even say it the way Jones said it!
60% whores coke sniffing girls asses 30% actors + equipment 10% in the toilet. That how CGI budgets are spent i believe by judging how bad CGI looks now a days:P
Davy Jones is such an underrated villain. I love how his inflections drive home how serious a debt to him is and how manipulative he can be with people's emotions. Think the scene when he forces Bootstrap to watch The Kraken go after Will and in the At World's End when he stabs Will after Jack threatens him with stabbing the heart. He knows nobody in their right mind would want to take on the burden of the Dutchman if they kill him.
Half of these lines were done so quickly in the movie that I couldn't appreciate them when I was younger, but now hold a higher regard for. "We've established my proposal is sound is principle and now we're just haggling over a price."
I love how at 1:42 when Jack starts talking about Will and Elizabeth and them in love and their marriage. You can hear Davey and Calypso's melody. You can see Davey stare off reminiscing on how happy and in love he was with Calypso. It tugs at the still human part of Davey.
A detail I always liked about Davey Jones is that for all his cruelty and heartlessness he tends to keep his side of the bargain, when Will won at dice he truly did give what was wagered,and he gave Jack a chance to pay his debt off with enough souls.
What helps is that Davy had a whole backstory that affected his life that impacted the story. Blackbeard was just a scared old man running from death with only his daughter to give anything to hint at his past who is just a convenient romance plot for Jack. Aside that whole God stuff Teach has got no personality past "I'm mean and ruthless." If we got to see some of his feats that made him so infamous and feared it would've been better but no all we get to do is watch him order around his crew and just be mean in general.
@@leoncoben6983 You clearly don't have idea how the real BlackBeard was ruthless Pirate. Davy Jones was just broken man. I love Jones, but still he was cheating people 100 years on The Dutchman and then you became a Part of the Ship. BlackBeard in the movie was just to much obsessed with the Aqva de Vida, I think that vudu magic screw his mind.
@@stonecold6022 I don't care what the real Blackbeard did, though I do know what he did. You can't just base a character off of real life and expect his real life story to turn him into a badass. You still have to show he's a badass. The villain in the story still has to prove he's a threat and write a compelling story. You could literally replace Blackbeard with a typical nobody villain and nothing much changes because there's nothing special about Blackbeard that makes him stand out. He doesn't even have much of a personality. Again all he's got going for him is "mean and cruel."
Davy Jones > Barbossa > Beckett > Salazar >>>>>>>>>>>> Blackbeard Say what you want about Salazar but he at least had presence on screen, Blackbeard just couldn’t carry any scene.
Pintel and Ragetti became different men after they became mortal. As seen in their first scene in the movie they’re a lot more conscious of the fact that they can die now, and as a result it scares them a lot more than before
I love how each of them try to play with a weak spot in each other. Jack tries to mess with Davy Jone’s broken heart, and in exchange, Jones toyed with Jack’s morality.
One of the Best underrated trilogy ever, they had a amazing balance of story, great locations, mithology, characters development, plot, action, adventure, comedy, drama, suspense and of course the Soundtrack.
Definitely underrated. But not quiiiiite a great trilogy in my opinion. Fun as anything, sure. I remember feeling it was getting a bit convoluted in some areas of 2 and lots of aspects of 3. A little bloated mainly. Which is shame because the first one, and most of the 2nd, has a tight as plot. The first one is legit great.
1:16 I think it would’ve been cooler if that was Davy Jones who stopped jack from walking away instead of his lackey. Just imagine turning your back, and then seeing the guy behind you blocking your way.
Right? and the scene is set up perfectly for that to have been the case. Davy Jones exits the screen before the hammerhead could be seen, and we know he can teleport. it would have emphasized how serious he was more than having his servant block him.
@@r.w.chambers9969 If anyone, a toddler wouldn''t understand the meaning of a quote, let alone someone who would correct someone who does the act of quoting wrong. That's what I did and you can't seem to deal with it. Astonishing.
The fact that Davy Jones thinks Jack Sparrow is worth 100 men speaks volume on his character. A swashbuckling, drunk pirate swindler like him, and the literal embodiment of Death at sea holds his value as equal that to a hundred men, including that of Will Turner.
It's actually a cruel callback to what got Jack to strike this deal with Jones in the first place. Back when Jack worked as a smuggler for Becket in the books, Jack was tasked with delivering 100 slaves from Africa to the colonies. Instead, Jack set them free stating that people aren't cargo. In response, Becket ordered his men to burn Jack's ship The Wicked Wretch, and make Jack watch it sink to the depths. Jack then made the deal with Davy Jones to raise the ship, now an ash black color, which was how it got the name The Black Pearl. So Davy Jones is saying that if Jack wants to be free, he has to do the very thing he refused to do that had gotten him into this mess, transport 100 slaves. But this time, to Jones himself, who will be even more cruel than the slavers of the colonies ever could be to the 100 he was tasked to deliver all those years ago.
Davy Jones was my fav. Character. great acting too ! love that quick change of his face at 1:40 when jack just mentions love.. felt very sorry for jons after.. he was truly heartbroken and anybody who got his / her own heart broken knows damn well how he feels. simply amazing
This right here is the true Davy Jones. Ruthless, frightening to death, and omniscient. His presence is powerful and brings immesurable fear. Easily one of the best characters ever
@@alexanderluna4598 He wasn't on the boat they were getting married on, though. Will and Elizabeth were wed by Barbossa, and if memory serves me right, he never left the Pearl. Also, if I remember correctly, Jones never left the Dutchman during the entire maelstrom battle, either. So technically speaking, Will and Elizabeth were married on a boat. But Jones wasn't there to celebrate.
Jack would probably get plastered and give a wonky toast: "Dearly *hic* beloved. I'm gavered here tuday to honor my best friemd will and my best friend Elizabeth is holy... macaroni...wait, I can't have two best friends! (laughs)
2:50 Jack: "Er Mr. Gibbs?" Gibbs: "Aye?" Jack: "I feel very sullied and unusual" Gibbs: "And how do you intend to harvest these 99 souls in three days?" Jack: "Fortunately he was mum on the condition these souls need be!" Gibbs: "Ah Tortuga." Jack: (Rubs his slimy hand on Gibbs' vest). "Tortuga!"
I'm so glad they chose do make Davy Jones funny and quirky. That's why he is such a great character. Black Beard had none of that, he was just a boring asshole.
Define funny and quirky? Jones is an extremely serious villain in my opinion, especially with some of the scenes where you see him actually giving off more emotion than literally any character in the series.
@@Hans-yo2cq Absolutely agree. But it's just his little mannerisms and way of talking I find very unique. ("Price? *flap*" haha) so yeah, not funny in a hilarious sense, but more so in a weird and unique sense.
Edward Thatch for crimes comitted on the high seas... by the authority granted to me by his Majesty the King for the goodly amount of personal satisfaction I hereby place you under custody of the court and declare you to be my prisoner!
Jones is one of those villains that still has some care deep down, but he’s so consumed by his anger, he refuses to show it. He’s complicated and unpredictable, but that’s what makes him so iconic.
"Dividing her and her from him would only be half as cruel as actually allowing them to be joined in holy matrimony, eh!" Davy Jones' heartstrings are plucked, Jack really struck a chord to his past "But I wonder Sparrow can you live with this?" "Yep I'm good with it" Jack smiles unaffected.
0:08 During this confrontation, the following had occurred: 1. Jack Sparrow was being confronted by Davy Jones and his First Mate Maccus, 2. Joshamee Gibbs was also being singled out for particular punshiment- He was seized from behind by Oglivey and being held back by Crash who held his bone sword to Gibbs's throat 3. Pintel was being held hostage by Koleniko 4. Ragetti was being held hostage by Jimmy Legs 5. Cotton was being held hostage by Palifico 6. Marty was being held hostage by Penrod 7. Lejon was being held hostage by Ratlin. The rest of Davy Jones's Crew- Clanker, Greenbeard, etc, just sat back and watched the negotiations.
When you think about it. Jones was pretty reasonable towards Sparrow. Listened to the reasoning, challenged the reasoning of Sparrow and still opted to make a deal on another deal so he could wipe the whole debt, removed the Black Spot and gave a brief extension. Hell, if recruiting had happened as originally planned, without all the sneaking and fun....id say Jones was very reasonable. Still a damn good movie.
The way Bill Nighy gave life to Davy Jones is just amazing. His mannerisms and quirks just make the character that much more real and the CGI people did incredible work bringing it to life.
Gotta admire Jack's attempt to win Will back from Jones by playing to Jones' weakness and past by highlighting how shit love is and that it would be better if Will got married it would mean he would suffer more with the girl than on the Dutchman but Jones always deep down cared about calypso thus shattering jack's argument and giving Will some sort of resentment towards jack which we see later in the film with the sword fight and as well as the 3rd film where Will snakes the whole crew in return for the Black Pearl to free his father. This is character development, and why the original 3 are the best of the series Will and Elizabeth are the main characters, Jack's character development was already established so its hard to make him the main character of the 4th movie without giving him something to work towards, thats the whole idea behind angelica and saving her through tricking her dad.
I like that Jack was not only trying to save himself but also Will. Telling Davy Jones to return him, and then trying to play on Davy Jones’ remaining humanity by mentioning that Will has a fiancé (tho I think he says allowing them to marry would be more cruel than keeping them from each other? I got a little confused I think). And then Jack says that he’s totally fine with sacrificing Will to save his own life, but personally I feel he realized there was no point in haggling any further, and he probably trusted Will to manage on his own somehow.
To the point of letting them be together being cruel. Jones is forever haunted by the heartbreak that Calypso left him with and for a second was considering that perhaps taking Will as the full payment might be a favor to him since under all the tentacles and atrocities Jones desires nothing more than to be rid of his agony and almost sympathetically not to let anyone else feel that same way. In his mind if Will was left to be with his love he’d just end up like him a heartbroken man. Technically he wasn’t wrong seeing as how things played out and Will ended up both the heartless Captain of the Dutchman and separated from his love.
Jones said it himself after he sent the Kraken after Will the first time: "Who sent that thieving charlatan onto my ship? Who told him of the key?" Even Jones knew he'd been played, that Will was perhaps a little _too_ competent. Not to mention, Jack kind of warned Jones that Will would try to escape by telling him Will was betrothed.
@@UncleHaul Well, I mean, what would stop Elizabeth from simply making the same deal with Will that Jones made with the people he press-ganged, and simply serving for an eternity aboard the Flying Dutchman alongside her husband?
"I keep the boy.. ninety nine souls'a!" - In my honest opinion, Bill Nighy played Davy Jones PERFECTLY. Dead man's chest is always going to be my FAV of all the potc movies.
I think it's to highlight that he's enjoying the "game" they're playing. I also think he's doing it partly to taunt Jack, and to entertain his own crew.
Well, Will needed to be on that ship to take Jone's key. The whole point of Will's subsequent capture was to rob Jones, of the key to his heart; even Jones didn't find Jack's attitude any bit suspicious, until he realized the key was gone. ... When he finally did, he immediately had his first mate set a course for Isla Cruces.
I don't know why but I just love the little sound Davy Jones makes after he says "Price?" (0:54), and before he says "100 souls" 1:03. It's like they told Bill Nighy to make octopus noises while he talked.
Why is no one else talking about how in the beginning of the movie Bootstrap literally said “Jack, you can’t talk yourself out of this one.” And then later on the mad lad actually fucking talks himself out of it when face to face with Davy Jones & his crew on the brink of ruin 😂👏❤
One of the things that stuck with me the most about this movie and At World's End were the designs of Jones and his crew. I had never seen anything like it in all my years, and even to this day, I still draw inspiration from those designs when I work on my own story and drawings.
Years ago when I saw this at the cinema, I never understood what Jack meant when he referred to Will as a "Terrific Soprano". But I've realized it's a callback to when he was calling Will a Eunoch on the Cannibal island lol
It may not be obvious to most, but you can tell Jones respects Jack even if he doesn't like him. He bargains with him and listens to his counterpoints instead of forcefully attempting to make him serve and pay his debt.
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