The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie is one of the best action adventure films made to date and it was almost completely on accident. With the fifth one coming out, I feel like now is a good time for me to talk about how f*ckin' brilliant it is and maybe discuss where the sequels went wrong. I dunno, we'll see if I get to that, I'll probably discuss it at some point. When news came out there was gonna be a Pirates of the Caribbean movie ...I mean Who the f*ck was assuming that would be good? You know what we got the previous year? F*ckin' Country Bears Have you seen that movie? It's SHIT That set the precedent for what to expect from a film based on a Disney ride "A little thing I call hiding in the car wash". "So how does that work?"
"We hide in the car wash." Which is to say... Not good... But I actually remember seeing the teaser for the movie as a kid It was BADASS Not Country Bears, Pirates of the Caribbean. You start off, you just see a bunch of Caribbean islands Then you get a goddamn pirate skeleton foot hitting the sand underwater And that's it And it piqued the interest of 11-year-old me Then the movie came out and it was... kind of a thing a BIG thing And it wasn't because it had pirates I mean, pirates weren't cool before this movie You know what the last movie was that people actually watched that prominently featured pirates? At this point? Muppet Treasure Island And, you know, I love that movie It's amazing and you should watch it if you haven't But it wasn't a movie that could single-handedly make the entire concept of pirates a cool phenomenon Before that the notable big-budget pirate film I can think of was, uh Cutthroat Island Starring Geena Davis, which is uh That movie's garbage, it's not good You may have watched it when you were younger, and you're like: "Nah that movie's good"
But it isn't, you're wrong on that Watch it again and TRY not to be bored Anyway, nobody watch that movie because it's boring and shit Before that, I mean the Goonies had pirates in it But you know, they're all dead so I don't think that counts And also, the main pirate is a dick-joke Oh man, it's the fearsome pirate Dick McPenis-man-person with a johnson! That's his name Dick McPenis-man-person with a johnson Look out for him he's a scary pirate! So yeah, pirates were not an established cool thing before this movie came out In fact, since Cutthroat Island they were basically box-office poison Cutthroat Island killed pirates for a while That's how shitty that movie is
I'll stop I'll stop talking shit about Cutthroat Island now They're only cool now because this movie made them cool And you notice that there's been stuff that's tried to capitalize on pirates and it never works? Pirates, for some reason, are hard to actually pull off apparently This movie did for pirates what Lord of the Rings did for fantasy films And I'm gonna tell you how. In detail, because I love this freaking movie and any aspiring creator of entertainment can and should learn from how good this movie is Now, that said The movie doesn't start out on the best foot It begins with a reference to the Shanty song in the original ride But it's sung with no music and is slightly off-key, sung by a little girl, it's all creepy now That sets the tone well and all that, but this whole opening sequence isn't the most compelling thing ever. That said, it gets in and out quick and succinctly and economically sets up the history of multiple characters And gets it out of the way, it deserves some props for doing it and doing it well enough Still, not a great opening scene, but it could do a lot worse. From there, however, the movie has a much stronger start You see the gold piece, the pirate ship, and a cut to an older Elizabeth The smash cut to her waking up is enough to clue you in that it's an older Elizabeth They also show the gold coin again And have her put it on, and this helps the slower members of the audience catch up to everybody else. But, this doesn't repeat any information for everyone who already understands that Cause seeing her admire and wear the gold forms her character It sets up that maybe she likes adventure a little bit And it also establishes a major plot point without the audience knowing yet. We just very prominently saw her wear the gold around her neck And given that it was sitting in her drawer, it's easy to infer that this is not something she normally wears. And the only reason she continues wearing it is 'cause her father surprises her and rushes to put her robe on Immediately is forced to wear a corset her father brought her as a gift And gets trapped in there And you're at this point distracted by the fact that scene not only establishes how suffocating Elizabeth's life is, as being a woman in the 18th century But it's funny and provides characterization as she sardonically comments on the wardrobe. Father: "I'm told it's the latest fashion in London." Elizabeth: "Well,women in London must have learnt not to breathe." You're probably so distracted, in fact, that you probably not notice that this whole scene explains why the gold is never called out to the crew of the Black Pearl before, as it does later in the movie. Elizabeth usually doesn't take it out of her room and is only wearing it now because of a situation outside of her control. They didn't need to explain that, it's not really a plot hole But they did it anyway, while the scene was also doing other stuff and you'll see that a lot in this movie. Throughout a large portion of this film scenes will be doing more than one thing at a time. Which is why you'll find yourself engaged pretty much the entire time. While they're giving you exposition, they're also giving you character When they set up plot points, you don't even notice because they're also simply entertaining you with a fun scene. It's the classic magician's trick of misdirection. Every good magician has mastered the art of hiding something in plain sight by drawing your attention to something else they're doing Good screenwriters can and should be doing the same thing. If a scene only does one thing, in the script, maybe stop and think about whether you could incorporate more into it. This would be something to do after your initial first draft, however. Trying to do this while writing your first draft will probably just hinder your progress. And keep you from getting writing done, just write it all out first, and then put scenes together later, that's what a second draft is for. Anyway, yeah, let's move on. Next, we establish the character of Will Turner with a funny little gag that instantly makes Will likeable and relatable. *CLUNK* *kla-kling noise* We see the scene play out, and we see a sword that Will is obviously skilled with and knowledgeable about. He proves his knowledge through the dialogue and demonstrates skill through his actions, not a single word here is spoken about how skilled he is with a sword because they're not needed. You also see a more subtle moment of Governor Swan congratulating Will's boss for the work put into the sword But through simple acting, it's made clear that Will's upset at his master getting credit for what is obviously work Will not only did himself but takes great pride in when he shows it off to the Governor. We've now learned who young Will has become, what his job is, whether he likes his job, his social status, and one of his personal struggles. And when Elizabeth comes in, we also learn a lot about their relationship in a few seconds She comes in, is very visibly happy to see him He keeps their relationship formal, due to his social status The Governor acts as the voice of society in praising Will's, quote-on-quote, "sense of propriety". Governor: "Sense of propriety" And when Elizabeth leaves, upset that he won't return her affection We see that he also secretly feels the same way when he calls her by her first name under his breath as she leaves. That scene is under a minute. And it establishes their relationship, how each feels, how Will's afraid to act on his feelings, and how society views the prospect of them becoming intimate. Governor (again): "Sense of propriety" That's a lot done in very little time. Great job! And then, a little under ten minutes in We get the most memorable character of the film Captain Jack Sparrow Now, let me say, before I get into this, that I am judging this character separate from Johnny Depp's personal life And I kinda have to because, frankly, his personal life doesn't seem to paint him in a good light. ...at all... That said, I'm not here to talk about that. Just know when I praise this character and Depp's work playing this character that does NOT translate into me praising Depp, the person, outside of his work If you wanna know what I'm talking about you could research that yourself, I don't wanna talk about it. ......it's fucked up ANYWAY That out of the way, let's get into it It's no secret that how Jack Sparrow appeared in the film was not how he was written So much of the character was created by Depp himself that he almost deserves writer credit for it. From the research I've done, Jack wasn't even a character in the film for a large portion of the process. He was added in AFTER the plot was figured out. He was apparently envisioned by the screenwriters as a straight-up Vaudevillian supporting character just... HUHA!
Look at me, I'm gonna go around and I'm gonna bumble and make jokes! And he was envisioned by the producers as the manly handsome tough guy, more in the bane of Han Solo. So you know, they wanted him to be like sexy and stuff But Depp surprised everybody at the table read by doing a weird Keith Richards impression based on researching pirates and seeing parallels with rockstars. And Gore Verbinski went with it, which brings me to another film-making lesson to take from this film This is one mostly for directors. DON'T get married to what's in your head You're never gonna get exactly what you imagined anyway And sometimes other people can bring something to a project that you never could've thought of. Entertainment is collaborative by nature Especially film-making. You need to recognize that and allow it to happen. Let actors put themselves into rules, let people help create your story. If you want an example of a director who just dictated what they wanted to actors and didn't allow collaboration and creative freedom? That's George Lucas making the Star Wars prequels. You can like them or hate them. You know, whatever. But it's pretty clear that nearly every actor in those films has given a much better performance both before and after them. Because George Lucas doesn't know how to direct actors and never has. Boy: "I don't like sand." "It's coarse and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere." "Here everything is soft." "And smooth..." (pervert face) Governor: "Sense of propriety." Now, back to pirates. Jack Sparrow makes this film what it is. His character is all at once goofy, mysterious, likable, scummy, duplicitous, loyal, and dangerous. It's a once in a lifetime performance for Depp. And yeah, I'm including the work done playing the same character in other Pirates' films He was never able to capture the heart of this character again. He became a parody of himself in later films. Jack's introduction is hands down my favorite character introduction in film. Period. His dingy sinks into the ocean as he reaches the docks of Port Royal and he proudly strides onto the dock as his ship sinks as if it was his plan all along. It's hilarious and basically establishes how Jack will react to any given situation he stumbles into. And it's great hearing a genuinely heroic score backing the comedy here Hans Zimmer did a great job with the score, I'll probably get into that later. It's important to note that part of the reason this character works is because he's not at the center of this story. The biggest mistake the sequels have pretty much universally made Is that they all decide to make Jack the central character, and that is not where he belongs. Jack's strength being him as a very memorable SUPPORTING character. Will and Elizabeth are the heroes. They were introduced first, made likable first, for a REASON. The fourth Pirates' film suffered from this the most because it introduced their off-brand Will and Elizabeth characters as a side story and put very little effort into making them actually likable. Or interesting. One's a boring-ass priest who never does anything worth anything and the other is a mermaid The mermaids are portrayed as monsters, except for her, I guess? Maybe she's not a monster, but that doesn't make any sense, why wouldn't she be a monster? ANYWAY Whenever we cut to the boring priest-guy and the mermaid-girl, everybody's just like Who cares? Let's get back to the actual story, please, with characters we know and like, instead of people who are putting us to sleep. Also, as a side note, the mermaid totally drowned the priest, right? We never see them again, as far as I remember, so that's what I'm gonna go with, cause, you know she's a monster-mermaid-lady. Or mermaids were monsters, they kill people, why wouldn't she just wanna kill him? And we never see them again.
She drowns him!
He's DEAD! Which is good 'cause no one wants to see them again anyway. Anyway, back to the much better movie So Jack makes Port We see Norrington get promoted to commodore and propose to Elizabeth, while Jack is having hilarious character-establishing banter While attempting to steal a ship. Jack: "It is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer my weaselly black guts out." Man on the right: "I said no lies!" Man on the left: "I think he's telling the truth." Left: "If he were telling the truth, he wouldn't have told us." Jack: "Unless of course, he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you." Elizabeth, both literally suffocated by her corset and metaphorically suffocated by the expectations thrust upon her by society passes out and falls into the ocean. Jack shows the audience the first glimpse of his being a good person deep down When he chooses to save her life, and as another bit of likely accidiental.. Metaphorical storytelling, Jack saves her life by ripping off her symbol of of the pressures of society on her, Allowing her to breathe again. I don't think that was, an intended metaphor, but it works really well as symbolism if you choose to interpret it that way. Which, y'know. I do. So.. If you don't like it, then FFFF*** you. Now, in saving Elizabeth it's discovered that Jack is a famous pirate. And we're finally given his name. Norrington: "Well, well. Jack Sparrow, isn't it? Jack: "Captain Jack Sparrow." And we get this great bit here. Norrington: "One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness." Jack: "Though it seems enough to condemn 'em." Norrington: "Indeed." Jack takes this opportunity to hold Elizabeth hostage in order to attempt to escape. Jack: "You will always remember this as the day that you almost caught - Captain Jack Sparrow!" During this attempt, we see Jack enter a blacksmithy Where he gets his cuffs off. However, it turns out this is where Will works, and when he returns, he notices something is missing (Jack really loves his hat, doesn't he) And finds Jack. Here we get an absolutely amazing action sequence, and, *pause* By amazing, I don't really mean the action itself is amazing. It's pretty basic stuff - But the way the action scene is written - Is, y'know, GREAT. And we get a bit of foreshadowing of future plot points, Mixed in with a joke. (this scene speaks for itself) We get Will's hatred of pirates established Will: "I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates." And we get this great little standoff bit before the fight. Jack: "Do you think this, wise boy?" Jack: "Crossing blades with a pirate?" Will: "You threatened Miss Swann." *sword screechy sound* The two improvise, not only using multiple swords in the smithy that Will made himself, but also multiple smithing tools as weapons as well. All the while, the fight is treated as a conversation, establishing Will and Jack's characters further. And, this is where another film-making lesson can be learned. In an action film or show, action scenes are a lot like musical sequences, in musicals. That may sound crazy, but, just hear me out. (Singin' in the rain, really good musical, check it out. RIP debbie btw.) In a musical song and dance numbers are used to establish character, and the story alone, not just to be a song in of itself. At least, that's how most musicals are written.. now. But you know those older films, where, musical numbers just sort of 'happened?' And you'd get bored, because, all it does is just.. showoff, for a few minutes? While the story just.. stops? That's exactly what you DON'T want to do, with an action scene. The action should move the story forward or used to teach people about your characters, And, if it doesn't, you need to rewrite your action scenes. (Old musicals & movies are still good, just sayin') For both negative AND positive examples of this, you can again turn to the prequels.
(good mornin' song still playing in background whole star wars part) Yeah, I'm going to mention the prequels as.. something kinda positive. You know how the duel of fates sequence in episode 1 is kind of.. the best part, of the entire trilogy? Alot of that was because the fight was handled.. Pretty well. It had good beats where things slowed down, and differences between the characters were established. Remember this bit? *shield-kinda-lightsaber-kinda-futuristic-kinda-sound* *maul be like wot* *can touch?* *shield-kinda-lightsaber-kinda-futuristic-kinda-sound with lightsaber hit sort of thing* *cant touch :c* *lightsaber close kinda 'schloooop' sound* This part, is, a pretty good moment. It establishes major differences between the characters without dialogue. WITHOUT DIALOGUE. That is extremley important Obi-Wan impatiently waits for the forcefield to get out of his way, Quai-Gon patiently meditates, as he waits for his moment.. and Maul paces like a predator, ready to make a kill. This is the most characterisation Obi-Wan gets in the entire ******* movie, and the ONLY characterisation Darth Maul gets, period. ..He's the main villain. And that's all he gets. Part of me is convinced the choreographers, came up with this stuff, because for the rest of the movie, characters are incapable of expressing anything, without just SAYING, what they want the audience to know, because George Lucas doesn't know how 'hu-mAn-AnS' work. On the other hand, there's a fight scene in Revenge of the Sith, where Anakin and Obi-Wan just.. fight. And they fight. And, they continue fighting. And, and, they fight some more. And, just to, y'know, spice things up, They do a bit more fighting. And, nothing changes about their relationship up until the high-ground moment. For minutes on end, we watch a fight scene of basically no consequence, That wasn't designed with characters in mind. It was just, "arrite. things happen." And, in the script, it was just, 'they fight.' It wasn't written, it was just.. they fight.. And you wanna know how I know that? Lucas: "Course there's alotta cheating in there, lot of 'they fight.'" *plap of paper on table* Lucas: "For twenty minutes, it just says they fight." If you're writing 'they fight,' in a script? STOP. And write an actual scene, please. *lightsaber vroo sounds, I guess*
(Good mornin' song stops on transfer from this to POTC.) Now let me show you what I actually mean by that, By analyzing this scene a little bit. It begins with a little impromptu swordfighting lesson that establishes Jack as being a more experienced fighter, ..And it also shows Jack recognizing Will's skill at swordfighting. But, this turns out to be a ploy. Jack used the lesson to manuever Will out of the way of the door, so he could return to his escape plan, because, y'know.. Jack.. Is tricky. that's his whole thing. Will, recognizing this mistake, does something unexpected in a show of skill and cleverness. This is where Jack begins to comes across his more threatening. Showing a side of him we haven't seen as much so far. This scene establishes, that if you get in the way of something he wants, Jack is a dangerous person. Which, really goes a long way towards the 'will he-won't he' betray them sort of feeling, throughout the movie. Then as they fight Jack comments on the swords, and Will reveals that he's not only made all of them but practices with them everyday and this is where Jack spells out Will's conflict, reinforcing it while also turning it into a joke Jack: "You need to find yourself a girl mate" "Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you've already found one" "and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you?" Will: "I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!" and right there you also saw that it hammers home Wills hatred of pirates even goes so far as to refer to a pirate as "it" rather than "him" We get a balancing act using the environment to have a little fun, and Will once again shows his own cleverness and skill by using Jack's shackles to trap him. Through a bit of silliness they end up on the rafters where Jack is actually bested in sword play by Will, after which Jack decides to throw dirt into his face and pull a pistol on him and here we see even though Will is the better swordsman, Jack is.. a liar. So he wins. This isn't just an action scene, this is storytelling. We know that Will is a better swordsman than Jack now, we know that Jack is able to think his way out of any situation quickly, and throughout the fight you can see that Will is.. enjoying himself. Like Elizabeth he obviously yearns for a life of excitement and adventure.. the life of a pirate, and Will learning to think like a pirate is major arc of his throughout the film, and this right here is what good action does. If you can't think of how to use an action scene as a storytelling tool, you seriously need to rethink what you're doing. With the lock closing in Jack threatens to shoot, here we get the mysterious line about the shot Jack: "This shot was not meant for you" *Jack smashed over the head with glass bottle* and we wonder whether Jack hesitated to shoot Will out of empathy or because he didn't want to waste the bullet.. or musket.. whatever and we also get another instance of Will being denied credit for work that he did, and instead being given to his boss who we now see is a drunk, who spends the entire fight and presumably most of the workday asleep. Moving forward now there's a scene that hammers in Elizabeth's hesitance to marry Norrington, her obvious infatuation with Will, the excitement she felt being held hostage by Jack, and we see the gold coin doing spooky stuff with fire that is.. directly taken from Raiders of the Lost Ark but y'know.. it works who cares. Then we get a scene with Jack in prison featuring a funny reference to the original ride, humours back and forth, and some exposition about the black pearl undercut by a joke from Jack, who seems knowledgable of the ship Prisoner: "I've heard stories [...] never leaves any survivors." Jack: "No survivors? But where do the stories come from I wonder." Again nearly every scene in this movie is doing at least two things at once, if not more. As the black pearl attacks Port Royal we see Will's competence on display, Elizabeths bravery as she faces the pirates and tells her handmaid to hide Ragetti: "Ello poppet" We then have attack called off when Elizabeth shows off her knowledge of pirate's by invoking "parley" and making a deal, establishing her as a bit of a fangirl of pirates. Next we get some comedy as well as intrigue with Jack being the only person in the prison not freed, and him having a conversation with some of who we later learn are his old crew who give us our first major glimpse at the titular (cue pirate voice) curse of the black pearl Jack: "So there is a curse.. that's interesting." Old crew mate: "You know nothing of hell." So while Will's knocked out Elizabeth goes to the ship thinking she's been kidnapped because she's the governor's daughter, and we get to see Elizabeth show off that she is a smart lady and then get this look.. from.. Kiera Knightley Elizabeth: "Well I suppose if it is worthless then there's no point in me keeping it" *Crew gasps* *Gives look* Which is ah.. Uhm.. Wow.. Uhhhh and that's a look she makes because she figures out what they're actually after is the gold coin she's been wearing. When asked her name she says her name is Elizabeth Turner which pretty much everyone watching can instantly connect to times in school when they either saw, or were the preteen kid pining for their crush and pretending like they were married and like, drawing in notebooks and stuff and unbeknownst to her that last name being attached to somebody holding that gold coin is exactly what they were looking for, and it's possible that's the only reason they don't do... really bad stuff to her but.. luckily the movie kind of skirts around that. She works out a deal to save Port Royal from being destroyed further but fails to negotiate for her own release and is kept prisoner as the ship sets sail away from her home Elizabeth: "According to the Code of the Order of the Brethren -" Barbossa: "First, your return to shore was not part of our negotiations nor our agreement so I must do nothing." "And secondly, you must be a pirate for the pirate’s code to apply and you’re not. And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules." "Welcome aboard the Black Pearl , Miss Turner." I will Discuss Geoffrey Rush's stellar performance as Barbossa when we get to another scene, trust me, I'm not overlooking it So, let's blow through the stuff that I don't want to talk about as much real quick Will wakes up, finds out Elizabeth is missing and when he and Norrington learn Jack Sparrow may know how to find the Black Pearl Will immediately wants to make a deal while Norrington completely dismisses the idea, Will protests in a very meme-worthy way *Hits table* Will: "That's not good enough!" but Will is reminded of his status by Norrington, and is chastised because he is not showing his Governor Weatherby Swann: "Sense of propriety" Will then decides to break Jack out of prison in order to enlist his health in saving Elizabeth himself This is something Jack only agrees to after he learns Will's name and makes a not so subtle attempt to discover if his suspicions about the name are true. Jack: "That would be short for William I imagine. Good strong name." "No doubt named for your father, eh?" Then Will gets a first hand lesson in how to think like a pirate when Jack forms a plan where they steal a slow navy ship, wait for the Interceptor which was already established as the fastest ships there are to catch up to him, and then pull a bait n' switch by stealing the Interceptor when the slow ship is boarding. This puts them in the fastest ship in the harbour already half way out to sea and leaving the only ship close enough to them much slower and not in any state to catch up to them, Now.. while the plan seems clever, it kind of required The Navy to be dumb enough to... have literally the entire crew board another ship, without leaving anyone else behind on their ship But in this movie The Navy is consistently portrayed as idiots so... whatever. After this Will interrogates Jack having picked up on his obvious probing from before Jack reveals that he knew Will's father, Bill Turner, saying he was a pirate Will... he doesn't like it. He's so mad that he begins to get violent but Jack puts him in his place and insists that someone can be both a pirate, and a good man. This is another major lesson Will ends up learning by the end of the film, and... now it's worth noting that real pirates were not only thieves.. but... rapists and murderers as well, but the Pirates of the Caribbean films exist in an alternate universe where some pirates were more like robin hood-esque hippies. Or something who are really all about personal freedom and what not. There's really nothing wrong with romanticizing the past for the sake of fun but only so long as we remember that this does not reflect reality. Now that said, piracy representing freedom at the same time isn't as far fetched as you may think. A very large percentage of pirates in the 18th century were former slaves that doesn't erase the heinous crimes pirates committed, but that's an important factor not worth overlooking, and believe it or not slavery is woven into the lore of the Pirates franchise, and uh, also believe it or not this franchise has lore and an extended universe series of novels like Star Wars. Will and Jack's next stop is a place Jack obviously loves called Tortuga, which is basically total anarchy. Now, in reality from what I can tell, Tortuga at the supposed time the movie takes place was pretty much a normal colony in Haiti at this point, though earlier in history it was a well-known neutral ground for pirates. This place is REALLY in the movie in order to really recreate the sort of setting portrayed in the original Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Which at this point you've likely forgotten this was based on because this is just - you know - a good movie. Within the context of the movie, Jack is here to gather up a crew for their expedition to find the Pearl. Their first stop is to find a man named Mr. Gibbs, who people have likely forgotten showed up in the very first scene of the movie as a flask-downing sailor. I'm not sure why he's thrown in the beginning of the movie, or why he couldn't've just been a pirate, but it's pretty fun later when Elizabeth recognizes him, so... Jack gets Mr. Gibbs to round up a crew as quickly as possible, while also hinting that he has plans for Will as leverage. And he thinks that Will doesn't hear that, but he does. It's gonna come back to bite him in the ass. We cut back to Elizabeth stuck on the pirate ship during a full moon. She's forced to wear a dress and dine with the captain of the ship, Barbossa. It's here he tells the story of cursed Aztec Gold and that anyone that takes the gold and sells it will be cursed forever. When Barbossa mentions he's going to need to spill some of her blood in order to break the curse she decides she wants to keep her blood inside her body and tries to spill some of his instead. Which, of course, doesn't work. Because as she soon realizes the curse he's talking about is real This is where we get the big special effects sequence *Imitates music from scene* You know, that music. And look! Even the monkey is cursed. This is also the part of the movie where we wonder why the pirates didn't look like skeletons under the light of the moon before and I think the explanation is that they made a point of showing clouds covering the moon before the Black Pearl attacks Port Royal. Now. It still doesn't make much sense because there is a source of light in the sky
and it is from the moon But I guess the implications are that they are only revealed under direct moonlight But you know what *Hits table* Will: "That's not good enough!" Because that still doesn't explain how the pirates are obviously feeling pain In the fight *Will throws axe* *screaming* And they can't be feeling pain, so why are they acting like they feel pain? Is it all an elaborate trick? They don't really need to trick anybody, what does that help them? But I am frankly willing to overlook it for the sake of this moment here "For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death And haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman's flesh. You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner. you're in one. And this is a good time to talk about the villains of the movie. They're at once completely irredeemably evil and yet their plan isn't really to do anything that evil and yet their plan isn't really to do anything that evil
I saw that video a while ago, it was well made and I loved it
Looks interesting. Saved for later.