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Everything GREAT About Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest! (Part 2)Added:
Always loved this key change when we cut to the crew. And the ship scenes on the Flying Dutchman always make me think of that Rick Macallen clip.
>> So dense. Every single image has so many things going on.
>> There's just so much in there. So many stuffs. It's wheel guy.
>> SECURE THAT ASS TACKLE, MR. TURNER.
Knowing the Bosen, he probably did that on purpose.
>> Impeding me in my duty. Your share of punishment. I'll take it all.
>> Self-sacrifice. Well, attempted self-sacrifice.
>> And what would prompt such an act of charity?
>> It's my son.
>> I like the Bootstrap doesn't try to lie or hide it cuz Lordy knows that wouldn't go very well for him. Love how Jones uses that tentacle like it's an extra long finger. It's rough, but Lambo is finally getting his revenge on Will for showing him up that one time. Honestly, impressive the way they were able to highlight that tear falling when they're all completely soaked and dripping from rain. Freak. I mean, really, whatever emotion he's experiencing watching Will get whipped by his pops makes him not a good dude. Incredible design. I hate it, but it's so good. It explains why the crew doesn't go full annihilation with their transformations if their brains are staying mostly intact. And also, no thank you.
>> I'm here to find the man I love.
>> I'm deeply flattered, son. But my first and only love is the sea.
>> Elizabeth, hide the rum.
priorities.
>> You know these clothes do not flatter you at all. It should be a dress or nothing. I happen to have no dress in my cabin.
>> Jack, >> another tight turn of phrase.
>> Poor Will has been press ganged into Davy Jones's crew.
>> Press ganged, otherwise known as impressment, which is just conscription, but usually into a naval force. Sparrow knows his vocab.
>> I can't help it if your standards are lax. You smell funny.
>> Got him.
>> There is a chest.
>> Oh dear. What contains a still beating heart of Davy Jones.
That's some top-notch miming regetti.
>> This compass does not point north.
>> I love this whole sequence with Norington puking for the third time in a row, but always getting a few barbs in.
>> Oh, please.
>> Classic pirate gift. Don't care for the blowfish guy's face spikes moving. Don't care for it one bit. Not one brad point bit. I'm going to need you guys to stop that. You don't eat your crew mates's body parts. Even if you happen to be conjoined twins.
Even Crustations cower at the clamor concerning his crab pegged leg. Oh, they're mollisks. Yeah, you try finding a synonym for coward that starts with M.
It feels wrong for me to point all this stuff out because it makes the top of my skull tingle. But this guy's stomach is sewn together since Will slashed it open. This guy is some kind of nope living in his stomach. And this guy's eyes are not eyes. And also, he looks like a prawn from District 9. Also, most of these guys are fully transformed, but since Bootstrap is still progressing, we can see more barnacles appearing on his face, plus the starfish next to his eyes continuing to gain color and more prominence. Originally, it just looked like a tumor. Really, it's not an extra long finger. It's an entire third hand.
>> Welcome to the crew line.
>> 125.
>> Even if we don't really understand liars dice, their reactions let us know that Bootstrap's bet was throwing the game, which is of course even more self-sacrifice.
>> Master Tina, feel free to go ashore.
The better next time we make B.
>> His little snort.
He just wanted to know where it was.
Duplicity.
>> Captain says I'm to relieve you.
So, at a certain point, you lose the ability to speak. Honestly, once my teeth are clams, I hope to be dead.
There's a lot in these movies I don't think I could endure, but fiddling with a dude's face tentacles is pretty close to the top of the list. Leaving the drawing there is such insult to injury.
Will wanted to make sure DJ knew who stole it.
>> Take this, too. Now, get yourself to land and stay there.
>> Knives do genuinely make great gifts. I could say I did what I had to when I left you to go pirating, but it would taste a lie to say it wasn't what I wanted.
>> Honesty. Will was working for Becket and never said a word.
Miss groans.
>> I honestly don't care for this subplot.
The ghost pirate adventure comedy family films based on the Disney World rides of my youth set a pretty high bar.
>> The Kraken.
>> Bill NY's voice in general is very fun to listen to, but he hits the Kraken perfectly WITH THAT ACCENT.
IT'S interesting that they see tentacles and don't assume squid or octopus. But then this was the ship that took heading instructions from a floating dress. It's just funny Norington scoffed at even the existence of the Flying Dutchman.
>> Oh, please. The captain of the Flying Dutchman.
>> Also, this is a sailing movie trope that I'd love to see tested. Maybe Mythbusters can do a bit on it.
Cancelled in 2016. Oh, what? What's that? Oh, okay. So, it's back. What?
Again? In 2018? Well, as long as Jaime and Adam still have a flourishing friendship, I'll be okay. What?
So they uh they did this. They they destroyed the ship. And the organ piece for the destruction of the Edinburg trader is an amazing addition. Like Davy Jones went below deck while this was happening to add some ambiance for his crew watching the carnage.
Appropriate face. Nope. I mean honestly they could have made it way more megalo hydroalasophobia inducing but still nope. Ha. Found Mackus the Hammerhead's Eye. Being cursed on The Flying Dutchman would actually be my own personal hell.
Like just watching the movie with my Cinema Winds brain turned on is giving me trypophobia. I think I'm breaking my adrenal glands. My scalp hurts from all the constant hair follicle contraction.
But actually being there, I would have hurled myself into the Kraken's M by now.
>> There are no survivors.
>> I guess considering the options are death or an eternity of servitude while you slowly become sensient wallpaper, being killed is kind of the merciful choice. You're going to want to know >> what it tastes like.
>> Flirting. These two are less than koi.
>> You do know Will taught me how to handle a sword.
>> Crotman's how it's pronounced in the original Scandinavian.
>> He's correct.
>> He's a mythological creature and called it what I want.
>> Wait till he hears how they pronounce Wyvern's name.
>> Till you end up end up poor in it.
>> That win is for my American fans. If you're British, the win is actually Well, at least they pronounce Wyvern's name correctly.
>> This doesn't work. And it certainly doesn't show you what you want most.
>> Yes, it does. You're sitting on it.
>> But >> down then.
>> Sometimes scenes are so cool I can just say, "Yep." Other times I can't figure out what to say and then I'll notice that DJ holds his freaking hat on with his tentacles as they go under.
>> Even the lock looks like the music box locket thing Calypso and DJ both have.
>> Guard the chest.
>> Kira gets sidelined for a hot minute here. A thing they actually subvert in these two sequels. But they draw so much attention to it that it actually ends up being pretty entertaining.
>> Ace wants the chest for himself, don't he? I think he's trying to settle some unresolved business towards him and his twice cursed pirate father.
>> Always nice to have a second rundown for those viewers who are second screening.
Although you do miss some of the fantastic performance if you're only listening even if the words alone are S tier. That's how I use S tier, right, Mr. Tzu?
>> Yeah, I guess so. Yes, thank you. Plus, Patch told me these are barnacles which are crustaceian. So, I was right. Right, Mr. from Tzu.
>> Um, sure.
>> Nice. Even now, Jack is clearly not even trying to injure Will. They're still all very, very, extremely very disgusting.
But in the pristine aqua waters of the Caribbean, I still don't like it.
And again, another immensely fun action adventure sequence. Hard to think of anyone who's done it better this millennium. Brings me right back to reading Hatchet in Treasure Island as a kid. Fun fact, Jack Sparrow does all his own stunts. Clips aside, Jack's real talent is and always will be manipulation.
>> Do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life?
>> Whose fault is it really? Who was it?
Saw fit to freeze said pirate and take your dearly beloved all to himself.
>> I He's right.
>> Still rooting for you, mate.
>> If I didn't know better, I'd say this movie was broadcasting its ending the entire time. It really is the absolute absurdity of this off-the-wall setpiece that makes me like it so much. It's just so silly while still being entertaining, engaging, and even tense at times.
So, that bar that knocked him out is gone because he must have broken it with his skull. Okay, now that's dope. Also, good on them for realizing that more than a few seconds at a time would make the entire audience barf.
>> Another three-way fight, but this time teamwork, not real guy. Second time Jack has used a coconut as a weapon, but with much better results this time.
Even his heart has barnacles on it.
Double stab. See, she was barely sidelined for one fight. This cut back to them is great. They've been spinning for like 10 minutes.
There's always so much story going on, even during the action scenes. Will sees the key in the chest, knows the heart is gone. Jack sees that Will has seen that, so he knocks him out. And this is all after Norington has already stolen the heart, unbeknownst to either of them.
Not a word of dialogue spoken in the story has progressed quite a bit.
>> We're not getting out of this.
>> Over the chest.
>> Go mad.
>> Don't wait for me.
>> Norin's arc is fun. And although he knows the heart isn't in there, and Jack knows the heart isn't in there, he is still technically doing something heroic. Even if his ultimate motives are self- serving.
>> No, man. No.
>> Where's the Commodore? It fell behind.
>> Love the explicit appeal to the pirate code that Gibbs taught us in Black Pearl. There's a code to consider.
>> Any man who falls behind is left behind.
>> My prayers be with him.
>> Best not following our grief.
>> More optimism. I believe the sails on the Flying Dutchmen are meant to be seaweed, but whatever they are, they're veiny and seem alive.
>> O fish face.
>> And after I've given you so much credit for your words as usages, Davey is a mollisk face.
>> I'll disturb it.
>> Equinimity.
>> Now wheel guy is getting whipped. Why fight when you can negotiate?
>> All one needs.
>> Take proper leverage.
>> Ah, Jack's favorite line.
>> Let's just say it's a matter of leverage. Hey, >> which he actually stole from Will.
>> With the right leverage and the proper application of strength, the door will lift free.
>> But then Will stole it back anyway.
>> Sorry, Jack. I'm not going to be your leverage.
>> Hot. I mean, gross.
>> We are shot stocked on gunpowder. Six barrels. awfully invested in the explosives for a guy who doesn't give a butt rats about living or dying.
>> There's only half a dozen cakes of powder.
>> Then load the rum.
>> Fair. I'd react the same way if he said load the apperol spritzes. Second time we get this flyover shot revealing something.
Hey, at least it learned.
The sound design of the tentacles slipping against the port hole is next LEVEL DISGUSTING.
DISNEY movies never cease to amaze with how much disturbing stuff they can sneak in.
This moment really encompasses all that is Jack Sparrow, even if it only works when a magical mcguffin exists to tell you what you truly want beyond what you might think. The simple fact that he thought to check with the compass shows that deep down he is a good man. Hard as he might try to disagree.
Huh?
>> I think I think shot him.
CGI still holds up and it's truly amazing. It's that simple. Gareth to the rescue.
Awesome bullet time. Well, not like the Matrix bullet time, but still awesome.
To be fair, to be fair, there probably aren't many people this wouldn't work on.
Love the darker turn the score takes here.
pirates.
>> Compliments. He did a It's right behind me, isn't it? Look, since there's no one there to say it to. So gross. And yet, I'd watch this scene 5 million times over anything involving the crew of the Flying Dutchman. Have I made this video too much about my own personal phobias?
Look, I didn't even know I had them before I made this video. Bravery. I'd get it more if it was just a mouth with one set of teeth that he could leap past, but there's no way he's not getting munched here. And since I've decided this is the last of the series, I'll cover. I guess I'll never know. And he got his hat back. Also love the little hint that Jack has probably dealt with the Kraken before, greeting it like an old friend.
>> Hello, Beasty. Obviously, the Black Pearl needs to go down hole if we're to ever see it again. But just to belabor the point, the Turkish fishing boat was likely under 50 ft long. The Edinberg trader and the Black Pearl are both 170 ft ships, so it's either smash it to bits or pull it down hole. Damn you, Jack.
Love that seawater comes up with his disgust. Well put. Although technically, I think he's already damned. Also, this physical reaction upon realizing his heart isn't in there. The way his tentacles start writhing and wigging out. See, you should know you have to keep Oceanic Fairyman God's hearts in salt water so you don't get flies. In part one, I said there's probably lots of bugs, and that's to say nothing of whatever is lurking in those waters.
>> You fooled us all right till the end.
But I guess that honest streak finally won out.
>> I think it might actually have. He did come back, but generally he liked to keep running, so it's hard to say.
Discuss in the comments. fun misunderstanding where she's feeling guilty about murdering him and Will sees it as sorrow over losing her true love.
>> Will you sail to the ends of the earth and beyond to fetch back wicked Jack?
>> They couldn't make it 4 minutes letting us think Jack was dead. It was a different time.
>> But Will, too. Jack condemned him to an eternity on the Flying Dutchman. Will got out of that earlier today. I'm starting to think he might have enjoyed seeing Lizzie smooch and Captain Jack Sparrow. No shade, bro. You do you. But if you go and brave the weird and haunted shores, then you will need a captain.
I legit repeated this scene five times because other than Cotton, all of them have a genuine jolted expression at seeing Barbosa. And while I do want to believe the rumor that the actors didn't know, it seems like Pintle himself put it to bed. Hey, maybe only he knew.
>> Gross. I mean, I'm glad he finally got his apple, but gross. eat a whole bushion of apples.
>> And also, I lied in part one because when I saw this in theaters, I had no clue that Barbosa was coming back. Years later, I noticed his boots, but I'm still taking credit.
Well, this seems pretty problematic. Not like a cultural social way, in a logistical way. Dogs can't speak, the language of the Pelosus that they made for the movie, which is a mix of pig Latin and words spelled backwards.
Although, abolish monarchies, paparies.
So, it's both kinds of problematic. The only thing I don't feel I praised enough is the score, which yeah, it's almost redundant to praise Hans Zimmer, but he nails everything from the silly because the threat of cannibalism is just that lighthearted to the dire and moving pipe organ music that works both as an auditory showcase of Jones's internal struggles and an epic ticata of destruction. From the sea shanty barfight adventure coated two horn pipes to the slow building and tragic, even depressing decisions these characters have to make of Hello Beasty which ends in an oporatic crescendo. It's all great and it wouldn't be a part two without taking a few comments. So yeah, this isn't a severed tentacle. I'm clearly not up to date on my octopus facts. My bad. It's a siphon that they exhale through. And I love this detail of the faces on each locket reflecting the owner's emotional state. And then the rest of the comments seemed to beep this. Last time I did a movie for someone who incessantly requested it, YouTube's comment search function wasn't totally broken, but alas, it it is now.
So at people person, I hope you're happy. Sorry, that came out like a threat. I hope you're happy. Nope, that's still not quite right. I hope you're happy. It's good enough. Anyway, I have more thoughts, but this is truly only a part one of these two movies, making this part two of part one. But at World's End really is the fulfillment of this movie, so I'll have more to say when I do it. Obviously, I was kidding about not doing it. World's End, it will be 100% this year. Just not totally sure when. So, until then, Zavi, >> what are you doing?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DO IT. NOT BOTH OF YOU. THAT'S AN ORDER. UNDERSTAND?
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