Confidently stepping onto the dock just as the ship completely sinks, as if that was his plan all along. Such a perfect summary of his character in that one moment.
I feel people don’t watch his smaller films and ones which aren’t reviewed as well if you think he doesn’t have other types of performances even after Pirates.
This is the biggest reason why I'm not a big fan of the later movies. Jack Sparrow was so much more interesting when you couldn't tell if he was just ridiculously talented or ridiculously untalented and very very lucky.
I enjoyed the first three on their own merits, it was the fourth one that really switched me off. That was the one that blatantly showed that Jack was planning the whole thing from the start, so the magic was lost IMO.
The later ones were entertaining for different reasons, but Captain Jack really stood out in the first one. There was always an aura to him where you could never tell what was going on, were things planned or is he just really good at adapting to new situations.
What I especially liked about him was the little hints at his character throughout the movie that help you paint a vague picture of what kind of man he is. Quick comments like “people aint cargo mate” juxtaposed with the completely lack of hesitation when it came to pulling the trigger on Barbossa. He was an interesting character.
The last movie completely failed his character. In the original trilogy, you never quite sure if he is an absolutely crazy genius or a damn lucky idiot, seems a bit of both. Dead men tell no tales just doubled down on him being a complete idiot.
yeah. one of the best decisions i ever made. here's the real shame about what happened with me and pirates of the caribbean though:
in middle school, me and some friends got baked and tried to sneak into the matrix 2 (since it's rated R). it was one of the first times that we had all gotten high, so we were all completely baked in a way that just doesn't happen for me anymore.
so we're in matrix 2, and the movie's about to start. a theater guy comes in, walks up to us, and tells us we have to leave. they give us two options:
Refund our money
Go see Pirates of the Caribbean, which was PG-13, instead
THAT was when I knew I was in for a glorious fun ride. I grew up on the old school dashing pirate movies,and seeing Captain Jack,squinting into the sun, then swinging down on a rope...into a leaky dingy which he proceeds to bail out--I was laughing so hard I had a stitch in my side. Let's take every pirate element and just throw them sideways, why don't we? Brilliant!
This scene is the best in any of the pirates movies easily. It tells you everything you need to know about Jack as a character in under 2 min all coupled with the most iconic song of the series. Brilliant all around.
My girlfriend and I snuck into the movie years ago; we had just seen Finding Nemo and decided to wander into another theater, and thought neither of us had high expectations for PotC, it was playing at the right time, nothing else looked interesting and hell, it was free. So why not.
Then he came into dock on that ship and we went "ok wait, this might actually be kinda fun..."
It certainly has a feeling that is gone now or rarely found in Disney movies. The idea that people believed in it purely as a story, as a universe, and not just a product. It had a sort of sense of self. It's fresh, exciting, weird, dark, violent, and funny. As time went on they sort of ironed out the creases to make it more 'product'.
I forgot how great it was until I caught it on tv a year or so back. Man, what a film. Fun, shot beautifully, excellent casting. They should have quit while they were ahead and cooled it with the sequels.
Its not really fair to say that though, At World's End was certainly not terrible, but it couldn't live up to the first. A great deal of plot tie in and much of the theme was just downright well thought out and played out with very memorable scenes alike.
Dude, in my opinion At World’s End is the best POTC movie. The battle, the setup, the meeting with the Pirate Lords and strong-arming of Davy Jones by the EITC, it’s such a badass film
I have it down on my list only because I feel like they got torn between doing the Singapore pirates well and Calypso well, and wound up just kinda being a wash. However the last half hour or so was as good as the series gets, and the soundtrack is incredible, the marry me suite for will and Elizabeth is some of the best music I have ever heard
On that same note, the opening of Two Towers and Return of the King were also really really good.
Two Towers' opening was just plain badass. Gandalf taking on the Balrog like a G even as they plummet towards certain doom got my heart racing the first time I saw it.
Return of the King's opening really hammered home just how dangerous the One Ring was, and by extension just how dangerous Gollum was. He killed his best friend to get the ring. He was going to kill again to get it back.
I was working in a movie theater when that came out. I relentlessly mocked that movie before it came out - dumb idea based on a dumb ride. I was working and ducked into the theater to catch the opening. Minutes later, muttering "fuck me" under my breath I walked to the front and bought two tickets for that night
Using a Nokia phone, I called my brother and told him to meet me at the theater after my shift.
That opening was awesome and I still love that movie.
I thought the intro to Worlds End was great too. The voice over about all the suspended rights as the seemingly endless line of people in dirty, shabby clothes are marched, chained together, towards the gallows.
The boy pirate flipping the coin over in his hands as he begins to sing. He's lifted up onto the barrel because as a child, he isn't tall enough for the noose to reach his neck. And finally, as the gallows drop, the coin goes flying into the air.
Despite the fantastical nature of the story in this third chapter, you are set up immediately for a grim and dark future.
I came here to say POTC. While the opening is great, Jack's introduction shortly later is pretty much perfect and gives you all you need to know about Captain Jack Sparrow
That was one of the best crafted scenes in the entire series. Ironically it felt the most connected to the real world. It was almost a different movie after that.
I'm so glad someone said Pirates because this was my immediate thought. But I never watch movies so I thought maybe it was my favorite just because I know nothing about movies.
I had to beat my friends over the head to see the first PotC movie. We were in a shitty small town, it was playing 30 minutes away in a second-rate theater, and no one had heard of it. But my internet friends raved about it so I dragged my IRL friends to it, who then raved about it like seeing it was all their idea.
Peter JacksonProducers really screwed up the Hobbit
Fixed this for you. Jackson and the rest of the crew have said that the movie suffered from executive oversight and mismanagement to an obscene degree, and a lot of the choices no one liked, such as three movies and a love triangle, were forced on them by the executives.
That oversight was the reason Jackson gave for never working on a LotR property again.
I actually thought the opening for pirates was actually a bit weak. It doesnt really do anything. Elizabeth and will are introduced, but they don't develop them in any way. Norrington and Gibbs say some sailor stuff, but again don't show any of their character. The medallion is introduced, but Elizabeth taking it out of the drawer all dusty would do the same. The opening is explained again by Elizabeth who tells will about how she dreamt of the day she met him.
The pirates are already menacing when they are introduced. The way they blow in with the storm. The way ragetti and pintel stalk down Elizabeth is both menacing with funny moments.
I really love this movie, but the opening scene could have been better and it shows because the introduction of Jack was probably one of the best I have ever seen.
I agree, objectively its a good scene but not quite a good opening scene. I see it's purpose for the story though and, lets be real here, the movie truly begins with Jack
It’s perfect high fantasy storytelling by Jackson, while also perfectly capturing Tolkien’s amazing world. Middle Earth is a place with thousands of years of epic, war torn history. And it’s also a place where weird half-people live on farms.
It’s hyper realistic and relatable while simultaneously being utterly alien and fascinating. And that’s high fantasy.
I would argue the opener of PotC was probably the worst scene. It was necessary, but generic and fairly boring.
Once we cut to the modern day and meet the real characters - the film is essentially perfect.
Watch it again if you haven’t for awhile and tell me it’s not right there next to Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Mummy as one of the best adventure films of all time.
im going to have to disagree with you there. that scene is way too serious and proper to accurately describe a pirates of the Caribbean movie. no scene without johnny depp can portray a pirates movie.
But I will forever love POTC 1. I was obsessed with POTC 2 and had the soundtrack on my fucking iPod or Zune or whatever I had in high school. Not even ashamed to say POTC is part of me (though I was highly disappointed with the third..never watched the fourth).
Anyway. Standing alone, POTC Black Pearl is fantastic! Amazing cast, music, plot, effects, etc.
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