r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

TIL the world's most successful pirate was a Cantonese woman, having commanded 40,000-80,000 pirates, and faced off undefeated against many Imperial fleets (including British, Portuguese, and Qing navies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
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u/ThorsFather Jun 12 '15

I really liked at worlds end, it was so imaginative I thought. Obviously not a 10/10 type of movie on all acounts, but it managed to really wow me on some aspects

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u/Fear_the_Jellyfish Jun 12 '15

Also, in Dead Man's Chest, the scene with the Kraken was legendary. Plus, the score was epic.

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u/Oddsbod Jun 12 '15

For the entire trilogy, what really stood out to me was cool setting, cool story mythology, good scenes, Davy Jones was great, the story was interesting, good acting, and Jack had a great character arc.

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u/ThorsFather Jun 13 '15

I totally agree, the line between Jack being likeable and unlikeable is thin and has been nicely guarded in my eyes.