James Norrington, the most complex character in this entire series. The one who goes through the most character development and probably the most honourable man in the entire series, surrounded by a bunch of thieving, lying, deceptive, selfish and ruthless people, not the very least the woman he is in love with, and through all of that he tries to do the right thing, tries to bring criminals to justice to serve the people he joined the navy for and world chewed him up and spit him out without care or concern. Elizabeth never deserved James and she still was the cause of his demise at the end. And yet he still died as Commodore Norrington would have wanted to go, defending the innocent against forces of evil. This series a comedy so it turns things upside down, glamorises criminals and villifies actually good men bound to their duties. But if you look closely at James Norrington in the second and third movie. Look past the comedy, the grit and the nobility of his Admiral post, you'll see exactly what this world did to James Norrington and it's a sad sad fate for a man who is so good. If there was any such things as an actual hero in the Pirates of the Caribbean Universe, not a protagonist, a hero then I don't think anyone embodies the word better than Commodore, later Admiral James Norrington. RIP.
yes i agree! he is a very unique sort of complex hero that isn't often so specifically portrayed in media - he definitely was the main factor for why i enjoyed those films
Killing him off was a bad idea. Excellent actor, great speaking voice, strong presence on screen and very attractive, too. His character was so interesting. Unlike most people probably, I was far less interested in what happened to Will. It made no sense to me that Elizabeth had Captain Jack and Norrington keen on her …wow…but she was devoted to Will. 🤔
I love how James' fighting style changes from the first film to the second, after he loses his post his fighting style becomes more pirate like. Less honourable but still with a high level of skill.
It's quite amazing how when he was a child, a pirate (Captain Teague) saved his life when he fell off the sea. Now he died saving the pirates (Captain Swann and her crew).
@@onesickrat Teague was noted for having a fearsome temper but, despite his reputation, he shared some sense of morality which was passed down to his son Jack Sparrow. This can be seen when Teague saved the life of a young James Norrington, despite the fact that Norrington was the son of his enemy from the British Royal Navy, Lawrence Norrington.[4] Its from the pirates wiki
Yeah, everytime i watch it he just really stands out. I love his fighting scenes too, the guy's got great style and skill. I felt like his ending should've been a better fight, he deserved it for the hero level he was.
He was my favorite character even in first movie. I tottaly dont understand why so many people thinks that he was an antagonist, he was probably more good Man than any other character
He was an antagonist because he brought problems to the protagonists. An antagonist can be a good moral person like Mr Utterson in the novel:The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
If a character is an antagonist, it doesn't always mean that he is a bad person. Being an antagonist means that he is against the main character alias protagonist, who btw can be a bad guy. The main character of Pirates was the pirate Jack Sparrow, so it is clear that Englishmen and other pirates hunters are antagonists
He was a good character, there was a lot of potential on him. A pity he was a little underrated by the writers, there was so much more that they could have done with him. At least he had a decent ending (although I thought it could have be better, but it still was a satisfying character closure)
Kinda wish he went full pirate like Will and Elizabeth did, the transition those two made from being normal people to full pirate was so satisfying, but then again Norrington was right, there was no place for him on their side
@@SmoovyNovaFan James Norrington would’ve been a very strategic and intelligent pirate! Also, compassionate towards those he finds to be of good worth, as he had shown towards Will, Jack, and especially, Elizabeth.
Ah brother, you forgot the best one! Jack Sparrow: You look bloody awful, what are you doing here? Norrington: You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lax. Jack Sparrow: You smell funny.
i know but i had so many clips of him i couldn't include some of the dialogue-orientated ones :( i literally had to split his scenes from the first film, and the last two, into two videos because they took up so much storage (was worth it though)
This was the movie that made me do the Squidward “Oh NO HE’S HOT” meme 😂 not only is the fallen Navy-man-turned-pirate thing sexy as all hell, but the character development was one hell of an attractive thing
As someone else said, if this was anything other than a family fantasy adventure popcorn franchise flick based on a theme park ride, Norrington would've been a worthy rival, if not the flat-out Austen style hero. An unflappable high ranking officer of station, duty and honour, reduced to a stammering and smitten mess around Elizabeth would've made him swoon-worthy, who might've dropped almost everything he stands for and put his resources and faith with a pirate to rescue his beloved.
I'll always have a little place in my head where he has his happy endings along with will, Elizabeth, jack, and barbosa. they'll all live happily ever after in my mind
Probably the best character in the whole film series. Definitely the most complex. An honourable man to the end. He deserved so much better than Elizabeth
"...that doesn't absolve me of my other sins." What other sins? Unless he participated in any off-screen acts of piracy while he was part of Jack's crew, I can't come up with a single crime that this guy has committed. Maybe you could stick him with a mutiny charge for turning on Jack at the end of Dead Man's Chest, but that's a stretch.
It definitely does feel like something is missing when he said that, but I do have a theory. Given that through the deleted scenes of Becket we know he wasn’t above such things like Human trafficking, and given how in the intro of Worlds End we see citizens of dubious connections to piracy being hanged, even children, for someone as righteous as Norrington I’m sure he didn’t approve of either of these things, that a man like him could turn the other way while Becket is about to do these things. Just a thought, but if I were in his shoes and saw this stuff while being on the side of the “law”, even I’d feel guilty even if I didn’t swing the noose.
James Norrigton won the triple threat match at the Island and because of it he pretty much gain his position back but at a really high cost. He was a great character
@@emmanueldestin2353 hard to say they were really friends. He wanted to marry her because she was the “perfect” girl. Then he disappears to find Jack and when that fails he falls off the grid before Elizabeth’s wedding and then turns up drunk in Tortuga. After that he betrays all of them in order to regain his sense of honor and status.
This is such a specifc comparison and I somehow know exactly what you mean. They are Lancelot. Respected military commander and Type-A rich kid jock are both the conventionally ideal masculine figures of their time, but due to sheer circumstance they are simply not allowed to be "That Guy." They aren't the knight in shining armor. They both similarly take their rejection surprisingly well, causing their social status to completely plummet.
06:25 the only thing I found unconvincing was with the key in the chest and the pirates did not check if the heart ❤️ was still intact. They should have had a sound effect of the heart beating whilst Norrington holds the box to his chest. The pirates will be fully convinced the heart is still inside the chest but we as audience will know that it is in fact in Norrington’s inner chest pocket .
Not only did Will ally with Governor Swann's killer, but he continued to make himself any low of a love interest for Elizabeth. James Norrington was not only against piracy and the power that Beckett craved so much, but he betrayed his honor and oath to rescue the woman that he remained in love with, and her pirate crew. All together if it weren't for James rescuing Elizabeth, Beckett would've had her and her crew murdered. James is well respected and deserved so much more other than a disloyal death.
But what really they could, when it was supposed to be conclude plot from 2nd movie? Movie had to bring Jack back and then resolve John's and Becket's threat and other subplots. Overall, I would say movie did better job as conclusion than Return of the Jedi. True though that given role he had in 2nd movie, Norrington is by far the biggest casualty of 3rd one.
@@ReichLife I would have cut Sao Feng entirely, used his screentime for Norrington and Governor Swann. A trilogy finale isn't the place to introduce a new, major character, and he doesn't do much that they couldn't rewrite.
@@Cobra_125 While I agree with Norrington, Governor already had minimal screen time in 2nd movie so his minimal role in 3rd isn't such a let down like Norrington's which clearly lost relevance. With Feng though, he clearly serves as springboard for both Sparrow rescue and Elizabeth becoming more equal to rest of main cast. Add to it that Feng with his city, ship and minions enriched POTC franchise. Too be honest, I don't even recall Feng being that often present, basically only having 3 scenes. I always find that him being part of main cast was purely marketing effect given he is one of 5 on most posters.
So in our parody of pirates of the carribean where we make Orlando's character come to find out a total lame, his first endeavor as New acting flying Dutchman he runs from the fight like naw man I'm out of the game and he amassed all this debt from Spain or something So... Popcorn
I like Norrington as a character well enough, but I can't forget that he wanted SO BADLY to marry a woman so much younger than him that he was an established officer in the Royal Navy when she was a very young child. That's just creepy. He was a lieutenant when we first met him, so he'd probably be in his early to mid 20s, while Elizabeth was maybe 8.
It might have appeared that way in the flashback (which was I think like 8 years before the events of the movie), since they didn't want him to be played by a different actor to avoid confusion. Canonically he was supposed to be around 18 years old in the flashback and in his twenties in present day. The fact that he is incredibly young for a commodore is a part of his characterization. 10 years age difference is no big deal even today, much less back then.
@@easternlights3155 that's a fair take, i guess. They could've made him look younger in the flashbacks, though, as is, it doesn't hold up well. I get what they were doing for, though, Norrington being a Horatio Hornblower type, a young, ambitious, hyper competent officer of the Royal Navy, and in that aspect he succeeds here, and nothing against the actor, he's excellent. Wish they'd have made him look younger or at least found a slightly older actresses for young Elizabeth is all
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James Norrington, the most complex character in this entire series. The one who goes through the most character development and probably the most honourable man in the entire series, surrounded by a bunch of thieving, lying, deceptive, selfish and ruthless people, not the very least the woman he is in love with, and through all of that he tries to do the right thing, tries to bring criminals to justice to serve the people he joined the navy for and world chewed him up and spit him out without care or concern.
Elizabeth never deserved James and she still was the cause of his demise at the end. And yet he still died as Commodore Norrington would have wanted to go, defending the innocent against forces of evil. This series a comedy so it turns things upside down, glamorises criminals and villifies actually good men bound to their duties. But if you look closely at James Norrington in the second and third movie. Look past the comedy, the grit and the nobility of his Admiral post, you'll see exactly what this world did to James Norrington and it's a sad sad fate for a man who is so good. If there was any such things as an actual hero in the Pirates of the Caribbean Universe, not a protagonist, a hero then I don't think anyone embodies the word better than Commodore, later Admiral James Norrington. RIP.
yes i agree! he is a very unique sort of complex hero that isn't often so specifically portrayed in media - he definitely was the main factor for why i enjoyed those films
This is beautiful. Thank you. I am a woman and I love honourable men. Honour and dignity.
You’re absolutely right. Thank you for this post.
Very nice one. He the only light in that movie
A little much but okay I guess XD
Killing him off was a bad idea. Excellent actor, great speaking voice, strong presence on screen and very attractive, too. His character was so interesting. Unlike most people probably, I was far less interested in what happened to Will. It made no sense to me that Elizabeth had Captain Jack and Norrington keen on her …wow…but she was devoted to Will. 🤔
But he died at sea does that mean he can come back???
Uh probably cause he looks like orlando bloom lol
I never found him attractive in the beginning until much later lol. But yeh he was handsome.
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he's handsome anyway, both as a commodore and as a pirate! 💕
I agree! 💙👏👏👏
I love how James' fighting style changes from the first film to the second, after he loses his post his fighting style becomes more pirate like. Less honourable but still with a high level of skill.
When he fights the skeleton and will u can spot it cool
It's quite amazing how when he was a child, a pirate (Captain Teague) saved his life when he fell off the sea. Now he died saving the pirates (Captain Swann and her crew).
Where’d you find out about that?
Where did you find out about this?
Source⁉️
@@onesickrat Teague was noted for having a fearsome temper but, despite his reputation, he shared some sense of morality which was passed down to his son Jack Sparrow. This can be seen when Teague saved the life of a young James Norrington, despite the fact that Norrington was the son of his enemy from the British Royal Navy, Lawrence Norrington.[4]
Its from the pirates wiki
@@onesickrat Teague saved James in the end of "Jack Sparrow: Sins of the father" book
my favorite character of the series. So underrated!
My favorite too.
My favourite as well.
Same
Yeah, everytime i watch it he just really stands out. I love his fighting scenes too, the guy's got great style and skill. I felt like his ending should've been a better fight, he deserved it for the hero level he was.
He was my favorite character even in first movie. I tottaly dont understand why so many people thinks that he was an antagonist, he was probably more good Man than any other character
He served the main antagonist for a while, but overall good man, great character.
He was an antagonist because he brought problems to the protagonists. An antagonist can be a good moral person like Mr Utterson in the novel:The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
If a character is an antagonist, it doesn't always mean that he is a bad person. Being an antagonist means that he is against the main character alias protagonist, who btw can be a bad guy. The main character of Pirates was the pirate Jack Sparrow, so it is clear that Englishmen and other pirates hunters are antagonists
i’ve been searching for a decent james scene pack for ages this is perfect
James and the peach tree. 🌲
I'm rewatching the movies after 10 year of not seeing them and guess how hard I choked on my drink when I saw him in the second movie like damn
He was a good character, there was a lot of potential on him. A pity he was a little underrated by the writers, there was so much more that they could have done with him.
At least he had a decent ending (although I thought it could have be better, but it still was a satisfying character closure)
Kinda wish he went full pirate like Will and Elizabeth did, the transition those two made from being normal people to full pirate was so satisfying, but then again Norrington was right, there was no place for him on their side
@@SmoovyNovaFan James Norrington would’ve been a very strategic and intelligent pirate! Also, compassionate towards those he finds to be of good worth, as he had shown towards Will, Jack, and especially, Elizabeth.
Ah brother, you forgot the best one!
Jack Sparrow: You look bloody awful, what are you doing here?
Norrington: You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lax.
Jack Sparrow: You smell funny.
i know but i had so many clips of him i couldn't include some of the dialogue-orientated ones :( i literally had to split his scenes from the first film, and the last two, into two videos because they took up so much storage (was worth it though)
LMAO, the middle finger was fantastic at the end! 🤣🤣🤣
Norington looks good with a beard.
That Beard is badass
Doesn't he look a lil like Chris Evans with that?
@@ahamedjunaid01 yes hahahahaha
@@hectorbarbossa4403 See!!! Even Barbossa agrees!!!
His acting was so absolute mate
He was amazing. He should have survived the series. One hell of a performance.
He was almost Shakespearean.
He could have been so much more of a bad ass and it would have been awesome to have him become part of the crew!
This was the movie that made me do the Squidward “Oh NO HE’S HOT” meme 😂 not only is the fallen Navy-man-turned-pirate thing sexy as all hell, but the character development was one hell of an attractive thing
As someone else said, if this was anything other than a family fantasy adventure popcorn franchise flick based on a theme park ride, Norrington would've been a worthy rival, if not the flat-out Austen style hero.
An unflappable high ranking officer of station, duty and honour, reduced to a stammering and smitten mess around Elizabeth would've made him swoon-worthy, who might've dropped almost everything he stands for and put his resources and faith with a pirate to rescue his beloved.
Also some CAPTAIN BLOOD in there, maybe 🤔
I actually really like Norrington! He's definitely up there as one of the best characters!
commodore looks pretty badass as a pirate
james should of been the captain of the flying dutchman
dude imagine
bro would be epic
I totally loved James Norrington!
I'll always have a little place in my head where he has his happy endings along with will, Elizabeth, jack, and barbosa. they'll all live happily ever after in my mind
Probably the best character in the whole film series. Definitely the most complex. An honourable man to the end. He deserved so much better than Elizabeth
His character was really a curious one..
I was really attracted to this man.
The role didn't deserve it
"...that doesn't absolve me of my other sins."
What other sins? Unless he participated in any off-screen acts of piracy while he was part of Jack's crew, I can't come up with a single crime that this guy has committed. Maybe you could stick him with a mutiny charge for turning on Jack at the end of Dead Man's Chest, but that's a stretch.
exactly! my wife has never done anything wrong in his life!!!
not crime, but immorality
It definitely does feel like something is missing when he said that, but I do have a theory. Given that through the deleted scenes of Becket we know he wasn’t above such things like Human trafficking, and given how in the intro of Worlds End we see citizens of dubious connections to piracy being hanged, even children, for someone as righteous as Norrington I’m sure he didn’t approve of either of these things, that a man like him could turn the other way while Becket is about to do these things. Just a thought, but if I were in his shoes and saw this stuff while being on the side of the “law”, even I’d feel guilty even if I didn’t swing the noose.
10:42 the middle finger 😭 same
😂🤣😀
I just realized that I love his voice.
Interesting development from a highly disciplined officer to a wandering drunk and back again
Underrated character. One of my favorite POTC characters.
they should have done a spin off film or short tv show on what happened to him chasing after Jack and how he regained his rank.
This by far is the most interesting James Norrington.
James Norrigton won the triple threat match at the Island and because of it he pretty much gain his position back but at a really high cost. He was a great character
I’ve never understood why Elizabeth freaked out the way she did when James was killed, she acted like they were actually lovers, like he’s Will.
at the end of the day she was still fond of the dude.
Killed by the father of his opponent
Wouldn’t you freak out if one of your friends died?
@@emmanueldestin2353 hard to say they were really friends. He wanted to marry her because she was the “perfect” girl. Then he disappears to find Jack and when that fails he falls off the grid before Elizabeth’s wedding and then turns up drunk in Tortuga. After that he betrays all of them in order to regain his sense of honor and status.
@@kongouch.9458 Bill had to, take out the competition for his son.
James Norrington was low key the original Steve Harrington
How do you mean that
Also Norrington is a much cooler character than Steve
Who is Steve harrington
This is such a specifc comparison and I somehow know exactly what you mean.
They are Lancelot.
Respected military commander and Type-A rich kid jock are both the conventionally ideal masculine figures of their time, but due to sheer circumstance they are simply not allowed to be "That Guy." They aren't the knight in shining armor.
They both similarly take their rejection surprisingly well, causing their social status to completely plummet.
@@JoeChianelli Beautiful, I could not describe it any better!
I thought Norrington had a LOT of potential and I was sorry to see him go.
Wow i didnt know that was Norrington in Dead Mans Chest
Not to be rude but who did you think i mean he was even spoken of as Commodore several times
@@hectorbarbossa4403 To be honest back then i didnt even know most of the Names mostly i knew of Jack, Will, Elizabeth and Barbosa
@@ericmonaco4509 understandable
Same. I have no memories of him past the first movie lol. I must not have recognized him.
Hahaha
06:25 the only thing I found unconvincing was with the key in the chest and the pirates did not check if the heart ❤️ was still intact. They should have had a sound effect of the heart beating whilst Norrington holds the box to his chest. The pirates will be fully convinced the heart is still inside the chest but we as audience will know that it is in fact in Norrington’s inner chest pocket .
Well the heart is dead and undead I'm sure it will only be stabbed.
I’m pretty sure Davy Jones will not let anyone not even his own crew to look at his heart, because whoever holds the heart can control Davy Jones.
This is something that bugged me too, I like your reimagined scenario ❤ it would’ve fit well
8:16
Davy Jones' expression here is hilarious.
I agree
I’d love to see James Norrington as a crew member of the Dutchman
He was my crush in that movie
R.I.P James Northington.
😢💔⛪⚰️✝️➕💐🇬🇧👑🌹🛡️🥂🍻😔
There rivalry almost went par with Jack and Barbossa one in some moments I'll tell you, he is now one of my top 10 characters of POTC.
Probably my favorite character in the original 3 movies honestly! Wish they gave him a better ending
Recently rewatched the fifth movie: how I miss the spirit of the first three.
His voice is really like a Navy offier.
Not only did Will ally with Governor Swann's killer, but he continued to make himself any low of a love interest for Elizabeth. James Norrington was not only against piracy and the power that Beckett craved so much, but he betrayed his honor and oath to rescue the woman that he remained in love with, and her pirate crew. All together if it weren't for James rescuing Elizabeth, Beckett would've had her and her crew murdered. James is well respected and deserved so much more other than a disloyal death.
🤣🤣 last one so funny.. I give you my middle finger...
Lieutenant/Captain/Commodore/Admiral James Norrington is probably my character in the entire franchise.
James was by far the best character. He got done ill at every turn.
If there's a role that fits me,it's Commodore Norrington.
He has to little screen time like him in the 2nd and 3rd a lot
I like James Norington he reminds me on me...
Have loved the Commodore since day one. AndI love it is the loss of a perfectly good bottle that drives him nuts.
He looks exactly like Guybrush Threepwood in MI2 in these films.
Ending up in Tortuga did the one thing high society would never do for James. He learned to be ruthless.
I Bet Bootstrap INSTANTLY Regretted Killing Him Hmm I Wonder If James Became A Part Of The Ship
He wouldn't have. He died an honourable man with no debt to pay.
It was more the curse upon the Dutchman that killed him. Bill wasnt himself.
He wasn’t afraid of death when Jones asked him, and he died a honorable man
@@TimohaNorvegDied a Royal Navy Officers death for sure
The writers should've utilized him more in the 3rd movie. Then again, there's a lot they should've done differently in the 3rd movie.
But what really they could, when it was supposed to be conclude plot from 2nd movie? Movie had to bring Jack back and then resolve John's and Becket's threat and other subplots. Overall, I would say movie did better job as conclusion than Return of the Jedi.
True though that given role he had in 2nd movie, Norrington is by far the biggest casualty of 3rd one.
@@ReichLife I would have cut Sao Feng entirely, used his screentime for Norrington and Governor Swann. A trilogy finale isn't the place to introduce a new, major character, and he doesn't do much that they couldn't rewrite.
@@Cobra_125 While I agree with Norrington, Governor already had minimal screen time in 2nd movie so his minimal role in 3rd isn't such a let down like Norrington's which clearly lost relevance. With Feng though, he clearly serves as springboard for both Sparrow rescue and Elizabeth becoming more equal to rest of main cast. Add to it that Feng with his city, ship and minions enriched POTC franchise.
Too be honest, I don't even recall Feng being that often present, basically only having 3 scenes. I always find that him being part of main cast was purely marketing effect given he is one of 5 on most posters.
STEADY MEN!!
utter brilliance
James looks like chris evans
Omg i was thinking the same thing
I Respect for the so sad death of James Northington.
5:40 definition of every man for himself
Fitting how when fighting over the chest, the goal accomplished was the one that mattered least
2:44 - 2:48 lmfaoooo
A glitch in the Matrix
That flip at 4:45 was clean
..... Now I feel like Elizabeth should've had the ending with him... whatsoever
I was a drunken person at that time
How did you end up in that place first of all?
Norrington sacrifice himself to save Elizabeth Swann and her crew by escaping the Flying Dutchman
regained his honor and position just to simp in the end
I really love that they did a lot more with James Norrington's character after the first movie because at first I didn't like him that much
He looks better with the beard
Elizabeth is very complex James he was going to protecting her and she said I'm prefer to stay with my crew what her crew doesn't want her for captain
I felt bad for him for what he went through but I wasn’t betting for him in the fight for the heart
the commadore is complex
Why did Jack even bring him onto the ship in the first place?
6:02 - 6:13 I'll give him points for selflessness and courage
Yeah, it was self sacrificing, but also he wanted the heart of Jones to get his old life back
Shame...but true....all made a beautiful one....and another replacement for any of them....including Johnny Depp it will be a mistake.....
10:43 😂
NAON MAKSUD SIA ? HAYANG DI PODARAN KU AING MERENAN!! 😡
Emeyl💵💸
So in our parody of pirates of the carribean where we make Orlando's character come to find out a total lame, his first endeavor as New acting flying Dutchman he runs from the fight like naw man I'm out of the game and he amassed all this debt from Spain or something
So...
Popcorn
Jesus loves you
I like Norrington as a character well enough, but I can't forget that he wanted SO BADLY to marry a woman so much younger than him that he was an established officer in the Royal Navy when she was a very young child. That's just creepy. He was a lieutenant when we first met him, so he'd probably be in his early to mid 20s, while Elizabeth was maybe 8.
It might have appeared that way in the flashback (which was I think like 8 years before the events of the movie), since they didn't want him to be played by a different actor to avoid confusion. Canonically he was supposed to be around 18 years old in the flashback and in his twenties in present day. The fact that he is incredibly young for a commodore is a part of his characterization. 10 years age difference is no big deal even today, much less back then.
@@easternlights3155 that's a fair take, i guess. They could've made him look younger in the flashbacks, though, as is, it doesn't hold up well. I get what they were doing for, though, Norrington being a Horatio Hornblower type, a young, ambitious, hyper competent officer of the Royal Navy, and in that aspect he succeeds here, and nothing against the actor, he's excellent. Wish they'd have made him look younger or at least found a slightly older actresses for young Elizabeth is all
They done him dirty in the third one
Stop projecting todays cultural norms on the past
Back then living above 40 is consider lucky so marrying in teen age is normal
Terrible cut edits are so bad.
The worst scene