Commodore Norrington was never really a bad guy, he truly cared for Elizabeth and also just carried out his duty as a Royal Naval officer in hunting down pirates.
Well Norrington was going to marry Elizabeth after knowing her when she was a child, so that's sketchy. That's a bit, ah, Team Jacob if ya know what I mean.
@@m_chupon5131 what are you 15?? The standards were different back in the day so no it's not weird. Women today think that all men are creeps, of course not if they have the three 6( foot, pack, figure paycheck). Twilight was absolute garbage so I wouldn't compare the two.
@@m_chupon5131 that’s true, but In those days marrying a much younger wife wasn’t unusual. Sorry I don’t understand the Team Jacob reference, but I can imagine what it means through context.
49:08 I don't find it weird at all. Norrington was somewhat of an Antagonist due to being a Rival for Will and him hunting Pirates aka Jack, but he was never an evil man in this movie. Unless one counts being very English as being evil.
Norrington's arc is, in my opinion, the most underrated and overlooked in the trilogy. He was never a villain to begin with, only an antagonist. I love where they took his story.
The reason why barbosa is so obsessed with apples is because pirates in those times barely saw much land. So fresh fruit would’ve been a huge deal for him, so he obviously liked apples and that’s why it broke him that he couldn’t taste them. But it was a great reaction 😊 check out the others I’m not so much a fan of the last one but the second and third one add to the story line. The humour in them are always great.
Correction: While it's true that pirates wouldn't see fresh fruit, or fresh anything for that matter, the big concern was scurvy, which comes from lack of vitamin C. The solution for that was citrus fruit, not apples. British sailors often had limes to eat, which is how Brits came to be called "limeys".
There was no "turn" for Norrington. He was perfectly consistent throughout. The change was your assumptions behind his character and motivations being proven wrong in the last 10 minutes of the movie, lol.
The stereotypical pirate voice is entirely thanks to Robert Newton, the actor who played Long John Silver in the first major cinematic version of Treasure Island (1950). His west country accent became so synonymous with pirates, it has become a permanent staple of the genre even to this day.
@@AdamfromFWCIHis pathetic boat sank and he strutted on the dock like a boss, symphonic music swelling in the background, the editing, camera angles...perfecton! I always laugh out loud.
Norrington, Turner, Sparrow, and Barbosa are essentially the same character - except for being Lawful Neutral, Neutral Good, Chaotic Neutral, and Neutral Evil respectively.
The idea that corsets are super uncomfortable is a Hollywood myth, if the corset is made for the person wearing it is actually very comfortable and helps support your back, women would be able to work in them all day with no problem, the reason it became a myth is because they didn't make custom corsets for the actresses so they were very uncomfortable.
Corsets would have been very new fashion for the Caribbean compared to england, so the handmaids might not have actually known how to do up Elizabeth's corset
@@schoolsenpai773 yes, I think this was the actual reason the corset was such a big thing for the plot. It shouldn't have been uncomfortable at all, but they had never seen one before so they almost tightened all the air out of her lungs lmao
Interestingly it was never like "oh everyone likes a pirate movie". When this was made pirates were not some big earner theme or something hip and trendy. A lot of people in the industry apparently thought this would flop entirely and definetly no one expected it to become such a huge hit. Also you have seen Orlando Bloom very recently, but wearing a lot more green and a blonde wig...
@@AdamfromFWCI In fairness he does look, sound and act Completely different in those two franchises so it's mostly his voice that's still recognisable. I think he did Pirates pretty much directly after LotR and if I'm not mistaken he got cast for Pirates before LotR came out.
Barbosa as the sympathetic villain is interesting. The intensity of his speech when he was describing how he no longer feels is something worth remembering. He's reached a point at which nothing matters.
Someone (Mythbusters, I think) did test out if you could make an air pocket underwater by carrying a canoe upside down like that. The verdict was yes, you can actually do it but it's hard. You have to be strong enough to hold the canoe down.
18:42 Mythbusters once tried the boat thing. Turns out that this much air makes it too buoyant, enough that two men won't be able to hold it down. Still one of the coolest shots in the movie.
RIP Bob Anderson! Arguably the best fencing choreographer of all time! His work on this film shines! Edit: And yes, he did the fencing for Princess Bride, too. Good job noticing the similarities!
@@AdamfromFWCI well your laugh made me laugh so we’re both guilty 🤣 i’m glad you liked this one it’s my girlfriend and i’s favorite sunday morning watch.
They went hard with this movie, and the next two, crazy to think this all came from a theme park ride. We almost didn’t get this film as the producers/executives weren’t initially thrilled with Johnnys unique pirate performance. Beginning with the next movie you’ll see some of the absolute best cgi characters to date, stuff that still outshines 90% of the vfx we get even today.
True enough, but he was still an anti-hero. Geoffrey Rush played Barbossa as the perfect villain pirate, and has been fantastic in the following films, too. It's great to have two iconic pirates played by two amazing actors.
Funnily enough it was due to Johnny Depps influence in Hollywood that RDJ got the Iron Man role. They have been friends for over 30 years, RDJ was even the first person to call JD after his trial victory in Virginia to congratulate him.
i LOVE this movie series. the music is astounding, but what else can you expect from the legendary hans zimmer. the second is easily my favourite entry, the CGI is SO SO SO good.
God this just reminded me of how class this movie really is. It’s been so overplayed over the years but clearly this movie was huge for a reason. Great flick
Well, fun fact, a Corset isn't actually uncomfortable _if laced and fitted correctly._ Its not too different than women wearing a push up bra in modern times. If you get a bra that's not your size, _of course_ it's gonna be uncomfortable AF to wear. Corsets were usually custom made for the woman in mind, modern productions just skimp out and do a "One Size fits all" approach, which is why it is so uncomfortable if you're making a movie. The corset in this movie is meant to be a physical representation of how Elisabeth feels about her place in society, being stuffed and choked by the standards of her time and life. I think it also works as a bit of a joke, her dad was well-meaning, but so ignorant that he didn't even ask the maids. What size of a Corset he should yet his daughter.
I’ve been to Disneyland a bunch as a kid in the 80’s and more recently in 2023, and they’ve updated the ride to feature Cpt Jack Sparrow after the popularity of these films. The original ride features the dog holding the keys while pirate prisoners call and whistle at it; as well as the chaos and partying in the town of Tortuga. It’s a fun nostalgic ride we have to do when we visit the park. Might be worth checking out more Depp films such as Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, The Tourist, and Alice in Wonderland.
@dracoargentum9783 Have not Fallen or Book of Eli! I will check em out! I do just really love historical fiction 😊 I dont super enjoy christo-centric in general but theres always exceptions. I like seeing all the perspectives.
From what I saw in an interview with Johnny Depp, Disney originally wanted to go in a different direction with his character and didn't like Johnny's pirate character at all, but they wanted to keep him, so they ended up letting him do what he wanted.
45:00 Yeah it's not like that explosion was meant to have killed them, but being in pieces is clearly a bit of an obstacle, even if the curse hadn't been lifted before they could put themselves back together
Oh man, absolutely Princess Bride. But they're both drawing from the same well, they're both doing basically old school Hollywood swashbuckling adventures. Only Princess Bride is sort of being a bit aware of the genre and having some fun with it, whereas Pirates of the Carribbean is sort of trying to play it straight. Reviving the genre, sort of thing.
Jack is very clever, he behaves one way and its amusing but also distracting as he subtly makes moves to benifit himseld and you need to pay close attention to see it. It's fantastic acting on Depp's part bc a lot of it is himself messing about and building onto the character on his own
Really pay attention to Captain Jack Sparrow, he does not falter on the seas. He is only unsteady on land, he has sea legs and is not drunk. He is most used to being on the sea so he struggles to walk straight on land, this is a real thing when people spend a great deal of time at sea and honestly this was a great character trait for Johnny Depp to utilise.
The whole thing with corsets and stays like Elizabeth's from the beginning of the film is a lot more complicated than movies like this make it seem. The problem with Elizabeth's corset/stay wasn't so much the corset itself - it's that it was brand new. Corsets and stays really had to be worn in before they felt comfortable enough to wear around, which is why so many actresses hate wearing them nowadays, since any time they have to wear a corset for a shoot they never have time to wear it in. But they were basically the bras of their day, proving extra support.
Yeah, those corsets weren't pulled as tightly as people seem to think, in that era.The tiny waist era was during the 19th century (1800s), not the 17th or 18th, whatever century this is supposed to be.
Jack wasn't immortal the whole time. When they were standing by the treasure chest and Jack was convincing Barbossa not to spill Will's blood, he picked up 4 coins and then dropped 3 back into the chest with the words "every. last. one.", keeping one coin in his hand to make him immortal for the ensuing battle.
This is truly a perfect adventure film, right up there with Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Mummy. I was 13 when it came out and I saw it in theaters five times- those were the days when you could catch a matinee and it’d still cost under $10 with a soda and candy lol. I was OBSESSED and so were several of my friends. In fact, I was in a fight with my best friend at the time and we mended it because we so desperately wanted to talk about the movie with each other. 😂 Honestly, the stars aligned so perfectly or the producers sold their souls to the devil for this movie to be so good and to do so well. The pirate genre had been dead since the famous flop of Cutthroat Island in 1995. Johnny Depp was nowhere near a huge star, and Disney famously hated his performance because it was too drunk and too gay lmao. Not to mention it was based on a theme park ride! None of the other movies Disney did based on their attractions even scratched the surface of the quality or success of POTC (although I do have a soft spot for the earlier TV movie Tower of Terror, which I highly recommend that you do a reaction to for Halloween, it’s very cute). Sorry for the novel, I just love this film! It’s such a shame that the series devolves so drastically over its course, this one is really one of the GOATs.
Elizabeth was perfect. Consider the era, the fact her father is the Governor, she comes from some sort of staus and wealth. Her annyoying overbearing character on the island would have been accurate. The worst part is that, in reality, she would have forever held it over Jack's head that she was right.
What? Her "behaviour" on the island had nothing to do with her status. Jack was famous for his "miraculous" escape from that island, as he'd lied about how he did it to other pirates and the story spread. Her reaction was to finding out it was all a lie, not some upperclass prude-reaction to *someone* sitting on *a* beach drinking rum...
4:46 this is actually complete lies, corsets were apparently very comfortable, there are plenty of evidence and videos demonstrating this if you would want to look it up. 51:10 Yeah, it's hard to recognize her when she is her natural skin color and not blue or green.
Re: The corset thing, them being comfortable is not universally true either. They were effectively the bras of today. They could be ill-fitting, they could be for style/fashion rather than function (many later corsets, for instance, and many for the aristocracy who didn't need to do much if any manual labor), even the more comfortable ones were not divorced from creating a desirable silhouette, and so on.
This was the biggest surprise hit of its year. Saw it in a double feature with Finding Nemo, incredibly fun. Everyone was shocked at how good it was, based as it was on a theme park ride. The real credit goes to Johnny Depp, who crafted that character out of almost nothing, just a script with no hint as to how to play him. Depp based him, to a great degree, on Keith Richards. But it's quite a characterization, and everyone associated with the film said it was all Johnny. Ably assisted by the great Geoffrey Rush. In fact, when the Disney execs saw the first dailies, they wanted to fire him. Said he was too gay. Wow, were they wrong.
Great reaction. The parts of the ride at Disney Land/Disney World that made it into the movie was the attack on Port Royal and the goofiness at Tortuga. The scenes where they zoomed in are highlighting iconic parts of it. One example is the little boy screaming for his mom and the guard tower being knocked over. The other was in Tortuga when the big breasted woman sitting on the barrel pours ale into the guys mouth. All of the characters are totally new to the story but when the trilogy took off they "reimagined" the classical ride to include them and since then I don't think it has the same charm.
The only thing that i didn't like after many watches until i comprehended (not with the actual movie in particular) But the fact that at the start of the movie, Norrington was a full grown ass man, while Elizabeth was only 11yo. This just made me look at his character the rest of the movie in a completely different manner than i think was intended! But other than that; this franchise is a absolutely incredible!
I watched this movie back when I was young for Orlando Bloom. He was my celebrity crush. My mom watched it for Johnny Depp. He was her celebrity crush. So it depends on the age of the person at the time if they came to see Orlando or Johnny. 🤭
I have to point out, that most of the score was composed by Klaus Badelt, who Zimmer recommended to the movie, as he was busy with The Last Samurai. But Zimmer did still compose couple of the themes, such as the main one, He's a Pirate. I bring this up, because most of the time only Zimmer is talked about, when the scoring was in fact a result of an collaboration. I've read that the time schedule for the scoring was only 3 weeks, so eventually seven other composers were brought in to quickly compose needed additional music. I've always loved the score so it's interesting to know how much of a "shit show" it was to get it done as quickly as possible. 😁
37:40 You call Elizabeth annoying, yet her plan to burn the rum to signal the fleet works. Lets not forget that she has spent days as a prisoner and almost killed more than once. So, yeah, she has a bit of an attitude at that moment in time. Wouldn't you?
4:51 my wife watches a RUclipsr who’s an expert on fashion history and she gets upset at scenes like these. Corsets in those days couldn’t be tightened so tightly as to make it hard to breathe because the lacing holes wouldn’t take the load. This is a modern invention inaccurate to actual history. 5:24 he’s either an apprentice or indentured - not necessarily a slave (though white slavery was very common at this time, the context makes me believe he’s probably an apprentice near the end of his contract or perhaps an employee - employee/employer relations at the time also used terminology that today’s context would refer to slavery). 26:09 mutton chops did what most pirates during the golden age did, served out his term in the Royal Navy then went independent, using the nautical and fighting skills he’d learned to pirate 55:00 given you looked the supernatural element of this movie, you might enjoy the book Pirates of Savannah - it’s about Scottish immigrants and pirates in colonial Savannah, GA, and has some supernatural discussion of incidents similar to Mary Celeste.
They actually modified the ride since this movie came out and added Jack as well as different parts of these films to it. But when I was a kid in the late 80's-early 90's, the ride mostly resembled Tortuga. The song that he sings on the beach with Elizabeth was also in the ride.
Very fun reaction. Some of the sequels are much better than others. But the main trilogy is pretty epic. Some of the lines between Elizabeth & Will are pure poetry, really excited to see what you make of them going on. I'll try not to spoil anything, but I will say, try and keep an eye on the sword will made for Norrington, it gets a surprising amount of history.
Norington was never a bad guy? So I don't see the "him turning good". He always did his job and clearly cared about Elizabeth. He never acted maliciously but always in the way he thought was best
I knew I was going to enjoy this reaction when you said "stop looking at me swan" in the Billy Madison voice lol I love POTC and it kickstarted my fascination with pirates for quite a few years. I think you'll like the next one because it's funny and the third because it's very pirate-y if that makes sense lol
When jack and will took the boat under water to sneak it was said that the lack of oxygen and confined space, Orlando Bloom started speaking elvish forgetting when and what movie he was in.
I didn’t even know there was an after credit scene. I seen it in the theater and have them all in the collection from DVDs to 3Ds. This is the instant classic and the others are enjoyable. Part 3 went a bit off the rails for me, but I enjoyed all of them. 👍🏾
53:31 I heard a story about Depp preparing for this role by spending a lot of time in a sauna and coming out dehydrated and wobbly, hence the mannerisms...
To me, POTC is one of the great 90s/early 2000s adventure movies. I really miss this kind of film! This is the only movie my entire family went and saw in the theater multiple times haha.
i loved this movie so much as a teen i saw it twice in theaters and it wasnt til i was an adult rather recently that i didnt realize when jack said if they done whats right by them, i didnt realize it was directed art them leaving with his ship
Not really sure about ur gripes with Elizabeth but I guess if you found her annoying then u found her annoying. But I think all her choices and reactions in it are completely valid and she's insanely smart and resourceful. U got mad when she was annoyed with Jack when he was sharing that his grand escape from the island was really just bartering his way off with some rum runners. But I would also act the same way she did when you've just been marooned on a deserted island and you find out that the man you're with didn't devise some brilliant plan to escape, he just got lucky and ended up leaving with some other people who happened to stop by, which Jack shares no longer stop at that island anymore anyways. So she's discovered that she has no hope in them getting off since the idea she had in her mind about jack was a lie. And then her burning everything for the smoke signal is SO smart. Who cares if she burnt all the rum.. burning all the rum probably helped it get to that size so quickly anyways. She was so smart and resourceful, especially after she learned that she couldn't rely on Jack to get them off. And she was right. Jack had no plan and it was her plan that saved them. So i don't see how you could think she was overbearing or annoying. She saved their asses multiple times and she did what she had to do to not only survive but to also save the ones she cares about. But if u find that annoying then i guess u find that annoying. I personally love her character and she only gets more confident, involved, and in ur eyes "overbearing" in the next two so...
I was mostly shocked she burned things without talking to Jack, he seems like the expert. But she was right in the end. Just wish she gave Cap a little more courtesy. Although he was probably passed out lol
The moonlight heals your wounds when you're cursed. So if the curse is lifted and you've been mortally wounded out of moonlight, you die. You step into the moonlight, then lift the curse, you're fine
The scene where Jack sails into harbour in his sinking boat set the mood for the whole movie for me. For more pirate movies that has been very influential, or I just enjoy, check out Captain Blood from 1935 with Errol Flynn (This one has elements that has inspired every pirate fiction since, from movies to games like Sid Meier's Pirates! from 1987, remade in 2004), Yellowbeard from 1983 (Pirate comedy with Graham Chapman from Mony Python in the title role.), Pirates from 1986 (An underrated pearl in my opinion.) and of course the Monkey Island series of games starting in 1990 where the main antagonist is a demon pirate from heck captaining a ghost ship crewed by undead pirates and the protagonist isn't the most heroic lad in town, but he becomes a pirate over time. Sounds familiar? Oh, and there are monkeys. So many monkeys!
Last time i road the ride ate Disney World in Florida, the dog with the keys is part of the ride, they did add jack sparrow after the movie but the rest is just different scenes with pirates
Perfect? I dont know about that. But Curse of The Black Pearl is a truly great and fun movie. It was clearly great enough to become a pretty successful franchise.
I was substitute teaching... a while ago (don't make me count, I'm depressed enough already) and had to show this 6 times in a row. That, plus its soundtrack being on at the GW store I go to every damn day, is enough to make me hate it, but normal, non-scarred people seem to like it so I hope you have a blast!
There's Uk based docuserie about hidden killers. In one episode they show an liver that has marks of rib bones as she wore corset that was so tight it crushed her liver against ribs.
A well built and fitted corset is very comfortable and nobody was tight-lacing during this era. It is historically inaccurate and annoying as hell that they threw this trope into the movie. It just extends the fallacy.
Jack, despite his love of rum, was actually not drunk. Think about the fact he's spent several years at sea, so he is not accustomed to walking on land, so he's got land legs/ land sickness. I got this from being on a moored boat in a marina over a weekend, so lord knows what it's like when you've spent a considerable amount of time on the waves 🤪😬
Everyone simping over Johnny Depp, meanwhile I’ve had a celebrity crush on Geoffrey Rush since I was a teenager back in the late 90’s 😆 Great reaction! Looking forward to seeing what you think of the rest, the first 3 are my favorites!!!
Lord of the Rings fan. I come in peace. You cried at and understood the right parts. You’ve gained a new subscriber. Also isn’t it crazy that Lord of the Rings and Pirates were basically Orlando Bloom’s first major acting gigs???
*"Take what ya can, give nothin' back...." I absolutely DO NOT care what anyone says, Johnny Depp was and IS the only actor who can effectively give Captain Jack Sparrow his drunken smarminess and swagger.*
Commodore Norrington was never really a bad guy, he truly cared for Elizabeth and also just carried out his duty as a Royal Naval officer in hunting down pirates.
Bit of a creep but no not an actual villain… in this movie 😅
@@Sageddegas not a creep at all
Well Norrington was going to marry Elizabeth after knowing her when she was a child, so that's sketchy. That's a bit, ah, Team Jacob if ya know what I mean.
@@m_chupon5131 what are you 15?? The standards were different back in the day so no it's not weird. Women today think that all men are creeps, of course not if they have the three 6( foot, pack, figure paycheck). Twilight was absolute garbage so I wouldn't compare the two.
@@m_chupon5131 that’s true, but In those days marrying a much younger wife wasn’t unusual. Sorry I don’t understand the Team Jacob reference, but I can imagine what it means through context.
51:34 You just saw the guy in LOTR! he was Legolas! the elf with the bow!
49:08 I don't find it weird at all. Norrington was somewhat of an Antagonist due to being a Rival for Will and him hunting Pirates aka Jack, but he was never an evil man in this movie.
Unless one counts being very English as being evil.
Norrington's arc is, in my opinion, the most underrated and overlooked in the trilogy. He was never a villain to begin with, only an antagonist. I love where they took his story.
The reason why barbosa is so obsessed with apples is because pirates in those times barely saw much land. So fresh fruit would’ve been a huge deal for him, so he obviously liked apples and that’s why it broke him that he couldn’t taste them. But it was a great reaction 😊 check out the others I’m not so much a fan of the last one but the second and third one add to the story line. The humour in them are always great.
Exactly. It's why they were susceptible to scurvy
Correction: While it's true that pirates wouldn't see fresh fruit, or fresh anything for that matter, the big concern was scurvy, which comes from lack of vitamin C. The solution for that was citrus fruit, not apples. British sailors often had limes to eat, which is how Brits came to be called "limeys".
Yeah the original trilogy is really well done and tightly put together, the other two are okay, they’re at the very least enjoyable ‘bad’
No he just wants to taste it when be human again
There was no "turn" for Norrington. He was perfectly consistent throughout. The change was your assumptions behind his character and motivations being proven wrong in the last 10 minutes of the movie, lol.
The stereotypical pirate voice is entirely thanks to Robert Newton, the actor who played Long John Silver in the first major cinematic version of Treasure Island (1950). His west country accent became so synonymous with pirates, it has become a permanent staple of the genre even to this day.
Robert Newton...what a role in that film. I saw it first in 4th grade, near the end of the school year as a treat by our teacher.
That version of Treasure Island, weirdly, is also a Disney movie.
Sparrow's entrance was the best epic/comedic entrance I've ever seen! :D
I just thought he had a Submarine boat lol
@@AdamfromFWCIHis pathetic boat sank and he strutted on the dock like a boss, symphonic music swelling in the background, the editing, camera angles...perfecton! I always laugh out loud.
Norrington, Turner, Sparrow, and Barbosa are essentially the same character - except for being Lawful Neutral, Neutral Good, Chaotic Neutral, and Neutral Evil respectively.
The idea that corsets are super uncomfortable is a Hollywood myth, if the corset is made for the person wearing it is actually very comfortable and helps support your back, women would be able to work in them all day with no problem, the reason it became a myth is because they didn't make custom corsets for the actresses so they were very uncomfortable.
Corsets would have been very new fashion for the Caribbean compared to england, so the handmaids might not have actually known how to do up Elizabeth's corset
@@schoolsenpai773 yes, I think this was the actual reason the corset was such a big thing for the plot. It shouldn't have been uncomfortable at all, but they had never seen one before so they almost tightened all the air out of her lungs lmao
Interestingly it was never like "oh everyone likes a pirate movie". When this was made pirates were not some big earner theme or something hip and trendy. A lot of people in the industry apparently thought this would flop entirely and definetly no one expected it to become such a huge hit. Also you have seen Orlando Bloom very recently, but wearing a lot more green and a blonde wig...
I was waiting for that Orlando comment lol. I legit watched him in 3 movies just a few weeks ago 🤣🤣 and im like "never seen him before "
@@AdamfromFWCI In fairness he does look, sound and act Completely different in those two franchises so it's mostly his voice that's still recognisable. I think he did Pirates pretty much directly after LotR and if I'm not mistaken he got cast for Pirates before LotR came out.
@Lyrazel his name should have been the give away lol 😆
Bwahahah! Pirates were popular long before this film came along.
@@Aeroldoth3 no, not on film made for adult audiences.
Orlando Bloom was "elf eyes" Legolas in Lord of the rings and makes a good pirate. I enjoyed this watch, thanks 🐵
Barbosa as the sympathetic villain is interesting.
The intensity of his speech when he was describing how he no longer feels is something worth remembering. He's reached a point at which nothing matters.
Someone (Mythbusters, I think) did test out if you could make an air pocket underwater by carrying a canoe upside down like that. The verdict was yes, you can actually do it but it's hard. You have to be strong enough to hold the canoe down.
18:42
Mythbusters once tried the boat thing. Turns out that this much air makes it too buoyant, enough that two men won't be able to hold it down. Still one of the coolest shots in the movie.
And yet in this scene Orlando was so disoriented he started talking in Elvish, don't believe everything you see on these supposed "myth busyer" shows.
@@jackwhitbread4583 it's physics you clown
RIP Bob Anderson! Arguably the best fencing choreographer of all time! His work on this film shines!
Edit: And yes, he did the fencing for Princess Bride, too. Good job noticing the similarities!
you cackling at the child crying his eyes out in the burning town 💀💀😂😂
It was so tragic!!! Like too tragic not to be kinda funny
@@AdamfromFWCI well your laugh made me laugh so we’re both guilty 🤣 i’m glad you liked this one it’s my girlfriend and i’s favorite sunday morning watch.
That kid acted his ass off! I wonder what it required for them to get that scream 😂
Probably laughing because that lone-crying-child-during-a-disaster thing is one of the biggest cliches in moviemaking.
They went hard with this movie, and the next two, crazy to think this all came from a theme park ride.
We almost didn’t get this film as the producers/executives weren’t initially thrilled with Johnnys unique pirate performance.
Beginning with the next movie you’ll see some of the absolute best cgi characters to date, stuff that still outshines 90% of the vfx we get even today.
This movie is fantastic and johnny truly is Jack like RDJ is Tony stark
True enough, but he was still an anti-hero. Geoffrey Rush played Barbossa as the perfect villain pirate, and has been fantastic in the following films, too. It's great to have two iconic pirates played by two amazing actors.
Funnily enough it was due to Johnny Depps influence in Hollywood that RDJ got the Iron Man role. They have been friends for over 30 years, RDJ was even the first person to call JD after his trial victory in Virginia to congratulate him.
i LOVE this movie series. the music is astounding, but what else can you expect from the legendary hans zimmer. the second is easily my favourite entry, the CGI is SO SO SO good.
God this just reminded me of how class this movie really is. It’s been so overplayed over the years but clearly this movie was huge for a reason. Great flick
Well, fun fact, a Corset isn't actually uncomfortable _if laced and fitted correctly._
Its not too different than women wearing a push up bra in modern times. If you get a bra that's not your size, _of course_ it's gonna be uncomfortable AF to wear.
Corsets were usually custom made for the woman in mind, modern productions just skimp out and do a "One Size fits all" approach, which is why it is so uncomfortable if you're making a movie.
The corset in this movie is meant to be a physical representation of how Elisabeth feels about her place in society, being stuffed and choked by the standards of her time and life.
I think it also works as a bit of a joke, her dad was well-meaning, but so ignorant that he didn't even ask the maids. What size of a Corset he should yet his daughter.
I’ve been to Disneyland a bunch as a kid in the 80’s and more recently in 2023, and they’ve updated the ride to feature Cpt Jack Sparrow after the popularity of these films. The original ride features the dog holding the keys while pirate prisoners call and whistle at it; as well as the chaos and partying in the town of Tortuga. It’s a fun nostalgic ride we have to do when we visit the park.
Might be worth checking out more Depp films such as Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, The Tourist, and Alice in Wonderland.
Also Kingdom of Heaven!! Great one with Orlando Bloom 🙏💕 Lots of good actors in that one ☺️
@@oliviabelisle8316 Kingdom of Heaven, Fallen, and Book of Eli are the _ONLY_ christo-centric movies I actually enjoy.
@dracoargentum9783 Have not Fallen or Book of Eli! I will check em out! I do just really love historical fiction 😊 I dont super enjoy christo-centric in general but theres always exceptions. I like seeing all the perspectives.
Don't forget Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street!
From what I saw in an interview with Johnny Depp, Disney originally wanted to go in a different direction with his character and didn't like Johnny's pirate character at all, but they wanted to keep him, so they ended up letting him do what he wanted.
Johnny Depp based the look of his character partly on Keith Richards 🙂 Remember that for future films 😉
45:00 Yeah it's not like that explosion was meant to have killed them, but being in pieces is clearly a bit of an obstacle, even if the curse hadn't been lifted before they could put themselves back together
Oh man, absolutely Princess Bride. But they're both drawing from the same well, they're both doing basically old school Hollywood swashbuckling adventures. Only Princess Bride is sort of being a bit aware of the genre and having some fun with it, whereas Pirates of the Carribbean is sort of trying to play it straight. Reviving the genre, sort of thing.
Jack is very clever, he behaves one way and its amusing but also distracting as he subtly makes moves to benifit himseld and you need to pay close attention to see it. It's fantastic acting on Depp's part bc a lot of it is himself messing about and building onto the character on his own
Really pay attention to Captain Jack Sparrow, he does not falter on the seas. He is only unsteady on land, he has sea legs and is not drunk. He is most used to being on the sea so he struggles to walk straight on land, this is a real thing when people spend a great deal of time at sea and honestly this was a great character trait for Johnny Depp to utilise.
The whole thing with corsets and stays like Elizabeth's from the beginning of the film is a lot more complicated than movies like this make it seem. The problem with Elizabeth's corset/stay wasn't so much the corset itself - it's that it was brand new. Corsets and stays really had to be worn in before they felt comfortable enough to wear around, which is why so many actresses hate wearing them nowadays, since any time they have to wear a corset for a shoot they never have time to wear it in. But they were basically the bras of their day, proving extra support.
Curse of the black pearl is one of the very few movies I feel deserves the phrase "lightning in a bottle"
A theme park ride turned into THIS? Goddamn
My wife wears corsets. When properly tied, they are extremely comfortable, especially for big busted women. The problem is over-tying them.
First orlando Bloom movie? You forgot he played Legolas in Lord of the Rings? Its that role that kinda gave him the role in pirates :-)
Yeah, those corsets weren't pulled as tightly as people seem to think, in that era.The tiny waist era was during the 19th century (1800s), not the 17th or 18th, whatever century this is supposed to be.
The wigs indicate 18th, if we assume Governor Swann is old-fashioned.
Jack wasn't immortal the whole time. When they were standing by the treasure chest and Jack was convincing Barbossa not to spill Will's blood, he picked up 4 coins and then dropped 3 back into the chest with the words "every. last. one.", keeping one coin in his hand to make him immortal for the ensuing battle.
"Swashbuckling." Theterm you were looking for to describe the action is "swashbuckling."
11:39 yeasss those two are just toptier sword fights in cinema history
This is truly a perfect adventure film, right up there with Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Mummy. I was 13 when it came out and I saw it in theaters five times- those were the days when you could catch a matinee and it’d still cost under $10 with a soda and candy lol. I was OBSESSED and so were several of my friends. In fact, I was in a fight with my best friend at the time and we mended it because we so desperately wanted to talk about the movie with each other. 😂
Honestly, the stars aligned so perfectly or the producers sold their souls to the devil for this movie to be so good and to do so well. The pirate genre had been dead since the famous flop of Cutthroat Island in 1995. Johnny Depp was nowhere near a huge star, and Disney famously hated his performance because it was too drunk and too gay lmao. Not to mention it was based on a theme park ride! None of the other movies Disney did based on their attractions even scratched the surface of the quality or success of POTC (although I do have a soft spot for the earlier TV movie Tower of Terror, which I highly recommend that you do a reaction to for Halloween, it’s very cute). Sorry for the novel, I just love this film! It’s such a shame that the series devolves so drastically over its course, this one is really one of the GOATs.
favorite movie series of all time!! loved the reaction! not a human on this planet that could play captain jack sparrow as great as johnny did
Elizabeth was perfect. Consider the era, the fact her father is the Governor, she comes from some sort of staus and wealth. Her annyoying overbearing character on the island would have been accurate. The worst part is that, in reality, she would have forever held it over Jack's head that she was right.
What? Her "behaviour" on the island had nothing to do with her status. Jack was famous for his "miraculous" escape from that island, as he'd lied about how he did it to other pirates and the story spread. Her reaction was to finding out it was all a lie, not some upperclass prude-reaction to *someone* sitting on *a* beach drinking rum...
4:46 this is actually complete lies, corsets were apparently very comfortable, there are plenty of evidence and videos demonstrating this if you would want to look it up.
51:10 Yeah, it's hard to recognize her when she is her natural skin color and not blue or green.
Re: The corset thing, them being comfortable is not universally true either. They were effectively the bras of today. They could be ill-fitting, they could be for style/fashion rather than function (many later corsets, for instance, and many for the aristocracy who didn't need to do much if any manual labor), even the more comfortable ones were not divorced from creating a desirable silhouette, and so on.
he was a student of the blacksmith thats why im assuming he was master. at least thats what he told the governor
This was the biggest surprise hit of its year. Saw it in a double feature with Finding Nemo, incredibly fun. Everyone was shocked at how good it was, based as it was on a theme park ride. The real credit goes to Johnny Depp, who crafted that character out of almost nothing, just a script with no hint as to how to play him. Depp based him, to a great degree, on Keith Richards. But it's quite a characterization, and everyone associated with the film said it was all Johnny. Ably assisted by the great Geoffrey Rush. In fact, when the Disney execs saw the first dailies, they wanted to fire him. Said he was too gay. Wow, were they wrong.
Great reaction. The parts of the ride at Disney Land/Disney World that made it into the movie was the attack on Port Royal and the goofiness at Tortuga. The scenes where they zoomed in are highlighting iconic parts of it. One example is the little boy screaming for his mom and the guard tower being knocked over. The other was in Tortuga when the big breasted woman sitting on the barrel pours ale into the guys mouth. All of the characters are totally new to the story but when the trilogy took off they "reimagined" the classical ride to include them and since then I don't think it has the same charm.
The only thing that i didn't like after many watches until i comprehended (not with the actual movie in particular) But the fact that at the start of the movie, Norrington was a full grown ass man, while Elizabeth was only 11yo. This just made me look at his character the rest of the movie in a completely different manner than i think was intended! But other than that; this franchise is a absolutely incredible!
I watched this movie back when I was young for Orlando Bloom. He was my celebrity crush. My mom watched it for Johnny Depp. He was her celebrity crush. So it depends on the age of the person at the time if they came to see Orlando or Johnny. 🤭
The music themes are from Hans Zimmer, but he couldn't be credited because he was held to another contract. Now, you need to watch the Goonies!
I have to point out, that most of the score was composed by Klaus Badelt, who Zimmer recommended to the movie, as he was busy with The Last Samurai. But Zimmer did still compose couple of the themes, such as the main one, He's a Pirate. I bring this up, because most of the time only Zimmer is talked about, when the scoring was in fact a result of an collaboration.
I've read that the time schedule for the scoring was only 3 weeks, so eventually seven other composers were brought in to quickly compose needed additional music. I've always loved the score so it's interesting to know how much of a "shit show" it was to get it done as quickly as possible. 😁
37:40 You call Elizabeth annoying, yet her plan to burn the rum to signal the fleet works. Lets not forget that she has spent days as a prisoner and almost killed more than once. So, yeah, she has a bit of an attitude at that moment in time. Wouldn't you?
I'm always very appreciative when people give these movies a chance. They were my favorite books growing up, and later, my favorite movies.
4:51 my wife watches a RUclipsr who’s an expert on fashion history and she gets upset at scenes like these. Corsets in those days couldn’t be tightened so tightly as to make it hard to breathe because the lacing holes wouldn’t take the load. This is a modern invention inaccurate to actual history.
5:24 he’s either an apprentice or indentured - not necessarily a slave (though white slavery was very common at this time, the context makes me believe he’s probably an apprentice near the end of his contract or perhaps an employee - employee/employer relations at the time also used terminology that today’s context would refer to slavery).
26:09 mutton chops did what most pirates during the golden age did, served out his term in the Royal Navy then went independent, using the nautical and fighting skills he’d learned to pirate
55:00 given you looked the supernatural element of this movie, you might enjoy the book Pirates of Savannah - it’s about Scottish immigrants and pirates in colonial Savannah, GA, and has some supernatural discussion of incidents similar to Mary Celeste.
Mutton Chops/Mr Gibbs was probably thrown out of the Navy for drunkenness. He was already drinking inappropriately in the opening sequence.
That was great! You made it really enjoyable, thank you.
Orlando grew up im the city i live in. I used to live on the same street as Orlando’s mum and met him quite a few times he lovely in person
They actually modified the ride since this movie came out and added Jack as well as different parts of these films to it. But when I was a kid in the late 80's-early 90's, the ride mostly resembled Tortuga. The song that he sings on the beach with Elizabeth was also in the ride.
For the first script reading, Johnny Depp was the only one showing up in full pirate outfit, looks and manner of speaking; surprising everyone
Very fun reaction. Some of the sequels are much better than others. But the main trilogy is pretty epic.
Some of the lines between Elizabeth & Will are pure poetry, really excited to see what you make of them going on.
I'll try not to spoil anything, but I will say, try and keep an eye on the sword will made for Norrington, it gets a surprising amount of history.
Norington was never a bad guy? So I don't see the "him turning good". He always did his job and clearly cared about Elizabeth. He never acted maliciously but always in the way he thought was best
I knew I was going to enjoy this reaction when you said "stop looking at me swan" in the Billy Madison voice lol I love POTC and it kickstarted my fascination with pirates for quite a few years. I think you'll like the next one because it's funny and the third because it's very pirate-y if that makes sense lol
Love your channel and you. This is a fun reaction. I can't wait for more. ❤
When jack and will took the boat under water to sneak it was said that the lack of oxygen and confined space, Orlando Bloom started speaking elvish forgetting when and what movie he was in.
I didn’t even know there was an after credit scene. I seen it in the theater and have them all in the collection from DVDs to 3Ds. This is the instant classic and the others are enjoyable. Part 3 went a bit off the rails for me, but I enjoyed all of them. 👍🏾
53:31 I heard a story about Depp preparing for this role by spending a lot of time in a sauna and coming out dehydrated and wobbly, hence the mannerisms...
Most of Jack Sparrow's drunkenness was a ploy to throw people off of his intentions.
And the rest was sea legs on land - he walks fine on board ship.
To me, POTC is one of the great 90s/early 2000s adventure movies. I really miss this kind of film! This is the only movie my entire family went and saw in the theater multiple times haha.
i loved this movie so much as a teen i saw it twice in theaters and it wasnt til i was an adult rather recently that i didnt realize when jack said if they done whats right by them, i didnt realize it was directed art them leaving with his ship
Can't wait for you to watch the others!
Not really sure about ur gripes with Elizabeth but I guess if you found her annoying then u found her annoying. But I think all her choices and reactions in it are completely valid and she's insanely smart and resourceful. U got mad when she was annoyed with Jack when he was sharing that his grand escape from the island was really just bartering his way off with some rum runners. But I would also act the same way she did when you've just been marooned on a deserted island and you find out that the man you're with didn't devise some brilliant plan to escape, he just got lucky and ended up leaving with some other people who happened to stop by, which Jack shares no longer stop at that island anymore anyways. So she's discovered that she has no hope in them getting off since the idea she had in her mind about jack was a lie. And then her burning everything for the smoke signal is SO smart. Who cares if she burnt all the rum.. burning all the rum probably helped it get to that size so quickly anyways. She was so smart and resourceful, especially after she learned that she couldn't rely on Jack to get them off. And she was right. Jack had no plan and it was her plan that saved them. So i don't see how you could think she was overbearing or annoying. She saved their asses multiple times and she did what she had to do to not only survive but to also save the ones she cares about. But if u find that annoying then i guess u find that annoying. I personally love her character and she only gets more confident, involved, and in ur eyes "overbearing" in the next two so...
I was mostly shocked she burned things without talking to Jack, he seems like the expert.
But she was right in the end. Just wish she gave Cap a little more courtesy.
Although he was probably passed out lol
I love this series, my favorite side characters are probably Ragetti and Pintel (guy with the wooden eye and his friend)
The moonlight heals your wounds when you're cursed. So if the curse is lifted and you've been mortally wounded out of moonlight, you die. You step into the moonlight, then lift the curse, you're fine
On the topic of pirates, I would love to see you react to Our Flag Means Death!
The scene where Jack sails into harbour in his sinking boat set the mood for the whole movie for me.
For more pirate movies that has been very influential, or I just enjoy, check out Captain Blood from 1935 with Errol Flynn (This one has elements that has inspired every pirate fiction since, from movies to games like Sid Meier's Pirates! from 1987, remade in 2004), Yellowbeard from 1983 (Pirate comedy with Graham Chapman from Mony Python in the title role.), Pirates from 1986 (An underrated pearl in my opinion.) and of course the Monkey Island series of games starting in 1990 where the main antagonist is a demon pirate from heck captaining a ghost ship crewed by undead pirates and the protagonist isn't the most heroic lad in town, but he becomes a pirate over time. Sounds familiar? Oh, and there are monkeys. So many monkeys!
The initial trilogy is just SO GOOD. The third one is my personal favorite.
Last time i road the ride ate Disney World in Florida, the dog with the keys is part of the ride, they did add jack sparrow after the movie but the rest is just different scenes with pirates
Ive weard a corset 😅 so i know how she feels. Also captain Barbosa ❤ great reaction 😊 the second one is good too "bloody pirate's" lol
Perfect? I dont know about that. But Curse of The Black Pearl is a truly great and fun movie. It was clearly great enough to become a pretty successful franchise.
7:19 Are there pirate ghosts in LOTR? I do remember pirates, and I remember ghosts, and I remember the ghosts briefly killing the pirates
I was substitute teaching... a while ago (don't make me count, I'm depressed enough already) and had to show this 6 times in a row. That, plus its soundtrack being on at the GW store I go to every damn day, is enough to make me hate it, but normal, non-scarred people seem to like it so I hope you have a blast!
There wasn't a ton from the actual ride, though the dog with the jail keys in his mouth was one.
I’ve never seen a “Cool As Ice” shirt before. Wow. Now that’s funny. 😂
And that’s Word to ur Mother. 🤣
I reacted to it on the channel. Enjoy
@@AdamfromFWCI oh that’s gonna be funny as hell. For sure checking that out.
*Watches 9+ hours of Lord of the Rings* ... "I think that's the only thing I've seen Orlando Bloom in" ... 👀 ... great reaction, can't wait for more!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 as soon as I realised it was Legolas I knew the comments would not hold back lol
Solid burn mu friend
It's so much fun to see someone experience the brilliant madness that is Captain Jack Sparrow for the first time. XD
There's Uk based docuserie about hidden killers. In one episode they show an liver that has marks of rib bones as she wore corset that was so tight it crushed her liver against ribs.
That was 19th century corsetry, though, and this film is set in the 18th.
A well built and fitted corset is very comfortable and nobody was tight-lacing during this era. It is historically inaccurate and annoying as hell that they threw this trope into the movie. It just extends the fallacy.
Jack, despite his love of rum, was actually not drunk. Think about the fact he's spent several years at sea, so he is not accustomed to walking on land, so he's got land legs/ land sickness. I got this from being on a moored boat in a marina over a weekend, so lord knows what it's like when you've spent a considerable amount of time on the waves 🤪😬
Everyone simping over Johnny Depp, meanwhile I’ve had a celebrity crush on Geoffrey Rush since I was a teenager back in the late 90’s 😆
Great reaction! Looking forward to seeing what you think of the rest, the first 3 are my favorites!!!
Lord of the Rings fan. I come in peace. You cried at and understood the right parts. You’ve gained a new subscriber.
Also isn’t it crazy that Lord of the Rings and Pirates were basically Orlando Bloom’s first major acting gigs???
🤣🤣🤣 I come in peace
@@AdamfromFWCI you have seen Orlando Bloom (Will) before by the way. He was Legolas in Lord of the Rings
*"Take what ya can, give nothin' back...." I absolutely DO NOT care what anyone says, Johnny Depp was and IS the only actor who can effectively give Captain Jack Sparrow his drunken smarminess and swagger.*
guessing you for got orlando played legolas from lord of the rings
Ooohhhhh Adam blind reacting to my number 1 favourite movie! I'm very excited to watch this!
Even the early Nintendo wi game Lego version of this was great. The characters run just like they did in the film.
I’m easily amused.
The boat under the water is complicated the physics will work but it would take super hukan strength to hold the boat while doing it
What do you mean where was Will when they found him in the middle of the ocean? He was on the ship that got destroyed, of course
When will you watch the next ones?
Oh, this is gonna be a fun ride! I'm here for this series! 😍😬
Jack's not always drunk, Mr gin explained it was the heat of the island for 3 days thst made jack so extra and eill picked up on it
Ive watched this a hundred times and never knew there was an after credit scene😮
He chose a life of being damned and I loved it
There's an after credit scene in all the Pirates movies.. have you seen any of them? Some are important 😅
Awesome reaction of my favorite Pirates Of The Caribbean movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Awesome reaction ❤ I can't wait for the next one!
Orlando Blood was Legolas in the Lord the Rings movies 🙂
Yes, Johnny Deep made MANY non pirate movies.
At that time, only about 10% of sailors could swim.