I'm confused with oyceter's implication that it's racist because all the black characters have strong accents, given that it's set in the 17th C. Caribbean. t seems worse to me to suggest that characters can't be, I dunno, "acceptable," unless they speak with a nice middle-American accent.

And yeah, I thought the priestess/witch was perfectly clear. I had trouble with the guy in the rowboat who made Will swim to the island but I think that was more because he spoke quickly. Though nobody should tell Fay that the most evil human character is British.

Hec, I think my idea at the time was that Elizabeth was right, that he wanted to try being noble. . I'm not convinced of that, though. Alternatively, there's something inside the Kraken, or at World's End. I think the compass pointing to Jack when Elizabeth holds it is that kind of, er, misdirection, though. What's your theory?

--Oh! Wait! He wants to talk to Keith Richards, and he has to die to do that!

Lee, I was thinking he was sorta Wesley-like. Heh.

The guy in the rowboat...you know, that guy in that rowboat was speaking French, wasn't he? I understood him, so it's hard for me to be sure in retrospect (I remember what I understood better than what I heard).

I thought he was speaking French, ita.

What's your theory?

Based on minor spoilers in EW, so don't read if you want to be pure: the third movie will address the end of the piracy era. Which was hinted at in the movie - "the world's getting smaller" etc. I think it is the very freedom of piracy that Jack is devoted to. The one thing he might turn from selfish motives to preserve.

Did I mention I loved the effects? I thought Bill Nighy was wonderfully wonderfully Nighy. We were a little close to the screen, so some of the fight choreography almost needed head movements to track. But I loved what they did with the waterwheel, especially the key. I mean, when they got near it, I thought "Hey! They need to use that!" But I had no idea how much or how coolly.

I thought he was speaking French, too. It had stood out to me for some reason. I'm glad to see all the Scruffy Norrington love. Most of the effects were fantastic. I loved the way Davey's crew would appear out of no where and the suctioning of Davey's tentacles. I'm a little weirded out that I found Davey Jones to be kinda cute. I'm going to comfort myself that it's because I know it's Bill Nighy.

Yeah, I got that the guy in the boat was speaking in French. Did people not understand that? I mean, I didn't understand HIM but then, I don't speak French.

Hec -- that sounds right. So he wants to die because he can't be free anymore? Or he wants to go to Malaysia where (guess what) they still have pirates today?

That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.

That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.

Mine, too. It knocked The Princess Bride out of the top spot.

That is officially my favorite fantasy swordfight of all time. Just... wow.

I prefer Princess Bride still, and even the blacksmith fight in the first PotC. This sequence was spectacular but it wasn't so much about fight choreography as a bunch of CGI. Reminded me of the escalation that happened in LoTR from the cave troll fight (perfect!) to Legolas taking down the Olyphaunt (animated overkill).