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title: 'Everything GREAT About Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man''s Chest! (Part 2)'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=JxHWxVIWits'
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date: 2026-06-28
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# Everything GREAT About Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest! (Part 2)

> Source: [Everything GREAT About Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest! (Part 2)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JxHWxVIWits)

## Summary

This video is a detailed commentary on the film 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest', focusing on character moments, visual design, and the film's score. The creator analyzes specific scenes, highlighting the crew's transformations, Jack Sparrow's manipulation, and the film's blend of horror and adventure.

### Key Points

- **Dense Visuals and Character Design** [0:15] — The video praises the dense, detailed visuals of the Flying Dutchman crew, noting the intricate design of characters like Bootstrap Bill and Davy Jones, including the use of tentacles and barnacles.
- **Jack Sparrow's Compass and Character** [1:55] — The creator highlights the scene where Jack uses his compass to check what he truly wants, suggesting it reveals his underlying goodness despite his selfish exterior.
- **The Kraken and Ship Destruction** [4:04] — The video comments on the Kraken's design and the destruction of the Edinburgh Trader, noting the effective use of organ music to enhance the scene's ambiance.
- **Three-Way Fight and Storytelling** [8:26] — The creator analyzes the three-way fight scene, emphasizing how the story progresses without dialogue through character actions and reactions.
- **Jack's Heroic Moment** [11:02] — The video discusses Jack's decision to check his compass, framing it as a moment that shows his true character, even if it relies on a magical McGuffin.
- **Barbossa's Return and Score** [14:03] — The creator notes the surprise return of Barbossa and praises Hans Zimmer's score, which ranges from lighthearted sea shanties to tragic, operatic themes.

### Conclusion

The video concludes that 'Dead Man's Chest' is a visually dense and entertaining film, with strong character moments and a memorable score, setting up the sequel 'At World's End'.

## Transcript

Always
loved this key change when we cut to the
crew. And the ship scenes on the Flying
Dutchman always make me think of that
Rick Macallen clip.
>> So dense. Every single image has so many
things going on.
>> There's just so much in there. So many
stuffs. It's wheel guy.
>> SECURE THAT ASS TACKLE, MR. TURNER.
Knowing the Bosen, he probably did that
on purpose.
>> Impeding me in my duty. Your share of
punishment. I'll take it all.
>> Self-sacrifice. Well, attempted
self-sacrifice.
>> And what would prompt such an act of
charity?
>> It's my son.
>> I like the Bootstrap doesn't try to lie
or hide it cuz Lordy knows that wouldn't
go very well for him. Love how Jones
uses that tentacle like it's an extra
long finger. It's rough, but Lambo is
finally getting his revenge on Will for
showing him up that one time. Honestly,
impressive the way they were able to
highlight that tear falling when they're
all completely soaked and dripping from
rain. Freak. I mean, really, whatever
emotion he's experiencing watching Will
get whipped by his pops makes him not a
good dude. Incredible design. I hate it,
but it's so good. It explains why the
crew doesn't go full annihilation with
their transformations if their brains
are staying mostly intact. And also, no
thank you.
>> I'm here to find the man I love.
>> I'm deeply flattered, son. But my first
and only love is the sea.
>> Elizabeth,
hide the rum.
priorities.
>> You know these clothes do not flatter
you at all. It should be a dress or
nothing. I happen to have no dress in my
cabin.
>> Jack,
>> another tight turn of phrase.
>> Poor Will has been press ganged into
Davy Jones's crew.
>> Press ganged, otherwise known as
impressment, which is just conscription,
but usually into a naval force. Sparrow
knows his vocab.
>> I can't help it if your standards are
lax. You smell funny.
>> Got him.
>> There is a chest.
>> Oh dear. What contains a still beating
heart of Davy Jones.
That's some top-notch miming regetti.
>> This compass does not point north.
>> I love this whole sequence with
Norington puking for the third time in a
row, but always getting a few barbs in.
>> Oh, please.
>> Classic pirate gift. Don't care for the
blowfish guy's face spikes moving. Don't
care for it one bit. Not one brad point
bit. I'm going to need you guys to stop
that. You don't eat your crew mates's
body parts. Even if you happen to be
conjoined twins.
Even Crustations cower at the clamor
concerning his crab pegged leg. Oh,
they're mollisks. Yeah, you try finding
a synonym for coward that starts with M.
It feels wrong for me to point all this
stuff out because it makes the top of my
skull tingle. But this guy's stomach is
sewn together since Will slashed it
open. This guy is some kind of nope
living in his stomach. And this guy's
eyes are not eyes. And also, he looks
like a prawn from District 9. Also, most
of these guys are fully transformed, but
since Bootstrap is still progressing, we
can see more barnacles appearing on his
face, plus the starfish next to his eyes
continuing to gain color and more
prominence. Originally, it just looked
like a tumor. Really, it's not an extra
long finger. It's an entire third hand.
>> Welcome to the crew line.
>> 125.
>> Even if we don't really understand liars
dice, their reactions let us know that
Bootstrap's bet was throwing the game,
which is of course even more
self-sacrifice.
>> Master Tina, feel free to go ashore.
The better next time we make B.
>> His little snort.
He just wanted to know where it was.
Duplicity.
>> Captain says I'm to relieve you.
So, at a certain point, you lose the
ability to speak. Honestly, once my
teeth are clams, I hope to be dead.
There's a lot in these movies I don't
think I could endure, but fiddling with
a dude's face tentacles is pretty close
to the top of the list. Leaving the
drawing there is such insult to injury.
Will wanted to make sure DJ knew who
stole it.
>> Take this, too. Now, get yourself to
land and stay there.
>> Knives do genuinely make great gifts. I
could say I did what I had to when I
left you to go pirating, but it would
taste a lie to say it wasn't what I
wanted.
>> Honesty. Will was working for Becket and
never said a word.
Miss groans.
>> I honestly don't care for this subplot.
The ghost pirate adventure comedy family
films based on the Disney World rides of
my youth set a pretty high bar.
>> The Kraken.
>> Bill NY's voice in general is very fun
to listen to, but he hits the Kraken
perfectly WITH THAT ACCENT.
IT'S interesting that they see tentacles
and don't assume squid or octopus. But
then this was the ship that took heading
instructions from a floating dress. It's
just funny Norington scoffed at even the
existence of the Flying Dutchman.
>> Oh, please. The captain of the Flying
Dutchman.
>> Also, this is a sailing movie trope that
I'd love to see tested. Maybe
Mythbusters can do a bit on it.
Cancelled in 2016. Oh, what? What's
that? Oh, okay. So, it's back. What?
Again? In 2018? Well, as long as Jaime
and Adam still have a flourishing
friendship, I'll be okay. What?
So they uh they did this. They they
destroyed the ship. And the organ piece
for the destruction of the Edinburg
trader is an amazing addition. Like Davy
Jones went below deck while this was
happening to add some ambiance for his
crew watching the carnage.
Appropriate face. Nope. I mean honestly
they could have made it way more megalo
hydroalasophobia inducing but still
nope. Ha. Found Mackus the Hammerhead's
Eye. Being cursed on The Flying Dutchman
would actually be my own personal hell.
Like just watching the movie with my
Cinema Winds brain turned on is giving
me trypophobia. I think I'm breaking my
adrenal glands. My scalp hurts from all
the constant hair follicle contraction.
But actually being there, I would have
hurled myself into the Kraken's M by
now.
>> There are no survivors.
>> I guess considering the options are
death or an eternity of servitude while
you slowly become sensient wallpaper,
being killed is kind of the merciful
choice. You're going to want to know
>> what it tastes like.
>> Flirting. These two are less than koi.
>> You do know Will taught me how to handle
a sword.
>> Crotman's how it's pronounced in the
original Scandinavian.
>> He's correct.
>> He's a mythological creature and called
it what I want.
>> Wait till he hears how they pronounce
Wyvern's name.
>> Till you end up end up poor in it.
>> That win is for my American fans. If
you're British, the win is actually
Well, at least they pronounce Wyvern's
name correctly.
>> This doesn't work. And it certainly
doesn't show you what you want most.
>> Yes, it does. You're sitting on it.
>> But
>> down then.
>> Sometimes scenes are so cool I can just
say, "Yep." Other times I can't figure
out what to say and then I'll notice
that DJ holds his freaking hat on with
his tentacles as they go under.
>> Even the lock looks like the music box
locket thing Calypso and DJ both have.
>> Guard the chest.
>> Kira gets sidelined for a hot minute
here. A thing they actually subvert in
these two sequels. But they draw so much
attention to it that it actually ends up
being pretty entertaining.
>> Ace wants the chest for himself, don't
he? I think he's trying to settle some
unresolved business towards him and his
twice cursed pirate father.
>> Always nice to have a second rundown for
those viewers who are second screening.
Although you do miss some of the
fantastic performance if you're only
listening even if the words alone are S
tier. That's how I use S tier, right,
Mr. Tzu?
>> Yeah, I guess so. Yes, thank you. Plus,
Patch told me these are barnacles which
are crustaceian. So, I was right. Right,
Mr. from Tzu.
>> Um, sure.
>> Nice. Even now, Jack is clearly not even
trying to injure Will. They're still all
very, very, extremely very disgusting.
But in the pristine aqua waters of the
Caribbean, I still don't like it.
And again, another immensely fun action
adventure sequence. Hard to think of
anyone who's done it better this
millennium. Brings me right back to
reading Hatchet in Treasure Island as a
kid. Fun fact, Jack Sparrow does all his
own stunts. Clips aside, Jack's real
talent is and always will be
manipulation.
>> Do excuse me while I kill the man who
ruined my life?
>> Whose fault is it really? Who was it?
Saw fit to freeze said pirate and take
your dearly beloved all to himself.
>> I He's right.
>> Still rooting for you, mate.
>> If I didn't know better, I'd say this
movie was broadcasting its ending the
entire time. It really is the absolute
absurdity of this off-the-wall setpiece
that makes me like it so much. It's just
so silly while still being entertaining,
engaging, and even tense at times.
So, that bar that knocked him out is
gone because he must have broken it with
his skull. Okay, now that's dope. Also,
good on them for realizing that more
than a few seconds at a time would make
the entire audience barf.
>> Another three-way fight, but this time
teamwork, not real guy. Second time Jack
has used a coconut as a weapon, but with
much better results this time.
Even his heart has barnacles on it.
Double stab. See, she was barely
sidelined for one fight. This cut back
to them is great. They've been spinning
for like 10 minutes.
There's always so much story going on,
even during the action scenes. Will sees
the key in the chest, knows the heart is
gone. Jack sees that Will has seen that,
so he knocks him out. And this is all
after Norington has already stolen the
heart, unbeknownst to either of them.
Not a word of dialogue spoken in the
story has progressed quite a bit.
>> We're not getting out of this.
>> Over the chest.
>> Go mad.
>> Don't wait for me.
>> Norin's arc is fun. And although he
knows the heart isn't in there, and Jack
knows the heart isn't in there, he is
still technically doing something
heroic. Even if his ultimate motives are
self- serving.
>> No, man. No.
>> Where's the Commodore? It fell behind.
>> Love the explicit appeal to the pirate
code that Gibbs taught us in Black
Pearl. There's a code to consider.
>> Any man who falls behind is left behind.
>> My prayers be with him.
>> Best not following our grief.
>> More optimism. I believe the sails on
the Flying Dutchmen are meant to be
seaweed, but whatever they are, they're
veiny and seem alive.
>> O fish face.
>> And after I've given you so much credit
for your words as usages, Davey is a
mollisk face.
>> I'll disturb it.
>> Equinimity.
>> Now wheel guy is getting whipped. Why
fight when you can negotiate?
>> All one needs.
>> Take proper leverage.
>> Ah, Jack's favorite line.
>> Let's just say it's a matter of
leverage. Hey,
>> which he actually stole from Will.
>> With the right leverage and the proper
application of strength, the door will
lift free.
>> But then Will stole it back anyway.
>> Sorry, Jack. I'm not going to be your
leverage.
>> Hot. I mean, gross.
>> We are shot stocked on gunpowder. Six
barrels. awfully invested in the
explosives for a guy who doesn't give a
butt rats about living or dying.
>> There's only half a dozen cakes of
powder.
>> Then load the rum.
>> Fair. I'd react the same way if he said
load the apperol spritzes. Second time
we get this flyover shot revealing
something.
Hey, at least it learned.
The sound design of the tentacles
slipping against the port hole is next
LEVEL DISGUSTING.
DISNEY movies never cease to amaze with
how much disturbing stuff they can sneak
in.
This moment really encompasses all that
is Jack Sparrow, even if it only works
when a magical mcguffin exists to tell
you what you truly want beyond what you
might think. The simple fact that he
thought to check with the compass shows
that deep down he is a good man. Hard as
he might try to disagree.
Huh?
>> I think I think shot him.
CGI still holds up and it's truly
amazing. It's that simple. Gareth to the
rescue.
Awesome bullet time. Well, not like the
Matrix bullet time, but still awesome.
To be fair, to be fair, there probably
aren't many people this wouldn't work
on.
Love the darker turn the score takes
here.
pirates.
>> Compliments. He did a It's right behind
me, isn't it? Look, since there's no one
there to say it to. So gross. And yet,
I'd watch this scene 5 million times
over anything involving the crew of the
Flying Dutchman. Have I made this video
too much about my own personal phobias?
Look, I didn't even know I had them
before I made this video. Bravery. I'd
get it more if it was just a mouth with
one set of teeth that he could leap
past, but there's no way he's not
getting munched here. And since I've
decided this is the last of the series,
I'll cover. I guess I'll never know. And
he got his hat back. Also love the
little hint that Jack has probably dealt
with the Kraken before, greeting it like
an old friend.
>> Hello, Beasty. Obviously, the Black
Pearl needs to go down hole if we're to
ever see it again. But just to belabor
the point, the Turkish fishing boat was
likely under 50 ft long. The Edinberg
trader and the Black Pearl are both 170
ft ships, so it's either smash it to
bits or pull it down hole. Damn you,
Jack.
Love that seawater comes up with his
disgust. Well put. Although technically,
I think he's already damned. Also, this
physical reaction upon realizing his
heart isn't in there. The way his
tentacles start writhing and wigging
out. See, you should know you have to
keep Oceanic Fairyman God's hearts in
salt water so you don't get flies. In
part one, I said there's probably lots
of bugs, and that's to say nothing of
whatever is lurking in those waters.
>> You fooled us all right till the end.
But I guess that honest streak finally
won out.
>> I think it might actually have. He did
come back, but generally he liked to
keep running, so it's hard to say.
Discuss in the comments. fun
misunderstanding where she's feeling
guilty about murdering him and Will sees
it as sorrow over losing her true love.
>> Will you sail to the ends of the earth
and beyond to fetch back wicked Jack?
>> They couldn't make it 4 minutes letting
us think Jack was dead. It was a
different time.
>> But Will, too. Jack condemned him to an
eternity on the Flying Dutchman. Will
got out of that earlier today. I'm
starting to think he might have enjoyed
seeing Lizzie smooch and Captain Jack
Sparrow. No shade, bro. You do you. But
if you go and brave the weird and
haunted shores, then you will need a
captain.
I legit repeated this scene five times
because other than Cotton, all of them
have a genuine jolted expression at
seeing Barbosa. And while I do want to
believe the rumor that the actors didn't
know, it seems like Pintle himself put
it to bed. Hey, maybe only he knew.
>> Gross. I mean, I'm glad he finally got
his apple, but gross. eat a whole
bushion of apples.
>> And also, I lied in part one because
when I saw this in theaters, I had no
clue that Barbosa was coming back. Years
later, I noticed his boots, but I'm
still taking credit.
Well, this seems pretty problematic. Not
like a cultural social way, in a
logistical way. Dogs can't speak, the
language of the Pelosus that they made
for the movie, which is a mix of pig
Latin and words spelled backwards.
Although, abolish monarchies, paparies.
So, it's both kinds of problematic. The
only thing I don't feel I praised enough
is the score, which yeah, it's almost
redundant to praise Hans Zimmer, but he
nails everything from the silly because
the threat of cannibalism is just that
lighthearted to the dire and moving pipe
organ music that works both as an
auditory showcase of Jones's internal
struggles and an epic ticata of
destruction. From the sea shanty
barfight adventure coated two horn pipes
to the slow building and tragic, even
depressing decisions these characters
have to make of Hello Beasty which ends
in an oporatic crescendo. It's all great
and it wouldn't be a part two without
taking a few comments. So yeah, this
isn't a severed tentacle. I'm clearly
not up to date on my octopus facts. My
bad. It's a siphon that they exhale
through. And I love this detail of the
faces on each locket reflecting the
owner's emotional state. And then the
rest of the comments seemed to beep
this. Last time I did a movie for
someone who incessantly requested it,
YouTube's comment search function wasn't
totally broken, but alas, it it is now.
So at people person, I hope you're
happy. Sorry, that came out like a
threat. I hope you're happy. Nope,
that's still not quite right. I hope
you're happy. It's good enough. Anyway,
I have more thoughts, but this is truly
only a part one of these two movies,
making this part two of part one. But at
World's End really is the fulfillment of
this movie, so I'll have more to say
when I do it. Obviously, I was kidding
about not doing it. World's End, it will
be 100% this year. Just not totally sure
when. So, until then, Zavi,
>> what are you doing?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DO IT. NOT BOTH
OF YOU. THAT'S AN ORDER. UNDERSTAND?