Everything GREAT About Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest! (Part 1)

[00:09] I had to go rewatch the trailer to make

[00:10] sure the contents of the dead man's

[00:11] chest weren't revealed because having

[00:13] heartbeats over the title card feels

[00:15] like such a giveaway once you know. And

[00:16] the subtitle underwater like this,

[00:18] gorgeous. What a fantastic opening shot.

[00:20] It's a wet and rainy movie, so

[00:22] overflowing teacups feel right. But this

[00:24] entire sequence is a tutorial in visual

[00:26] storytelling. Elizabeth's bummed with

[00:27] Alanis Morissette playing in her head,

[00:29] and just seeing the East India Trading

[00:30] Company coming ashore lets us know

[00:32] they're cooked. I want to be like, no

[00:33] way a horse would ride in a rowboat like

[00:35] this, but I have no reason to think this

[00:37] isn't 100% in camera. Horse on a boat.

[00:39] >> The warrant for the arrest of one

[00:41] William Turner.

[00:42] >> This warrant is for Elizabeth Swann.

[00:44] >> My mistake. Arrest her.

[00:46] >> But what of Jack?

[00:47] >> No.

[00:48] >> Dang, he's smooth.

[00:49] >> Sick burn.

[00:50] >> Perhaps you remember a certain pirate

[00:52] named Jack Sparrow.

[00:53] >> Captain.

[00:54] Captain Jack Sparrow.

[00:57] >> Captain Jack Sparrow.

[00:59] >> Is

[01:00] >> Theme kicks in just at the mention of

[01:01] his name. This was featured in the

[01:03] trailer, and I really can't blame them

[01:04] because it looks dope.

[01:11] Now, that's an entrance. Jack always

[01:13] gets a good one.

[01:15] >> Not quite according to plan.

[01:17] Complications arose, ensued, were

[01:19] overcome.

[01:20] >> I would have bet you real money that we

[01:22] had a counter for Jack and Barbossa's

[01:24] >> Shining.

[01:24] >> I don't know, like batting above your

[01:26] average, but for vocabulary and grammar.

[01:27] >> I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your

[01:29] request.

[01:30] >> But apparently not. So I'll just have to

[01:32] win the best ones again.

[01:32] >> Captain, I think the crew would be

[01:34] expecting something a bit more

[01:36] shiny.

[01:37] >> And the Royal Navy chasing us all around

[01:39] the Atlantic.

[01:40] >> And the hurricane.

[01:41] >> All in all, it seems some time since we

[01:43] did a speck of honest pirating.

[01:45] >> Tight turn of phrase.

[01:49] >> What did the bird say?

[01:51] >> First hint that Captain Jack has it all

[01:52] entirely under control.

[01:53] >> So what purpose would be served in

[01:54] finding whatever need be unlocked

[01:56] without first having found the key while

[01:58] I was here.

[01:59] >> The real treasure of our Jack speaks is

[02:00] that he gets his points across in the

[02:01] most condescending way possible.

[02:03] >> So,

[02:04] we're going after this key.

[02:06] >> You're not making any sense at all.

[02:08] >> And because Bootstrap shows up and Jack

[02:10] decides cannibals are preferable to Davy

[02:12] Jones, we get sidetracked. But the next

[02:14] thing to do is in fact go find the key,

[02:15] so he's just being a jerk.

[02:17] >> Any more questions?

[02:18] >> Even the guy who can't speak has

[02:19] questions.

[02:20] >> How have you been what to sleep lately?

[02:22] The captain seems to be acting a bit

[02:23] strange.

[02:25] >> Uh

[02:25] >> Well delivered.

[02:26] >> Something's got Jack vexed. Vexes me.

[02:29] Terribly vexed.

[02:30] >> I don't know why I care, but that's

[02:31] definitely Cambodia and Malaysia, etc.,

[02:33] which makes this the Philippines. And

[02:34] while maybe this is Palau or Guam, the

[02:36] scale seems off, so I think Gore

[02:37] Verbinski was trying to tell us about

[02:38] secret uncharted islands off the coast

[02:40] of Asia.

[02:40] >> Why is the rum always gone?

[02:44] Oh.

[02:47] That's why.

[02:48] >> Knowing thyself.

[02:52] It would be quaint to say nah at this

[02:53] point because things get so so so much

[02:55] grosser, but I'm already getting the

[02:56] tingle up my spine just from the sound

[02:58] design of the mollusks.

[03:03] See, now I can say nope. And Bootstrap

[03:05] is the first of Davy Jones's crew we

[03:06] meet who also happens to be the one with

[03:08] the most humanity left, which makes him

[03:10] even more horrifying.

[03:11] >> Everything went wrong after that.

[03:14] >> Even a little more nope.

[03:15] >> That is the devil himself and it's ALL A

[03:17] PLOT.

[03:18] >> DO WE HAVE a heading?

[03:20] >> Run, land.

[03:24] >> One of my favorite bits gives little

[03:26] scared noise and answer on the second

[03:27] one.

[03:27] >> Run, land.

[03:32] Jack's hat.

[03:34] BRING HER ABOUT.

[03:35] NO, NO, leave it.

[03:37] >> And that's how they know to be scared.

[03:39] This is such a fun transition because it

[03:41] was the middle of the night when Jack

[03:42] came down for some rum. The crew was

[03:43] asleep. And then the monkey throws the

[03:44] hat overboard and we spin around the hat

[03:46] to daytime or at least sunrise.

[03:48] >> Huh?

[03:49] Ah, Vangaster Island.

[03:51] >> So, I looked up what the Turks are

[03:52] saying, but the truth is you really

[03:53] don't need a translation. It's a good

[03:55] hat, they both clock it. The Kraken gets

[03:57] a perfect build-up in this movie. Its

[03:58] first showing is just a shimmer under

[04:00] the water, only really giving us a hint

[04:01] at its size. And regardless of any

[04:03] in-universe explanation, this is the way

[04:05] to build tension around the monster

[04:06] without showing anything more. But, in

[04:08] universe, it's a pretty small fishing

[04:09] boat. It seems like the entire thing

[04:10] might have fit right inside its mouth.

[04:12] >> Mr. Swann.

[04:13] Governor Swann still. Do you think I

[04:15] wear this wig to keep my head warm?

[04:17] >> I mean, maybe? I don't know you.

[04:20] >> And then I intend to return here to

[04:21] marry you.

[04:22] >> Properly?

[04:23] >> Eagerly, if you'll still have me.

[04:25] >> If it weren't for these bars, I'd have

[04:26] you already.

[04:28] >> Well done, Governor.

[04:29] >> Keep your weather eye on the horizon.

[04:31] >> I thought that weather was an adjective

[04:32] in that idiom, and I always thought it

[04:34] was sort of rude. You keep your decrepit

[04:35] eye on the horizon, but I actually think

[04:37] he's telling her to watch the weather.

[04:38] It's like one noun, weather eye. I don't

[04:40] get pirate's logic.

[04:41] >> Captain Jack Sparrow, heard he was

[04:43] [music] dead.

[04:44] >> Singapore. That's what I heard.

[04:46] >> Jack Sparrow

[04:47] turn up in Singapore.

[04:48] >> Jack Sparrow,

[04:50] give him a message.

[04:52] >> [music]

[04:54] >> Can I ask you about Jack Sparrow?

[04:55] >> This whole sequence speaks to Jack's

[04:56] main goal as a pirate, not riches, but

[04:59] notoriety. Dude did well, but really I

[05:00] just loved this random setup on the

[05:01] shore.

[05:02] >> What is island just south of the streets

[05:04] where I trade [music] spices for

[05:06] delicious long pork?

[05:08] >> Ha, long pork. Wait. Oh, oh, oh, no.

[05:13] Also, I was curious what other languages

[05:14] translated it as, since long pork is a

[05:16] bit of an English euphemism for human.

[05:17] Some said cold cuts, Japanese said for

[05:19] seasoning meat, but then they start to

[05:20] get more explicit. Simplified Chinese is

[05:23] super delicious human meat, Latin

[05:24] America Spanish is exquisite human

[05:26] flesh, but the best is the French. De

[05:28] delicieux ragout d'humain, delicious

[05:30] human stews.

[05:31] >> A familiar face.

[05:33] >> Don't eat me.

[05:34] >> I'm not going to eat you.

[05:35] >> Ha, silly Will. I forgot the main thing

[05:37] that parrots do, repeat.

[05:39] >> Long say say you lucky simp tip.

[05:42] >> Sounds like an insult, but he's trying

[05:43] his best to save Will's life.

[05:44] >> Savvy?

[05:45] Polly kicky lick

[05:48] POLLY KICKY LICK!

[05:49] >> POLLY KICKY

[05:50] >> [cheering]

[05:51] >> CUZ THAT WOULDN'T EVEN BE POSSIBLE FOR A

[05:52] EUNUCH.

[05:53] >> Perhaps I can ensure a fair trial for

[05:55] Will if he returns.

[05:56] >> A fair trial for Will ends in a hanging.

[05:58] >> I enjoy that she knows that. It's not

[05:59] like they were wrongfully accused.

[06:01] >> I'm here to negotiate.

[06:03] >> I'm listening.

[06:05] I'm listening intently.

[06:07] >> Now that I've had time to look at it and

[06:08] found this map, suddenly they're not

[06:09] uncharted islands. I believe it's

[06:11] Okinawa. Beckett is one of the primary

[06:12] things that separates these two movies

[06:14] apart from Black Pearl because while

[06:15] Norrington was a fun adventure type

[06:17] villain, it never felt like he had teeth

[06:18] the way Beckett does. Tom Hollander is a

[06:20] big reason for that. He's a few notable

[06:22] baddie roles, but nothing touches the

[06:23] small psychopath Isaacs and Hannah for

[06:25] me.

[06:25] >> You know you can't read.

[06:27] It's the Bible. You get credit for

[06:28] trying.

[06:29] >> Interesting thought. Discuss in the

[06:31] comments.

[06:34] >> What's going into him?

[06:36] >> Must have seen a catfish.

[06:37] >> Honestly, top tier joke. He was so quick

[06:39] with it, too. Look, I get it. I sort of

[06:41] even appreciate what happens to a

[06:43] person's brain that sees an uneven

[06:44] toenail, but there's got to be a line,

[06:46] man. There's got to be.

[06:48] >> See, the Pelagostos believe that Jack is

[06:50] a god in human form.

[06:52] >> Dang, Gibbs loves a good tale. You know

[06:54] he was frantically tracking all the

[06:55] details as this whole thing unfolded.

[06:56] >> Where's the rest of the crew?

[06:57] >> These cages we're in

[06:59] weren't built till after we got here.

[07:02] >> And he's good at it. That's an amazing

[07:03] line.

[07:09] As whimsical as this music is, that was

[07:10] some real ingenuity and resourcefulness,

[07:12] which obviously took Will Turner to come

[07:14] up with.

[07:14] >> [screaming]

[07:15] >> Come

[07:16] on!

[07:17] Is that all you got?

[07:18] >> The first, but not the last time that

[07:20] Marty is helpful. I always wondered why

[07:21] the rope snapped so easily, and my new

[07:23] head cannon is that it's cuz it's human

[07:24] hair. And I'm sure you've always clocked

[07:26] the pointy teeth, but did you ever

[07:27] notice the

[07:29] skins? It's amazing what you can get

[07:30] away with, or at least allude to when

[07:32] you don't draw attention to it. Even

[07:33] more ingenuity.

[07:35] >> [screaming]

[07:36] >> The close-ups.

[07:38] >> Looks like a lady's skirt.

[07:41] >> That sounds like typical crass pirate

[07:42] speak until you understand that in the

[07:44] analogy, they're the lady and you

[07:46] realize it's actually quite progressive.

[07:47] And the second time Marty is DOING HIS

[07:49] BEST.

[07:50] >> [screaming]

[07:53] >> AND THIS IS SUCH A GREAT ADVENTURE

[07:54] SEQUENCE from Jack and the crew escaping

[07:56] all the mishaps they go through until

[07:57] they get back to the Pearl's pure fun.

[08:00] I like that they're sad. It wasn't just

[08:02] about eating him. They really believe

[08:04] whatever it is that which they believe.

[08:06] >> We have a need to travel upriver.

[08:08] >> By need, do you mean a fleeting as in

[08:11] say a passing fancy?

[08:13] >> Look at Gibbs getting in on the grand

[08:14] eloquence. Oh, my my bad.

[08:19] But not to be outdone.

[08:21] >> No, a resolution on using it.

[08:24] You want you to find this.

[08:26] Incapacitatorially finding and or

[08:28] locating and detecting of a way to save

[08:30] your dolly bell old what's her face.

[08:32] >> Savvy?

[08:33] >> Incapacitatorially isn't a word and yet

[08:36] we all know what he's saying even if

[08:37] he's secretly also telling Will he's

[08:38] going to be immobilized on the Flying

[08:40] Dutchman.

[08:40] >> Is there a female presence amongst us,

[08:43] yes?

[08:44] The ghost of a lady, widowed before her

[08:46] marriage, I figure. A virgin too, likely

[08:48] as not.

[08:49] >> Love Elizabeth just painting the gunnel

[08:50] in the background while they discuss

[08:51] whether she's a virgin ghost or a

[08:53] widowed spirit. And yes, that phrase

[08:54] works. To pay is to apply pine pitch or

[08:56] tar and this is the gunnel of the ship.

[08:58] I don't care if it's not something

[08:59] anyone would ever say.

[09:04] Fantastic shot sending us from the sea

[09:05] to the river.

[09:06] >> Imagine this, the roar of the Kraken and

[09:09] the reeking [music] odor

[09:10] of a thousand rotting corpses.

[09:12] >> This time Gibbs unsettled himself. Part

[09:14] of me thinks Tia Dalma's place looks

[09:16] awesome and the other part of me is

[09:17] already itching from the bug bites.

[09:18] That's Britney Spears I'm a slave for

[09:19] you snake.

[09:20] >> You have a touch of destiny about you.

[09:25] >> Hey, so who was going to tell me that

[09:27] well, yes, obviously we all know this is

[09:29] Naomie Harris, that she's the same

[09:31] Naomie Harris that plays Selina? How How

[09:34] am I just realizing that? Why did my

[09:35] brain separate them into two people who

[09:37] both somehow played Eve and James Bond,

[09:38] but otherwise what? I knew I knew right

[09:41] away.

[09:42] >> I brought payment.

[09:44] Look.

[09:47] >> It might feel like an unworthy payment,

[09:48] but knowing how much Jack loves shooting

[09:50] it.

[09:50] >> Your key go to a chest. What is inside?

[09:53] Gold? Jewels? Unclaimed properties of a

[09:57] valuable nature?

[09:58] >> Nothing

[09:59] bad, I hope.

[10:01] >> Ragetti's a little flinched jewels as he

[10:02] stumbles upon his true treasure.

[10:05] >> The black spot.

[10:08] >> Hey, it could work.

[10:13] Love that the monkey obviously

[10:14] recognized Barbossa, but not as quickly

[10:15] as I recognized his boots. Match cut.

[10:17] >> If you do happen to get captured, just

[10:19] say Jack Sparrow sent you to settle his

[10:21] debt. Might save your life.

[10:23] >> Technically true as in they won't kill

[10:26] you immediately. Tricky tricky Jackie.

[10:28] Gibbs was right about the breath and the

[10:29] face sucking.

[10:30] >> A fearsome creature with giant tentacles

[10:32] that'll suction your face clean off.

[10:34] >> I can't imagine how many iterations of

[10:36] this they had to go through when

[10:37] storyboarding before they landed on

[10:38] something not gory, but still gross and

[10:40] haunting enough to give me personally

[10:42] nightmares. They really take the part of

[10:44] the ship thing literally and yes, I

[10:45] obviously love and hate every single one

[10:47] of them.

[10:48] >> Down on your marrowbones and cry.

[10:50] >> No clue what he even means, but it's

[10:51] obviously a win. Even their intestines

[10:53] are fish.

[10:57] Fantastic introduction of just his peg

[10:59] leg underwater at first or crab leg? Peg

[11:02] crab leg? Crab peg leg?

[11:04] >> You feel [snorts] pain.

[11:06] >> He blows the match out with his severed

[11:08] tentacle, which is horrifying and

[11:10] amazing. I'm sure I won't shut up about

[11:11] it, but the CGI of Davy Jones is

[11:13] mind-bogglingly fantastic, which is only

[11:15] slightly less impressive than Bill

[11:17] Nighy's performance.

[11:18] >> I can offer you

[11:20] an escape.

[11:22] >> Don't listen to him.

[11:23] >> And if there are any brief moments where

[11:25] he uncanny valleys, it only adds to his

[11:26] presence as nightmare fuel.

[11:28] >> To the depths.

[11:31] >> Fun anecdote, we recently watched this

[11:33] on vacation with an 8-year-old, a

[11:34] 10-year-old, and a 13-year-old, and only

[11:36] the 13-year-old knew what happened.

[11:37] >> Will you serve?

[11:40] >> I will, sir.

[11:43] >> His excitement at the exquisite delight

[11:44] of capturing a new soul is pretty

[11:46] unnerving.

[11:47] >> What is your purpose here?

[11:48] >> Jack Sparrow sent me to settle his debt.

[11:52] >> What is your purpose here?

[11:55] >> Jack Sparrow

[11:56] sent me to settle his debt.

[11:58] >> Even Will knows there's at least a 75%

[12:00] chance that Jack is screwing him over.

[12:06] Absolutely amazing teleportation. You

[12:08] can almost see it coming, but it still

[12:10] startles us. I love that it takes the

[12:11] crew a beat to notice.

[12:13] >> Technically, I was only captain for 2

[12:14] years, then I was viciously mutinied

[12:16] upon.

[12:17] >> Then you would have pulled a captain,

[12:18] but have you not introduced yourself all

[12:20] these years as Captain Jack Sparrow?

[12:24] >> I mean, that's not even a deal with the

[12:25] devil type Faustian outcome. He's just

[12:27] speaking the truth.

[12:28] >> Just how many souls do you think my soul

[12:30] is worth?

[12:31] >> 100 souls.

[12:33] >> I truly don't think anyone else could

[12:35] pull this off. Bill has this way of

[12:36] speaking as if words hurt his mouth and

[12:39] he amps it up to 15 in this performance,

[12:40] which makes sense because Davy Jones'

[12:42] anatomical structures wouldn't make

[12:43] speaking easy.

[12:44] >> But I wonder, Sparrow, can you live with

[12:47] this? Can you condemn an innocent man to

[12:50] a lifetime of solitude in your name

[12:53] while you roam free?

[12:56] >> Yep, I'm good with it.

[12:58] >> True Jack Sparrow captain Jack Sparrow

[13:00] moment.

[13:04] And there's nothing like making the

[13:05] previous movie's baddies be terrified of

[13:06] the current movie's baddies to set the

[13:08] stakes.

[13:08] >> And how do you intend to harvest these

[13:10] 99 souls in 3 days?

[13:13] >> Gibbs always a first mate.

[13:15] First.

[13:18] >> [music]

[13:22] >> This probably seems ridiculous if only

[13:23] they glanced up. And yet, if there's one

[13:25] thing I've learned about men at sea,

[13:27] it's that superstition becomes religion.

[13:29] Probably the scurvy. Also, this platform

[13:30] would block their view. Sometimes they

[13:31] capture the original ride so perfectly.

[13:33] >> You can tell I don't ever shy away from

[13:34] a fight.

[13:35] I figure I should get out and see the

[13:37] world while I'm still young.

[13:38] >> Optimism. And I don't give a ass rats if

[13:41] I live or die. Eloquence.

[13:44] >> Me have one arm and a bum leg.

[13:46] >> It's the cruisest for you.

[13:48] Imaginativeness.

[13:49] >> I've always wanted to sail the seas.

[13:51] >> Forever. Sooner than you think.

[13:53] Subterfuge.

[13:54] >> Where are we going?

[13:56] Including those four, that gives us

[13:59] four.

[13:59] >> And a solid bit that you probably see

[14:00] coming, but still gets you to chuckle.

[14:02] We love to be in on the joke.

[14:03] >> The pursuit cost me my crew,

[14:06] my commission,

[14:08] and my life.

[14:09] >> No, man. You stalled the day to let Jack

[14:10] go.

[14:11] >> Commodore, what about Sparrow?

[14:13] Well, I think we can afford to give him

[14:15] one day's head start.

[14:16] >> I'm all for it, but let's be honest.

[14:18] You've always been a bit piraty. I like

[14:20] to think Jack slides behind the pillar

[14:21] and then back out to see how drunk

[14:23] Norrington is, and when Norrington is

[14:24] able to track him, he hires him.

[14:32] He needs a hat, but none will do. Love

[14:34] how the pipe organ mirrors his

[14:35] tentacleness.

[14:41] It's a little more developed in the next

[14:42] movie, but Davy Jones's struggle with

[14:44] emotion is set up right here with this

[14:45] concert. The sharpest of the sharp-eyed

[14:47] viewers notice Tia Dalma's matching

[14:49] locket during their time in her house

[14:50] earlier and put two and two together.

[14:52] So, it's like Calypso shadowing. And

[14:54] sadly, we do need to end here for this

[14:56] week because Pirates movies refuse to be

[14:58] less than 2 and 1/2 hours. So, next week

[14:59] it'll be lots of more gross, terrible,

[15:01] disgusting stuff. Thanks for your

[15:03] patience. Jack Sparrow.