Thursday, July 13, 2006

Pirates of the Carribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest
Dead Man's Chest

At the end of the first film, Sparrow is once again Captain of the Black Pearl. In the second film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Jack returns as his quirky old self, with virtually no difference in personality nor habits. It is revealed that Jack obtained the Pearl from Davy Jones himself, 13 years earlier, and now has to repay his debt for the ship lest he be dragged into the depths of the ocean to be enslaved in the servitude to Davy Jones. Interestingly, Jack loses his beloved tricorne at the beginning of the film.

Jack is found by Will, who is in search of Jack's compass, on a large Caribbean island with wild inhabitants who take him as their god, recalling the line from the previous film, "...and then they made me their chief". Unfortunately for Jack this high position means he must be eaten to have his spirit released, and he makes a break for freedom shortly before he can be cooked alive. Jack manages to return to the departing Pearl just in time to escape with his life, and attempts to yell his farewell cry of "This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow", only to be cut off by a large wave.

Jack later comes face to face with Davy Jones and worms his way out of his imminent death by promising to bring Davy Jones one hundred souls in exchange of the salvaging of his own. Jack then races to find the Chest of Davy Jones to try and save his life, and is confronted by both former Commodore James Norrington and Will, both who wish to claim the Chest for their own reasons. After a vicious battle Jack seemingly escapes with the Chest's contents, the Heart of Davy Jones.

Eventually Davy Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman, surfaces next to the Pearl, and Jones intends to claim the soul of Jack and his ship. Soon after dropping the jar of dirt supposedly holding Davy Jones' heart, Jack realises that somebody (Norrington) has taken the heart. After Davy Jones' summoning of the beast, the Kraken, the Pearl's crew valiantly fights for their lives, while Jack sails away, only to return to make the shot that saves the remainder of the crew. However, during the crew's escape from the impending return of the Kraken, Elizabeth realizing that the Kraken is only after Jack, she must find a way to make him stay. She kisses him while handcuffing him to the Pearl's mast. There is a moment of remorse and a sense that the Captain truly feels something for Elizabeth. Their kiss is witnessed by a shocked Will. He says nothing of it as Elizabeth gets into the small boat. He only asks harshly, "Where is Jack." She tells the crew that the Captain chose to remain to give them a chance to escape. Then realizing what she has done stares at the bottom of the boat.


Captain Jack faces off with the KrakenJack comes to his senses once Elizabeth is out of view. He is able to get free from his handcuffs by lubricating them with lamp oil. Jack is last seen stalwartly standing beyond the gaping maw of the enraged Kraken, somewhat happily reunited with his tricorne and commenting that the legendary odor of the Kraken's foul breath is "not that bad". Jack, unfazed by the oncoming doom within the depths of the Kraken's belly, makes a last stand, grabbing his sword and saying "hello, beastie," before bravely leaping into the mouth of the beast, at peace with whatever fate may await him beyond.

At the epilogue of the film it is revealed to the crew by witch Tia Dalma that there is a hope for reviving (or recovering) their beloved captain. The secret to this apparently lies at "World's End", the most mysterious place on Earth. The crew realizes no matter what Captain Jack Sparrow was to them at first, the loss is much too great to live with. They agree to do what has to be done to bring him back if possible. The film ends with a shot of Jack's old foe, Barbossa, descending a staircase, as he is revealed to be the only one who can lead the crew to World's End. As he bites into a green apple, with the monkey on his shoulder, he says one line before the credits roll: "Tell me, what's become of my ship?"

In the third film, he'll have to work with Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and his old companion, Barbossa to stop the alliance between Davy Jones, Cutler Beckett, now admiral, former Commodore James Norrington and Captain Sao Feng.


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