Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl part 4
As Act IV of Curse begins, Will Turner is locked up in the brig aboard the Black Pearl. He talks to Pintel about his father, Bootstrap Bill. Pintel informs Will, and the audience, that Bootstrap Bill wasn’t an evil pirate like Barbossa, that he “felt bad” about mutinying against Jack. He goes on to tell Will that Bootstrap Bill sent the cursed gold piece to Will in order to remain deliberately cursed. If that’s true, well, good going Bootstrap Bill, now your son is set to die at the hands of your cursed pirate friends. Finally, Pintel tells Will that Barbossa killed Bootstrap Bill for sending the gold piece to Will. Phew! I don’t think I’ve ever come across a smaller maguffin more responsible for more plot before, and the movie still has a half-hour to go.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl part 3
At the top of Act III of Curse, Elizabeth has been rescued from the clutches of bad-pirate Barbossa, by declared non-pirate Will Turner (at the top of Act III Will declares, twice in ten seconds, his non-pirate status). Since Elizabeths’ goal is for Will to be a pirate, she still faces an uphill battle. As Will tenderly goes to cop a feel off Elizabeth’s breast, she takes out the medallion that started all this craziness, the one she took off Will that day so many years ago. In the traditional fairy tale, the boy-prince is given a medallion that will one day prove he is royalty — here, the screenwriters have stood the tradition on its head and given the boy a medallion that proves he is a criminal.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl part 1
Who is the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl? Casual viewers would probably say it’s Captain Jack Sparrow, since he’s the most memorable character. Others might say that, since the movie is, in part, a love story, that there are two protagonists, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner. It could be argued that there are three protagonists, or even four, if you count bad-guy Barbossa.
Myself, I’m going to argue that there is only one, Elizabeth Swann.
Ad Men
Hey folks! I know it’s been a while since I blogged proper. One of the reasons is that I’ve been shooting this short movie based on a sketch I wrote about a million years ago, “Ad Men.” It’s done now! It’s the first production from Lucky Eddie, which is my new production company with ace producer Holly Golden. Take a gander at this.
Ad Men from Todd Alcott on Vimeo.