Movie: Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Casts: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander

Why o why did I find Keira’s character so annoying? I kept wondering whether this was yielded by the envy of watching her prancing around surrounded by two yummy guys. But no, I honestly think that the Elizabeth Swann’s part was unnecessarily explored, or maybe took the wrong turn in the developing process. The blacksmith Will Turner, on the other hand, I think get a just---almost not enough---lines in this movie, getting more tanned, jumping through ship’s masts like an elf ;-p and getting a chance in reuniting with his supposedly already-dead father. The pirate Captain Jack Sparrow of course shone on every frame; really must praised Depp for his “loveable” interpretation of this character.

Must I write the synopsis of the movie? I’m sure that you moviegoers have already read it or even watched the movie yourself. But anyway here’s a short recap from rottentomatoes: Blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and his upper-class love Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) are preparing to wed when they are confronted with a warrant for their arrests because they helped the notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) escape the authorities. Their only choice for a pardon is to find Jack and return to Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) with the flamboyant captain’s compass. Will didn’t know yet that the compass lead to the infamous Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), the terror of the sea notoriously known as the Flying Dutchman himself, and his still-beating heart.

Silly me. Must admit, when first reading the title a little while ago—before the movie was being launched—I actually thought the title “Dead Man’s Chest” was indeed talking about man’s chest, in a sense of body part and not the box thingy. After all, you know… pirates… seamen… skin tanned… unbuttoned shirts… and all of that. Hahaha.

Speaking about yummy assets of this movie, Elizabeth’s ex-fiancé was looking surprisingly dashing with the unshaved-desperate-face, ragged clothes and messy hair. Really looking forward on seeing more of him in the next Pirates movie. There’s obviously gonna be one, right?

Anyway back to Keira, I seriously felt something was off there. Refusing to be just another damsel in distress, she roamed about using swords, jumping between masts, smuggle into a ship, flirting with Sparrow, very… un-middle ages-women. She failed to capture the elegance of women at that time, and other traits that I always associated with women at that period of time. She was too… modern, errgghh… I can’t seem to pick up the proper word for it. I actually has pick this up ever since she played Guinevere in Arthur, and most importantly: Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice. I loveeee that book and the BBC’s TV series version of it and so very disappointly left angry on the latest movie version. Keira was sooooo not Elizabeth Bennet!

Oh, sorry, I’m blabbering! ;-p

Back to Pirates. If you’re looking for an action movie, I think that this one will suit you well. The make up on Davy Jones was quite impressive for me, those tentacles… ooohhh… looked real to me! Oh yeah, and about the Kraken. First heard of this mythical sea monster in one of the Eva Ibbotson’s book: Monster Mission (Indonesian: Misi Monster). According to the Oxford Dictionary, Kraken was: an enormous mythical sea monster said to appear off the coast of Norway. Pictured quite differently from this movie, in Ibbotson’s book, Kraken was described to be more like a super size whale. Interesting, huh? Maybe I would browse around more to find more info about it…