Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Nostalgia Critic

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Pirates Month continues! It's the follow up to one of the biggest surprise hits Disney ever had. Can it capture the magic of the original? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film. It is the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest. Meanwhile, Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is due.

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[ChannelAwesome]

Make sure you have your jar of dirt ready!!

[thewinterprince]

In the defense of Bootstrap Bill's appearance, he's literally been fishified for like thirty years on top of general aging. He's lucky to still have a human face at this point, let alone look anything like his younger self or his son.

[ShadyDoorags]

The audience in my theater cheered when Barbosa stepped on the screen. "What's become of my ship" was one of the most hyped cliff hangers put to screen.

[TreeckoJedi]

The compass thing wasnt retconned. In the first movie, Gibbs said “Aye the compass doesnt point north! But we’re not trying to find north are we?” Heavily implying the whole “compass pointing to where you want most.”

[jonkornealus]

I can't believe NC not once mentioned the kickass soundtrack of this movie!

Davy Jones's theme to this day still gives me chills.

[brandonmclendon]

God the cgi for Davey Jones still looks amazing nearly 17 years later.

[amityislandchum]

Personally, I love Norrington in this movie. I liked that he was shown to genuinely care about Elizabeth in the first movie, as opposed to being the typical villainous rival. Here, we get to see him with the layers of formality stripped away, and he's one of the most interesting characters. It also doesn't hurt that Jack Davenport is a whole snack.

[zackcross]

Fun fact: They didn’t tell any of the actors that Barbossa was returning. Their reactions to seeing him again are genuine.

[stephaniethepenguin]

The whole " I got a jar of dirt" moment was completely ad-libbed, including his tumble on the stairs. So the reactions from everyone are 100% genuine. 😁

[chimerschang]

I think Barbossa biting into the apple with obvious relish at the end adds to the significance of his return, considering the reason he wanted to get rid of his curse to begin with.

[karlgrimm]

The compass is not as of a retcon as it seems. In the first movie Jack is seen navigating with it Will asks why he is using a broken compass, Gibs says that the compass doesn’t point north but that they aren’t trying to find north.

[domidium]

The thing about the compass isn't exactly a retcon, at least, not a negative one. In the first movie, when Will, Jack, and the crew were sailing through that storm, and Will was complaining that they were trying to locate an island that nobody can find with a compass that "doesn't work", Gibbs actually DID imply that there was something else about it when he said "Ay, the compass doesn't point north...but we aren't trying to FIND north, are we?"


Also, at the end, Will isn't going to save Jack because he wants to save Jack. He wants his ship, which is faster than the Flying Dutchman, and thus is capable of subverting it's advantages against other ships. S, Will is doing this for his father, not Jack.

[patrickkanas]

The first movie actually did hint that the compass was magical. Remember, Gbbs said, "The compass doesn't point north. But we're not trying to find North, are we?"

[Omar-wqdz]

The special effects for Davy Jones still hold up really well

[claytonrios]

Fun fact. Davy Jones is played by the same actor who voices Saint Germain in the Castlevania Animated Series. Bill Nighy is an absolute legend.

[welcometothemetaverse]

The three-way sword fight between Jack, Will and Norrington for the chest is one of my absolute favorite scenes in the whole Pirates series. Not only is the fight choreography incredibly impressive among the three of them, along creatively changing the location from the beach, to a church, to on top and inside a runaway watermill, but I love each character has their own good reason why they want the chest. Jack wants to settle his debt with Davy Jones and call off the Kraken, Will wants to free his father from the Flying Dutchman, and Norrington wants to regain his place as a Navy officer. This is where all the overlapping subplots come together and work perfectly in the movie; I support each of the character's respective goals while watching some ridiculously fun action.

[-Sided]

Take that back Doug. That Kraken scene was amazing. The effects, the music, the shots, it’s all amazing. Sure, it’s not all that important to the plot, but it is entertaining.

[moonlitmortician]

God, I almost forgot about Jones's crew. Not only do the effects really hold up, but their designs are all killer. That hammerhead guy might be my favorite next to Jones himself.

[jessedellross]

In regards to the compass scene with Elizabeth, I don’t think it’s Jack she’s in love with. I think it’s his lifestyle and what he represents.

Jack is a pirate with a carefree, adventurous life. Elizabeth as the daughter of a governor has never known such freedom and excitement. So a part of her longs for that freedom and adventure.

She still loves will but a part of her heart loves freedom also

[HawkTeevs]

Davy Jones has some of the best animations in any CG character I’ve seen
The way every individual tentacle in his “beard” moves independently from one another, the bit where he blows out his pipe with one of his gills, everything about him just looks so detailed and so *unbearably* difficult to animate