Thursday, March 22, 2012

"It is Neither Proper Nor Suitable"

Shall we take a trip to the Land of the Dead? Yes? Okay then let's go. I think the best time to go to Davy Jones' Locker is when Captain Jack Sparrow went there...


One of the Hallucination Jacks is looking for some food. Ooh he found a peanut! He's about to eat it. . . BAM, and he falls down dead. And now the real Jack Sparrow is there with a pistol.
Oh my it looks as if Jack just shot his hallucination. Now Jack is eating the peanut. Good for him. Jack: " My peanut. All heartily, slacken braces!" 
Fake Jack: "Aye captain. Slacken braces." Other Fake Jack: "Step lively whether will." Other Fake Jack: "Aye aye, right away sir." Then a bunch of strange things go on with hallucination Jack's including laying eggs and lying on the floor for no apparent reason. The fake Jacks are a bit weird but at least their Jack and we were a bit short on those earlier in the movie.

Real Jack: "Mr. Sparrow?" Fake Jack: "Aye Captain." Real Jack: "What say you about the condition of this tack line?" Fake Jack: "It be proper to my eyes, sir."Jack: "Proper? It is neither proper nor suitable, sir. It is not acceptable, nor adequate. It is, in obvious fact, an abomination." Fake Jack:"Beggin’ your pardon, sir. But, perhaps if you gave man another chance…" Jack: "Shall I? [stabs rope  Fake Jack with sword] That sort of thinking got us into this mess. [To the rest of the crew] We have lost speed, and therefore time…precious time…which cannot be recovered once lost. Do you understand?" All Fake Jacks: "Aye Captain." Captain Sparrow then gets mad at his "crew" and jumps of the boat onto the sandy floor. 
He apparently thinks that rocks are tasty because right then and there he picks one and licks it.  It was not as good as he wanted so he threw the rock as far as he could behind him. Then he starts talking to himself about a bunch of nonsense. You know the Land of the Dead is very strange when you are followed by rocks, and that's exactly what happened to Jack. He turned around and found that rock again. Jack then realizes the Black Pearl is moving away from him. He quickly gets on board and sail's right to the shore where Barbossa and the crew are waiting. Tai Hung: "Impossible. . ." Gibbs: "Slap me thrice and hand me to mama!" That's Jack Sparrow for you. He always finds away to amaze you.

Monday, March 19, 2012

"You need to find yourself a girl, mate..."


Eight years before he met Jack Sparrow, Will Turner met Elizabeth Swann. While sailing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on board the HMS Dauntless; A young Lizzie spotted something in the ocean. The sailors dragged it in and it turned out to be a young boy whom they later discovered was Will Turner.This young boy had quite the interesting medallion around his neck and apparently Lizzie liked it because she ripped it from his neck while he was unconscious. (not very polite if you ask me)Lizzie didn't know then how much trouble that medallion was going to get her in...


Eight years later they met again when Will delivered a sword to Governor Swann's estate. And Will never got over that girl. They met several times more by chance but Will new his place and never had the chance to beat out all the other suitors. And before he knew it she was engaged to Captain James Norrington. 

While all this 'romance' between Will and Lizzie is going on, Jack takes to the opportunity to get captured by a certain Royal British Navy officer none other then James Norrington. But of course he escapes by using Lizzie as a shield he managed to evade his captures and stumbled into the smithy that Will was apprenticing at. Now Jack Being the loveable pirate that he is expected Will to just let him leave. However, Will has a secret hate of pirates (well not so secret anymore) Jack:"You need to find yourself a girl, mate...Or, perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you've already found one, and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you?" Will: "I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!" Jack:"Hah." Jack is so smart isn't he! SO of course will can't just let Jack go without a fight so they duel until Will's boss smacks Jack over the head with a bottle of rum.

 And then Jack gets recaptured by the good Captain, and has to await his hanging with the common prisoners and their dog.  But after everyone has returned to their lives a surprised attack is launched on Port Royal by none other then The Black Pearl, Captained by Hector Barbossa and crewed by cursed men. They have a mission on this raid. Find the medallion. And of course they do. (or we wouldn't have much of a story) 
They found it hiding in a wardrobe at the Governor's estate.
 
Will learned of Elizabeth's capture and hooks up with the only pirate he know to help save her. But first they need a ship. And we all know which boat they take. The one thats already prepared!  And with surprisingly no fighting involved they commandeer the ship and set sail in search of Elizabeth and a new crew. Lets hope they find a crew rather quickly.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

"Every Route, Every Destination"

 As we already know, Jack Sparrow escape custody in the middle King George's palace.  Gibbs, however, was not so lucky.  Rather, he is stuck with his life sentence given to him by Jack, disguised as Judge Smith.  Barbossa, the new privateer for the Royal Navy, has different plans for Gibbs' fate.  Barbossa drags Gibbs out to the gallows in the middle of the night. 
Gibbs: "There's been a mistake.  It's a life sentence, not death.  LIFE!  Barbossa!"  Barbossa: "Thank you, gentlemen.   I trust you can tie a noose."  Gibbs: "That's a hard thing, forcing a man to twist his own hanging rope."  Barbossa:  "You must lie in your bed the way you made it."  You make about as much sense as Cutler Beckett when he talks about material.  Do British Navy people not know how to talk??? Gibbs: "What happened to you?"  Barbossa: "Where be Jack Sparrow?"  The question we would all like to know.  Gibbs: "He escaped."  As usual.  Barbossa: "I'm on a tight schedule Gibbs.  The HMS Providence sets sail at first light.  If you do not care to watch it hanging here dead, with a mouth full of flies . . . speak now."  Ew.  Too many bad images are popping into my head.   
Gibbs become slightly frantic now, watching them prepare the noose.  Gibbs: "Take me wtih you.  Any point of the compass. . ."  Barbossa: "Take you were Gibbs?  The Fountain?  Aye?  Is that where Jack be headed?  Have you anything you can offer me, Gibbs?  Anything at all?"  Um, so many questions.  Gibbs remains silent and terrified.  Barbossa: "Upon me naked word, you'll not see the dawn." More noose tying, and Gibbs becomes desparate.  But he's still a smart man, after hanging out with Jack for so long.  He pulls out Jack's maps to the fountain of youth.  Barbossa is intrigued.  Barbossa: "Hand it over."  Gibbs pretends to hand it to Barbossa, but instead lights it on fire.  Hah aha, tricked you!  Which is a shame because those maps were so valuable.  Barbossa: "You fool!"  Gibbs: "I had just enough time to study those infernal circles.  Every route, every destination.  All safe. . . in here."  
Barbossa, furious, scowls: "Welcome back to His Majesty's Navy, Master Gibbs."  How does Barbossa know that Gibbs used to be in the Navy?  Remember the opening scene of the saga?  Those charts keep Gibbs alive alive  while on board the HMS Providence, while the British and the Spaniards race to The Fountain of Youth. Barbossa: "Be we on the right course, Gibbs?" Gibbs: "Aye, it be proper. There's your proof!"
He points at a fleet of Spanish ships sailing in the same direction. Barbossa looks where Gibbs pointed through a spyglass and apparently does not like what he sees. Barbossa: "The Spaniard! All hands! Battle stations! Get to windward!" The crew then prepares to fight the the Spanish fleet but apparently they have better things to do then blow up some Brits. Gibbs: "He never so much as turned his head." How Gibbs can see from that far away I have no idea. Barbossa: "The fountain is the prize. It appears we be not even worth the time it would take to sink us. And now we've fallen behind! All hands make more sail!" Let me get this straight. You can either fight three huge ships or you can get ready to fight them but fall behind. That seems rather grim any way you slice it.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

"A Bit More Shiny"

Jack Sparrow returns in The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, but although he's captain of the Black Pearl once again, he prefers to ride around in a dead man's chest.  Jack's on a secret mission to sneak into this super creepy place where people are fed to birds.  But it's all worth it in the end because well, they got a key.  Oh wait, no, they just got a drawing of a key...  Which is much more better.  But of course, sneaking into a fort like that isn't easy.   And it's even harder to get out.  But Jack, of course, finds a way to anyways.  Hence, the rowing in a coffin with a dead man, and what better paddle than a dead man's foot.  Ya know, the usual?  Jack: "Sorry, mate.  Mind if we make a little side trip?  I didn't think so."  
Jack makes it back to the Pearl and his good old crew, who of course, aren't all that pleased with their latest booty.  Gibbs, as he sees the dead foot: "Not quite according plan."  Jack: "Complications arose, ensued, were overcome."  Gibbs: "You got what you went in for?" Jack: "Mm-hmm."  Jack then shows off his super handy dandy "drawing" of a key.  Gibbs:  "Captain, I think the crew, meaning me as well, were expecting something a bit more. . . shiny.  What with the Isla de Muerta going pear-shaped, reclaimed by the sea with the treasure.  Crew member: "And the Royal Navy Chasing us around the Atlantic."  Marty: "And the hurricane."  Members: "Aye."  Gibbs: "All in all, it seems some time since we did a speck of honest pirating."  Jack:  "Shiny?"  Gibbs: "Aye, shiny."  Jack: "Is that how you're all feeling?  That perhaps dear old Jack is not serving your best interests as captain?"  Awkward silence. . . until Cotton's parrot squawks: "Walk the plank."  Ah man, dude, that hurts.  Deep.  Jack: "What did the bird say?"  
And of course, he has to haul out his sword, I mean gun, (I just love these quotes).  Crew member:  "Do not blame the bird.  Show us what is on that piece of cloth there."  Well, if you're going to be all bossy, why don't you just tell us how you really feel.  Then Jack pops up; Jack the monkey, that is.  For some reason he's still immortal and all boney.  So when Captain Jack shoots at it, nothing happens.  Gibbs:  "You know that don't do no good."  Jack:  "It does me."  Now, back to the key.  Marty:  "It's a key."  Jack: "No!  Much more better.  It's a drawing of a key!"  Oh goody goody gumdrops guys, we have a picture of a key! 
 After a great chitchat about the drawing, that makes creepy music play, Jack convinces his crew to set out in search of that key.  Marty: "So... do we have a heading?"  Jack: "Ah!  A heading!  Set sail in a . . . uh . . . general . . . That way direction!"  Gibbs:  "Captain?"  Jack: "Come on, snap to and make sail.  You know how this works.  Go on.  Oi, oi!"  Don't you just love the language of Jack?  Marty: "Have you noticed lately the captain seems to be acting a bit strange . . . er?"  Gibbs:  "Setting sail without knowing his own heading.  Something's got Jack vexed, and mark my words, what bodes ill for Jack Sparrow bodes ill for as all."  Sorta like the cannibals, the giant sea monster, Squid Face, Cutler Beckett, James Norrington, and that blacksmith William Turner.  

Friday, March 16, 2012

"To The Fountain"



Blackbeard, the pirate all pirates fear, resurector of the dead in his spare time, is now scared to death that he is going to die.  According to prophecy, he will be killed by a one-legged man and the only one of those we know of is Barbossa, the very man who Blackbeard had attacked. And when Blackbeard attacked Barbossa, Barbossa lost his leg, making him one-legged and therefore prophisized to kill Blackbeard. Ironic, right? Blackbeard is of course a master of voodo so he's all right, right? WRONG! However he does fight fate but it of course fails but it's all very entertaining. Using his voodo powers Blackbeard uses Jack to help him find the fountain of youth, which would save him and stop the prophecy. Jack: "I actually have no interest in the fountain what so ever. So if your heart is set you may drop me of anywhere you like."
Blackbeard:"That'll be all quartermaster. Your words surround you like fog which makes you hard to see." Jack:"And what of you? The mighty Blackbeard, beheaded they say, still your body swam three times round your ship, and climb back on board. And here you are running scared." Blackbeard: "Scared?" Jack: "To the Fountain." Blackbeard: "The quartermaster sees things before they happen. He has foreseen my death. And so the fates have spoken, the threads of destiny woven." Jack: "You have a ridicouisly high regard for fate, mate." Blackbeard: "And you?" Jack: "Me? I'm skeptikal of predicting any future. Which includes me." Blackbeard:" It would be foolish to battle fate. But I be tempted to cheat it." Potatoe pototoe. Blackbeard: "I will reach the fountain. You will lead me." Jack then tries to stab him but apparently, "That Knife will serve you no better than the mutiny you divised." Jack: "Mutiny served me well. It gained me an audience with you." 
They then talk about Angelica, and how she is a mutinous first mate and Blackbeard didn't even guess it. Is it just me or is Blackbeard a bit slow? Mean while Blackbeard is playing around with Jack's little voodo doll. But then Jack goes too far about how evil Angelica is and Blackbeard takes out a knife which he uses to draw a strange symbol onto Jack's chest. 
                                                                                                                        
Blackbeard also proves his voodoness is a match for fate later on the island that holds the fountain of youth when he is making Jack jump off a cliff to find the silver chalices. Jack: "Just as I thought. Not this way." Angelica: "This is the way isn't it?" Jack:" Of course it is, but we should go around to the east." Angelica: "That would take us out to the path of the chalices." Jack:" Then we'll circle back." Angelica: "There is no time."  Jack: "Your the one who insisted on bringing the bloody mermaid." I don't think the mermaid thinks she's bloody.  Angelica: "The mutiny didn't help." Jack:" You walk like a girl." Angelica:" You would know." Blackbeard: "Someone must go." Angelica:" You mean split up." Jack: "You mean jump? This I cannot wait to see." Blackbeard: "Sparrow will go. Find the ship, retrieve the chalices." Angelica: "Sparrow? What makes you think he will come back." I for one think Jack Sparrow is 100% trustworthy, since he's, ya know, dishonest and all. Jack: "Yes. What makes you think he will come back?" Angelica: "We cannot trust him, father I'll go." Jack: "She'll go." Angelica then tries to jump of but Blackbeard stops her. Way to ruin the fun, Blackbeard! 
Blackbeard: "How much farther to the fountain? I'm running out of time." Jack: "About a day's march north following that river which will lead through a series of pools. Then you're close." Blackbeard tries to take Jacks Compass. Blackbeard: "You will go." Jack: "I was sure it would come to this. You that feeling you get sometimes when you're standing in a high place? Sudden urge to jump. . . I don't have it." Blackbeard: "I need those chalices." Jack: "Shoot. Save me the bother of the fall." Blackbeard: "You will go. You will return. . . Or I will kill her [ points gun at Angelica]" Jack: "You won't kill your own daughter." Then Black beard prepares six pistals, with four of them loaded. He then has Jack pick which two to Blackbeard will shoot her with. That way Blackbeard proves that he is willing to kill his daughter. Jack doesn't want Angelica to get hurt, but he also doesn't want himself to get hurt so he asks the quartermaster if he'll survive the jump. The quartermaster asks for the Jack's doll and throws it off the cliff. the doll survives the fall so it looks like Blackbeard has powerful voodo powers, Angelica is safe, and Jack is safe. So Isuppose this is a good time tosay," All's well that ends well."

Thursday, March 15, 2012

"What's Your Name?"

As we all know Captain Jack Sparrow is a pirate. And being a pirate means that you are breaking the law. When you break the law you usually don't want to be caught breaking said law, so Jack has a few disguises. However he likes a certain "code-name" and its Smith, Judge Smith, or smithy if you like. For example in the beginning of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Port worker:"Wha! Hold up you. It's a shilling to tie up your boat to the dock. And I shall need to know your name." Jack:" What do you say to three shillings, and we forget the name" Port worker:" Welcome to Port Royal Mr. Smith." Of course after that great chat, Jack being a pirate, steals the man's pouch of many. But that's not the only time that Jack Sparrow uses an alias. 
     Jack also uses the name Smith when talking to those silly navy soldiers, Murtogg and Mullroy. Murtogg:"This dock is off limits to civilians." Jack:" I'm terribly sorry I didn't know, if I see one I shall inform you immediately." Jack then tries to get on board the Interceptor, but is blocked by the two. Jack:"Apparently there's some high-toned and fancy to-do down at the for, eh. How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen like yourselves did not merit an invitation." Murtogg:" Someone has to make sure this dock stays off-limits to civilians." 











Then they start talking about how the Interceptor is faster than the Black Pearl and some other boring stuff. But during all this chit chat Jack sneaks on board but the to soldiers realize it and climb a board as well. Murtogg: "Eh! get away from there!" Mullroy:" You don't have permission to be aboard there, Mate." Jack:" I'm sorry it's just such a pretty boat. er,  Ship." Murtogg:" What's your name?" Jack:"Smith. Or Smithy, if you like." And let's not forget when Jack later impersonates Judge Smith in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but that's a story for another time. So remember "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow" -Jack

Monday, March 12, 2012

"That Dog Is Never Going To Move"

In many old movies, prisoners are kept behind locked bars that has only one key, and that key is usually guarded by a dog.  That key (excuse the pun) to escaping prison is persuading the dog to bring the key to you.  In The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, trapped behind the bars in Port Royal, Jack stands by and watches the other prisoners desperately beg the dog for the key. Prisoners: "Come here, boy.  Want a nice juicy bone? Come here, boy."  Jack: "You can keep doing that forever.  That dog is never going to move."  Prisoners: "Oh, excuse us if we haven't resigned ourselves to the gallows just yet."  Once all the other prisoners are gone, Jack himself must turn to the final resort.  Jack: "Come on, doggy. It's just you and me now. It's you and old Jack. Come on. That's a boy. Good boy. Come get the bone. That's a good boy. Come on. A bit closer. A bit closer. That's it. That's it, doggy. Come on, you filthy, slimy, mangy cur. Don't do that. No, no! I didn't mean it!"  Maybe that wasn't the smartest move...


As it turns out, the dog does move.  In the next movie, The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, it's Pintel and Ragetti, the two goofy crew members of the Pearl, who are trapped in the Porty Royal prison.  They however, are much more successful with coaxing the keys from the dog.  Pintel:  "Well, I say it was Divine Providence what escaped us from jail."  Ragetti: "And I say it was me being clever.  Ain't that right, Pooch?"  The two sail to the island where the Black Pearl is stranded.  Confused and not finding anyone, they start to prepare the boat to set sail.  Suddenly, Gibbs, Will, and the other crew members run for the ship.  They hop on board the Pearl but find that there is a dilemma.  WHERE'S JACK?  Just in the nick of time, Jack runs onto the shore, chased by the cannibal islanders who plan to eat their god, Jack.  Jack quickly climbs on board, leaving the cannibals completely confused.  That's when they see the dog, who has been left on shore by the crew.  The islanders have found their new chief/god/dinner.  


It seems as though we'll never see this dear dog again after he is left behind, but as it turns out, he's unbeatable!  In The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the nine pirate lords run into some disagreements about the pirate king and declaring war.  To settle these disputes, the Keeper of the Code, Captain Edward Teague (aka Jack's father) is called out with his gigantic book of the Pirata Codex.  Of course, this book is highly guarded and requires a key to open.  And who better a guard of keys than the good old prison dog from Port Royal?  Pintel and Ragetti, of course, are completely astonished to find this dog alive.  Ragetti: "That can't be."  Pintel: "How?"  Teague: "Sea turtles, mate."  Now where does that sound familiar?

Saturday, March 10, 2012

"Jack Sparrow Is Not My Name"

Joshamee Gibbs has done it again!  Gotten himself arrested by the by the British and now must be tried in court.  What is Gibbs done that's so bad?  Well, everyone believes that he's Captain Jack Sparrow and everyone knows that Captain Jack Sparrow is the most infamous of them all.  A lot of people attend the trial in hopes to see a good hanging.
Gibbs is dragged into court and the judge is announced: Judge Smith.  Lucky for Gibbs, it's not Smith at all.  It's much more better: Captain Jack Sparrow himself!  Gibbs of course recognizes his best friend but the rest of the audience is fooled.  Gibbs: "Jack!"  Unfortunately for him, everything he says results in a nice punch.  Jack: "Not necessary, you were saying?"  Gibbs: "Jack Sparrow is not my name!  It's Joshamee Gibbs!"  Jack: "Is that so?  It say's Jack Sparrow, right here."  Gibbs:  "I told ya', I'm not Jack Sparrow, who I would be happy to identify to the court if it would help my case."  Jack:  "I think it would be a poor defense unless you want to be bludgeoned again like a harpsey!"  Good old friendly banter.  Jack continues: "Joshamee Gibbs!  The crime in which you have been found guilty of is being innocent of being Jack Sparrow.  I hear by commute your sentence and order that you be imprisoned for the remainder of your miserable, morale, mutton-chopped life.  THERE!"  He strikes the ballot and the session is closed.  And whatever it is that Jack just said is to be carried out immediately.

Gibbs is shoved into a carriage to be taken to prison.  Jack's got it all planned out though.  He sneaks out of the court, where he has the real judge tied up and leaves his wig, glasses, and robes behind, with a polite, "Thank you very much."  Jack pulls on his hat and returns to his good old pirate self.  He too is in the carriage and has paid off the driver.  Instead of taking them to prison, they'll ride to the outskirts of London and make it to the coast, where they can somehow find a ship and return to the piratey world of the Caribbean.  No more of this fancy British stuff.  Jack's got it all together: "I arrived in London town just this morning to save one Joshamee Gibbs from an appointment with the gallows.  Seeing as how you're still alive, I say it's all been very success thus far."  
But as it turns out, the driver is paid off by the government to take the two to St. James' Palace.  Oops.  So maybe things aren't going as successfully as planned, but at least the two are back together drinking some good old rum!
Once the carriage stops, the two thinks that they're safe and happily come out of the carriage.  But then they realize they are about as far from being safe of the Royal Navy as possible.  They're surrounded by about fifty British soldiers.  Gibbs:  "All part of the plan, yes?"  Jack: "No."  Awkward...

Friday, March 9, 2012

"Think Like Jack"

Will: "He thinks we're a hallucination."  Jack: "...William, tell me something: Have you come because you need my help to save a certain distressing damsel–or rather–damsel in distress? Either one."  Will: "No." Jack: "Well, then, you wouldn't be here, would you? So you can't be here. Q.E.D., you're not really here."  You tell him Jack. Well I suppose it might be a bit frustrating to have sailed to the end of the world to save someone who thinks you're not real. Eventually Jack is convinced that Will and the others are real and they set of to the land of the living. Will does love Elizabeth but when it comes to freeing his father he is willing to betray anyone  including his piratey friend Captain Jack Sparrow. . .
After arriving into the land of the living, in the Black Pearl, Will convinces Jack and Barbossa to go onto an island to get supplies leaving him in command of the ship. What Barbossa and Jack don't know is that Pirate Lord Sao Feng and his men is waiting for them, courtesy of Will Turner.
After Will ends up betraying  Jack to Sao Feng, Sao Feng gets a bit worried that Will will not keep his promises. Sao Feng:"You crossed Barbossa, you were willing to cross Jack Sparrow; why should I expect any better?" Will:"I need the Black Pearl to free my father; you're helping me to get it."  Spoken like a true pirate. 
Jack being Jack, however, finds away to escape Sao Feng and Beckett and sails his ship to Shipwreck Cove.  Will is also on board the Black Pearl begins to drop dead bodies and barrels in hopes of leading Beckett and the Royal Navy also to the Cove.  Captain Jack, however, discovers this all this sneaking around.  Will: "I said to myself, 'think like Jack.'"  Jack: " This is what you've arrived at? Lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove so as to gain his trust, accomplish your own ends? It's like you don't know me at all, mate. And how does your dearly beloved feel about this plan? Ah, you've not seen fit to trust her with it."  Having some doubts about Elizabeth and women? Now that does sound like something Jack would do.  Jack then throws Will overboard with a barrel, but leaves him one very valuable object: his compass.
Will gets picked up by Lord Beckett, just the way he planned and has a nice chitchat with Beckett and Davy Jones.  Jones is shocked to see Will alive, because he assumed that he died during the kraken attack shortly after escaping the Flying Dutchman.  But this surprise doesn't even compare when he finds out that Jack too has survived the kraken's attack on the Black Pearl.  Will agrees to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove, but Beckett doubts that Will would be able to.  Will smiles, pulls out the compass, and responds, "What is it you want the most?"  And so they sail to Shipwreck Cove.  Let the war begin!

Saturday, March 3, 2012

"Let's Just Haul Out Our Swords"

Every Pirates of the Caribbean movie that has been made has always had some pretty epic battles and some great sword fights.  Just about every character has proven that they sure do know how to use a sword.  And whenever there is a dispute, that skill sure does come in handy?  Which sword fight is your favorite?  These are a few of mine.

6: Barbossa vs. Blackbeard in The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa has had it out for Blackbeard ever since Blackbeard stole the Pearl, as well as his own leg, from him.  Creatively, Barbossa dips his sword in poison, so the slightest contact with it can kill you.  Barbossa meats Blackbeard again at the Fountain of Youth.  Revenge is sweet.  They duel, and ultimately Barbossa wins, stabbing Blackbeard with the poisonous sword.  Amoung sword fighting, Barbossa also enjoys collecting rare, poisonous frogs.  Barbossa: "Can't an old man have a hobby?"

5: Angelica vs. Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Something fishy is going down in England for Jack.  Everywhere he goes, he hears talk that Captain Jack Sparrow is recruiting sailors, when really Jack is doing no such thing.  When he walks into a bar, someone even scoffs at him for dressing like Jack Sparrow.  Finally having enough, Jack confronts this imposter.  Jack: "You've stolen me and I'm hear to take meself back."  Of course, the only way to do that is through a duel.  When the imposter uses a special move, Jack realizes who it is: his long lost love, Angelica.  They end their duel with a nice kiss.  Jack: "I've always wanted to do that."



4: Davy Jones vs. Captain Sparrah in The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Jack and Jones are fighting for the key and chest with the heart of Jones, and things don't look the best for Jack.  They travel around the whole ship and the most epic part takes place as they duel on the mast in the pooring rain.  Jack even falls off, clinging to the chest for his life.  Jack gets the heart from the chest and considers stabbing it.  But once Will is dying, Jack lets Will stab the heart and kill Davy Jones.  "Calypso" -The last word of Davy Jones.


3: Jack Sparrow vs. Hector Barbossa in The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
After being abandoned on the same island twice by Barbossa, Jack finally makes it back to the Isla de Muerta, even more hungry for revenge.  Jack, too clever for just about anyone, secretly steals a piece of the cursed aztec gold, making him imortal also. Jack: "I couldn't resist, mate." And they just continue to fight.  Barbossa: "So what now, Jack Sparrow?  Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle until judgement day until and the trumpets sound?"  Jack: "Or you could surrender?"  And they continue their battle until Will lifts the curse and Jack pulls out his gun and shoots Barbossa instead.


2: Will Turner vs. Jack Sparrow in The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
This is one of the best scenes of the whole series.  From the second Jack and Will first meet their both on eachother in a pretty heated duel.  Will hates pirates and anyone who threatens Elizabeth.  Jack just happens to be both.  Will: "I practice three ours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill him!"  The two fight around the whole shop, Will determined to kill him and Jack trying to escape.  Finally, Jack has Will cornered with a gun, but the blacksmith wakes up and knocks Jack out, just intime for the Royal Navy to arrest him.


1: Jack Sparrow vs. Will Turner vs. James Norrington in The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
A three way battle takes place in the Isla de Cruces for the heart of Davy Jones, each wanting it for their own reasons.  It's every man for themselves.  Things heat up as the men are forced to roll around the island on a giant wheel.  They've all got grudges on the other, claiming the other ruined their life.  Norrington:  "By your leave Mr. Turner."  Will: "By your leave, Mr. Norrington."  Then, Will has an epiphany: "I used to practice three hours a day so I could kill a pirate.  Well, now I am one."  The circle of life, William Turner.  But it's more than just the key they are fighting for, it's also Elizabeth.  Norrington still holds a grudge on Will for stealing her and Jack is still confused after their curiousity speech.  All this anger sure does make for a great fight!