Thank you for voicing what I've been thinking but what I've been afraid to say. Sorry, but I don't like Elizabeth. She is reckless and lives in a world that is so very different from the one both Jack and Will live in. Would Jack want her simply because she's a woman? Well, he IS an opportunist, so, yes in that respect. But I just don't see him falling for her chicanery. I mean, come on, the man has way more intelligence and cunning than that. He wouldn't have survived for so long or gotten his ship back without it.
On another note, I believe in Jack as the mythic Trickster/Trickster Hero figure, and the proposed scene with Elizabeth just doesn't work for that, IMO. I was concerned to read that Depp was the one who had to point out to T&T that Jack is a Trickster (his comparison was to Bugs Bunny, like the writers mention on the DVD) and that Jack does not change. I wonder what T&T are thinking of Jack. It's also a bit discouraging that they don't seem to have the script for No. 3 written and yet they are filming it. Verbinski even has seemed disturbed in the interviews I've seen written with him, making comments about never filming two movies at once again.
The trailers and spoilers really cause me to wonder if I will see the sequels. The first movie was just so fresh and different - IMO because of Depp's portrayal of Jack - that I'm not sure I want that ruined.
Again, these are all my opinions, and I know that many folks are very happy about the spoilers and the possible storylines.
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Date: 2006-05-01 11:07 pm (UTC)On another note, I believe in Jack as the mythic Trickster/Trickster Hero figure, and the proposed scene with Elizabeth just doesn't work for that, IMO. I was concerned to read that Depp was the one who had to point out to T&T that Jack is a Trickster (his comparison was to Bugs Bunny, like the writers mention on the DVD) and that Jack does not change. I wonder what T&T are thinking of Jack. It's also a bit discouraging that they don't seem to have the script for No. 3 written and yet they are filming it. Verbinski even has seemed disturbed in the interviews I've seen written with him, making comments about never filming two movies at once again.
The trailers and spoilers really cause me to wonder if I will see the sequels. The first movie was just so fresh and different - IMO because of Depp's portrayal of Jack - that I'm not sure I want that ruined.
Again, these are all my opinions, and I know that many folks are very happy about the spoilers and the possible storylines.