I have read ALL the spoilers, including the entire summary of the junior novelization, so a lot of the speculation here seems highly amusing. I won’t spoil it for anyone else. You must remember that there is a whole Bootstrap Bill arc to the story that is not being represented in the trailers.
As for the relationship between Jack and Elizabeth, I think it is important to remember that one of Johnny Depp’s major influences on the Jack Sparrow character was Pepe LePew who always considered himself irresistible to women and remained oblivious to their real sentiments. So of course Jack would chase after any female that enters his orbit, including Elizabeth. He did so in the first movie. Johnny said he loved the fact that Jack really thought he was going to get lucky on that island. I think we have to give Johnny credit for the character he wants Jack to be. Since someone has already mentioned it, that kiss between Jack and Elizabeth has a really strong Judas element to it.
As for the relationship between Jack and Will, it gets very tense and has nothing to do with a love triangle. There’s a clip from Entertainment Tonight that has a very illuminating conversation between Will and Norrington as they face off against Jack. If you want to hear it, I’ll post it.
This is Disney, people. And professional writers avoid fanfic like the plague for copyright reasons. They’re not going to be influenced by it. As for the way in which drama gets written—ever since the dawn of written drama it has always been collaborative between playwrights and actors. Shakespeare and PotC1 are no exceptions. It is no slam on a writer to be influenced by the director and actors. Ted and Terry were pulled into PotC1 at a later date and the script was being composed during the filming, so of course they talked about having to change and add scenes. I understand that normally writers don’t get this chance to monkey with the script during the filming, which is why so many sequels make no sense. But this time they’ll still get that freedom. And I think everyone will be paying close attention to what their cash cow Johnny Depp wants to do.
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As for the relationship between Jack and Elizabeth, I think it is important to remember that one of Johnny Depp’s major influences on the Jack Sparrow character was Pepe LePew who always considered himself irresistible to women and remained oblivious to their real sentiments. So of course Jack would chase after any female that enters his orbit, including Elizabeth. He did so in the first movie. Johnny said he loved the fact that Jack really thought he was going to get lucky on that island. I think we have to give Johnny credit for the character he wants Jack to be. Since someone has already mentioned it, that kiss between Jack and Elizabeth has a really strong Judas element to it.
As for the relationship between Jack and Will, it gets very tense and has nothing to do with a love triangle. There’s a clip from Entertainment Tonight that has a very illuminating conversation between Will and Norrington as they face off against Jack. If you want to hear it, I’ll post it.
This is Disney, people. And professional writers avoid fanfic like the plague for copyright reasons. They’re not going to be influenced by it. As for the way in which drama gets written—ever since the dawn of written drama it has always been collaborative between playwrights and actors. Shakespeare and PotC1 are no exceptions. It is no slam on a writer to be influenced by the director and actors. Ted and Terry were pulled into PotC1 at a later date and the script was being composed during the filming, so of course they talked about having to change and add scenes. I understand that normally writers don’t get this chance to monkey with the script during the filming, which is why so many sequels make no sense. But this time they’ll still get that freedom. And I think everyone will be paying close attention to what their cash cow Johnny Depp wants to do.
Grrr. LJ ate my first comment. *Tries again*