After watching the first trilogy of Pirates of the Caribbean in one breath, I felt different from watching it separately before, but together it gave me a better understanding of the two major themes of the entire series—freedom and love.
The first and second books basically include the most curious elements of the pirate theme: cursed pirate ships, skeleton pirates, pirate siege warfare and naval warfare, pirate treasures, pirate culture and laws, and Norse sea monsters.
Among them, in terms of the performance of these themes, the most iconic scenes that shocked me were the scene where the skeleton pirates walked side by side in the deep sea in the first part, and the scene where the Norse sea monster first revealed its tentacles and destroyed the ship in the second part. .
The third part adds more elements of pirate culture, depicting the nine pirate kings and the pirate code they abide by. In the final whirlpool battle, a wedding ceremony expressing love was added. Personally, I feel that the acceleration of these elements makes the plot a bit complicated. , but due to the accumulation of the plots of Captain Jack and the Black Pearl that symbolizes freedom in the previous two films, this most exciting ocean decisive battle has an unparalleled expressiveness and performance in any other battle. The momentum, and the perfect interpretation of the theme of fighting for freedom - from Elizabeth's pre-war mobilization, the raising of the pirate coalition skull flag (although except Jack, Barbossa, Elizabeth, other pirate kings are soy sauce to lie down and win. The Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman in the vortex gun battle and boarding battle, the Black Pearl under the command of Captain Jack (there is a noteworthy detail in this section, in Pirates of the Caribbean six, there is Captain Barbossa here The only episode of saying "Aye" to someone else's order on the Black Pearl), and the sinking of the East India Company main ship with the Flying Dutchman - these episodes are gripping, and when the East India Company main ship was sunk, what happened to Baker? Lord Te's portrayal can also be said to be full marks, showing the doubts, shock, confusion, hopelessness, and calmness of death of the biggest villain. Although he is full of evil, it can also arouse people's compassion.
So, what are the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean? Most of them are villains. For their own desires, they don’t have to abide by any rules and morals, but they generally abide by the principle of the minority obeying the majority. If they can also abide by the spirit of the contract, the pirate code, and attach great importance to friendship, they can be called principled pirates. , On this basis, if you can respect the lives of others, and even sacrifice yourself to save others, then you will be a unique good pirate. In the whole series, there seems to be only one such pirate, Captain Jack, who has saved people, and should not have Having killed innocent people (indirectly killed in the Rebel Chase is not counted), Jack's first mate Gibbs is also a good pirate and doesn't seem to have killed innocent people. The Turners weren't quite there.
What is freedom in Pirates of the Caribbean? Jack said it was the Black Pearl, probably because the Black Pearl was strong enough and fast enough to take him wherever he wanted to go without being hindered by any strong enemy, wind and waves--to generalize, freedom should be Do what you want to do - to put it bluntly, it is not unusual, everyone knows it, everyone wants it. The difference lies in people's attitude and ability to freedom. The film exaggerates the attitude of the protagonists who dare to die for freedom. However, if ordinary people in reality do not have the corresponding ability and insist on acting with this attitude, it may not take long. Really died for freedom.
Personally think that the most philosophical sentence of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series appeared in the third part-
Jack asks his father if you have been through everything and still survived, do you have any tricks?
His father replied that the purpose of life is not to live long, but to be the best version of yourself.
The first three Pirates of the Caribbean have another major theme - love, around the Turner couple, probably you save me, I save you, you fulfill my destiny, I fulfill your wish, and finally tie the knot on the occasion of life and death Lian Li, who has the crystallization of love, can't escape the unfortunate fate similar to Queqiao's meeting for ten years - of course, he did a good job.
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