QUOTE(chocobeer @ Apr 14 2007, 09:22 PM) [snapback]367886[/snapback]
i dont think Jack could last with anyone for more than a week, since he's a pirate and he's quite selfish, admit it or not...i dont mean it in a negative way, because that's what makes him so desirable and its in his pirate blood...he just isnt the kind of guy that can live with a woman and her love for life...will is more of that kind of a guy...you know, pretty boy gets the pretty girl? yeah, that suits him...he should seriously get eliza at the end...
I'm sorry, but I think it's clear in the second movie, when he is much more troubled and serious in demeanour, that he has changed somewhat since when we first see him (the whole first movie he's trying to get his boat back, and that's all he cares about, but by the end of DMC he's realized that "it's just a ship"--if that doesn't show growth, i don't know what else does...), just as Eliz has, and there is actually a lot of evidence to suggest that Jack does indeed love Elizabeth, maybe not as obsessively and slavishly as Will, but pretty deeply, so that his compass no longer works properly, so torn is he over Elizabeth (the other direction the compass points to). You can tell Elizabeth is on his mind b/c he easily guesses Tia Dalma's riddle (the only one to do so--clearly love has been vexing JACK! His crew has been commenting that he's been acting vexed as well outside of that scene, before he even got that visit from Bootstrap Bill...), supposedly on the commentary they said he mentions the rum thing while his compass is going all over the place to show that he's thinking about the last time the rum was gone, as well as to be funny. The only time when his compass works perfectly and without question is when Elizabeth is sitting on the chest--in other words, when the two things he wants most in the world are in the same place. And in the end, when he's escaping, I have a feeling it was mostly Elizabeth he was going back to, since the compass has been pointing that way anyway, and he doesn't seem to care as much about anyone else on board....and just look at him when she comes up behind him--he has to close his eyes for a second, he's so overwhelmed by her presence, and when she kisses him he is so surprised he just kisses back, enjoying the moment, but not acting at all gross or lascivious. There's his reaction, the look on his face, when Will first says that Elizabeth is in danger...and as his shipmate said, Jack plays things pretty close to the vest--yet he reveals himself and opens up when he's around Elizabeth, like on the island...And when she finally reveals her betrayal, he just SMILES--SMILES, b/c she has shown herself to be a pirate after all, and in pure admiration and appreciation of her cleverness and daring--he has finally found his match in a woman. I'm sure he wasn't smiling when he was last betrayed by his crew! So in short, it's pretty clear that Jack is in love with Elizabeth, not just lust, though he is a bit hesitant to claim her as Tia Dalma observes, b/c he knows about her and Will. To read more and these points, here is an excellent essay about Jack's love for Eliz:
http://www.state-of-daydream.net/icgf/swasp/essay_01.phpFurthermore, I think it's definitely more than just lust on Elizabeth's side--IMO the person she is in DMC is much more pirate-like and in tune with Jack than with Will. Elizabeth has always been fascinated by pirates, but the thing is, Will is not a pirate at heart, though Elizabeth pathetically tries to make him into one as seen in the end. Elizabeth craves freedom and independence, basically the life of a pirate, which Jack represents to her and can give to her. Governor's daughter or not, I have the feeling she'd prefer life on a pirate ship to in society, she's too independent and adventure-some and rebellious for that. She is also somewhat ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants, like Jack can be sometimes--she and Jack are more like "birds of a feather" (lol) than Eliz and Will are, aznd like does attract like....and they certainly have a spark and a boatload of chemistry (Sparrabeth is "the hottest ship aboard a ship" after all!

). You can tell in the end, in the way she slowly drags her hand away, and almost kisses him a second time, how she can hardley tear herself away from him, that she wants him, but then the way she's so down and gloomy and sorrowful at Tia Dalma's....she would not be feeling that way about someone she merely lusts for....
In short, I think Jack/Elizabeth make a fine pair, that they are better suited for one another, have more in common (really, what do Will and Eliz have in common? He always had a thing for her even when he barely knew her) and definitely more interesting. I think it's mere existence shows how Disney is NOT always quite so neat and tidy in their movies (Jack period does not fit with that Disney idea), and so I think it could still happen (as seen by Jacks' "You keep telling yourself that, love!" that HE is still interested in and loves her, and Eliz's statement in that monotonous tone with that look on her face is hardly convincing thatg all her feelings are gone as well, lol!), though I don't think it will--seems that happens with so many great ships, lol...
So in any case, consdering the depth of Jack's feelings for Eliz evident in the film, and his maturing throughout, he CERTAINLY could last with her for more than a week, that's just silly....and if we're going with something as shallow as "pretty boy gets pretty girl", it should still be Jack and Liz--b/c Jack is sooo much hotter than Will, lol!
Swans and Sparrows--Birds of a Feather, Flock Together!
QUOTE(Amyrat151 @ Apr 5 2007, 04:36 PM) [snapback]359636[/snapback]
Singapore wasn't a colony of the Britian till 1819, and the movies take place sometime in the late 1600s, early 1700s. So it's actually a very sizable mistake, wouldn't you say?
I think from the dress and such it's clearly supposed to be in the 1700s....and lol, I wouldn't worry about accuracy, the whole idea of Eliz being able to "choose" who she wants to marry in the first place and break of an engagement with a prominent military man to marry a poor nobody blacksmith is ridiculous enough in itself--in real life back then, her father would have said, "Too bad! You're marrying Norrington! Love isn't a factor in marriage....there are no wrong reasons for marrying Norrington!" Plus all the other fantastical stuff, and the whole Tea Company evil takeover--like that would ever happen! So I don't worry about accuracy in this movie, it's not supposed to be accuarate, and little of it is...just like I don't worry about accuaracy in Ever After, etc--they're just supposed to be adventure and fun, in nice costumes.