British guy and pirates are fighting. British guy (Cutler Beckett) made a deal to own Davy Jones’ ship (the one that pops out of the sea). The Flying Dutchman is a dead man’s ship, all crew are sea zombies cursed for eternity.
The British guy did not know that one of the crewmembers’ son (Orlando Bloom over there), killed Davy Jones, cut out his own heart, and committed himself to be the new captain for eternity, saving his dad, and freeing the Dutchman and her crew from the agreement with Beckett.
Beckett realizes Orlando Bloom is the new captain too late, both ships turn in, full broadside. End scene.
I get that, but why not? Its a out of character decision to allow themselves to be finger trapped between 2 ships when the already had their cannons rolled out. I know its a ghost, pirate, squid movie, but its a bad setup
That guy isnt an actual naval officer, he's a high ranking employee of the east india company
He barely has any experience in actual naval warfare and only uses that massive ship to flaunt wealth and intimidate enemies, not to mention it usually has enough firepower to curbstomp conventional ships
Unfortunately neither of the 2 pirate ships are conventional, and he couldnt make the snap judgment to order his sailors
the other two ships are literally magical. the dutchman is required to transport those who died, and the black pearl literally just came back from being destroyed by a kraken. he basically froze up when a ship he'd already blown up once and the fucking grim reaper both came at him.
but he has next to no ability to beat the dutchman. He could only control the owner. If he killed davey, he would've just become the new captain of the ship, which is what Orlando's character did, with jack's help, because he was dying.
He's not a real military commander of any kind. He panicked and froze up. It would be like if you put the CEO of Blackrock in charge of a US carrier strike group.
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u/Dandama 13h ago
Great edit!
Also what a banger scene from an otherwise meh movie.