Author Topic: Did they purposely make Jack Sparrow the only likeable character in POTC? (Read 1583 times)

Mupepe · « **on:** May 11, 2008, 03:32:23 PM »

I mean, really.

Elizabeth and William are really terrible characters. They bore me.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:35:21 PM »

This series is so fucking bad.

Mupepe · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:46:13 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on May 11, 2008, 03:35:21 PM

This series is so fucking bad.

I like the first one. Barbosa is awesome.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:55:07 PM »

Just like the original Matrix, I loved the first Pirates film. Sadly, just like the Matrix films, the sequels were pretty bad.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:58:04 PM »

I never liked the series to begin with. I never got why everyone loved the first. Depp wasn't enough to save it.

Mupepe · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2008, 03:58:17 PM »

The second half of #2 is fucking awesome. But the first hour bores me. Never seen the third one. I'm going to pick up the 2nd probably tonight. And then depending on how I feel, maybe the third tomorrow. The first looks great on Blu Ray though

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2008, 04:21:52 PM »

I hated Pirates of the Caribbean: IT NEVER ENDS.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2008, 04:28:11 PM »

The first one was awesome. The 2nd and 3rd movies were embarrassing.

Eric P · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2008, 07:11:44 PM »

they're all unlikable characters

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #9 on:** May 12, 2008, 01:08:55 AM »

oh come on, how could you hate the fat pirate and his glass eyed buddy? Or Barbosa? Or Sparrow's right hand man? The supporting cast was so much better than the main cast (outside of Sparrow of course)

POTC: 8
POTC2: 9

POTC3: 4

Ichirou · « **Reply #10 on:** May 12, 2008, 01:21:00 AM »

Davy Jones and his pet Kraken were the only good things to come out of the series.

Mupepe · « **Reply #11 on:** May 12, 2008, 01:36:54 AM »

Quote from: Amber Lambchops on May 12, 2008, 01:08:55 AM

oh come on, how could you hate the fat pirate and his glass eyed buddy? Or Barbosa? Or Sparrow's right hand man? The supporting cast was so much better than the main cast (outside of Sparrow of course)

POTC: 8
POTC2: 9
POTC3: 4

I meant the main characters obviously.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #12 on:** May 12, 2008, 11:57:34 AM »

Barbossa was the only thing worth watching in PotC3.

PhoenixWright · « **Reply #13 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:00:18 PM »

The best thing about the PotC series was how awesome I thought 3 was going to be after 2's cliffhanger. So much wasted potential.

Someone gave me a PotC 3 dvd for Christmas, and it came with a card explaining all the plot holes. Glad the screenwriters knew the saying "If it's not in the script, it's not in the movie."

bud · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:02:14 PM »

i like the first two; i like the second one more, though

i've never seen 3

Robo · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:16:48 PM »

Sparrow isn't particularly likeable in the second and third movies, but I think the purpose there was to create an ambiguity to the nature of his scheming. That said, I still really have no idea what was going on in those flicks.

bengraven · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2008, 05:43:38 PM »

Quote from: Amber Lambchops on May 12, 2008, 01:08:55 AM

oh come on, how could you hate the fat pirate and his glass eyed buddy? Or Barbosa? Or Sparrow's right hand man? The supporting cast was so much better than the main cast (outside of Sparrow of course)

POTC: 8
POTC2: 9
POTC3: 4

Barbossa was much cooler than even Sparrow in PoTC3.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:23:15 PM »

Pirates, for me, never got any better or any worse. All of the films were adequate. Not good, not bad, just adequate.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:24:50 PM »

I never saw 3.

Mandark · « **Reply #19 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:44:30 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 12, 2008, 06:24:50 PM

I never saw 3.

Ditto.

I have a running gag where where I'll say "Did you know that Orlando Bloom was in Pirates of the Caribbean?" as if he had an uncredited cameo.

Someone disputed it once and said that they liked the Will Turner character. I dared them to name three of his lines from the entire series, and they said "Um... 'Ahoy, Jack Sparrow!' He probably said that at some point, right?"

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #20 on:** May 12, 2008, 07:00:47 PM »

hahaha

yeah, outside of Jack the characters are so not characters

they tried real hard in 2 and 3 to get a Star Wars party vibe going

and failed

Eric P · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2008, 09:36:32 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on May 12, 2008, 07:00:47 PM

hahaha

yeah, outside of Jack the characters are so not characters

they tried real hard in 2 and 3 to get a Star Wars party vibe going

and failed

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I never saw 3.

DO YOUR LIES EVER END?

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #22 on:** May 12, 2008, 09:37:28 PM »

I read about 20 RT reviews and the Wikipedia plot summary.

it only made it more confusing.

Solo · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:44:59 AM »

Jack Sparrow isnt likeable. Hes an annoying twit made even more annoying by how popular he became. Fuck I hate this series.

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Author Topic: Did they purposely make Jack Sparrow the only likeable character in POTC? (Read 1583 times)