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Drolefille 06-04-2007 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218 (Post 1460798)
Um..yea...Was I the only other one that didn't understand the Calypso thing at all? They had to sing the song at the start of the movie to get her to come back even though she was alreay there? And then what good did she do after they released her? She caused a big thunderstorm? I didn't understand her part very much? Anyone care to enlighten me?

The song being song was a pirate song that called the Brethren (the pirates) together. Calypso doesn't actually have anything to do with the song itself.
The Brethren were called because of the terrible conditions that the pirates were suffering under the East India Trading Co.

Quote:

The King and his men stole the Queen from her bed
And bound her in her bones.
The seas be ours and by the powers
Where we will, we'll roam.

Yo ho, haul together, hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die!

Calypso was bound by the Nine Pirate Lords at their first meeting. Davy Jones was pissed that she ldid not wait for him (as being fickle is in her nature). The Pirate Lords agreed, likely because the sea is a harsh enough mistress without having to worry about a goddess being pissed off at you.
Barbossa wanted to relase Calypso, expecting her favor in return. However, that's not how the sea, nor a sea goddess, works. She was just damned pissed off, hence the maelstrom. (Also, I think that Barbossa just loves the sea, did you see the look on his face while steering the Pearl into the whirlpool? His third motivation would be recompense for Calypso/Tia Dalma's resurrecting him.)

Phew. Hope that helps. I think they left her storyline too open, but if you take into consideration that sailors both love and fear the sea you can understand the character they were creating for her.

ASUADPi 06-05-2007 09:26 AM

I didn't even understand the song sung at the beginning had anything to do with Calypso/Tia Dalma until I was listening to the soundtrack this weekend. :rolleyes: I feel kind of stupid. he he.

Drolefille 06-05-2007 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ASUADPi (Post 1461184)
I didn't even understand the song sung at the beginning had anything to do with Calypso/Tia Dalma until I was listening to the soundtrack this weekend. :rolleyes: I feel kind of stupid. he he.

Yeah, it's about her, but it doesn't call her or anything.

But from where the song is sung in the movie, it's hard to connect the dots. I was more focused on this exchange:
"They're singing" *I mentally laugh because I'm thinking he's really confused*
"Finally" *WTF*

Thetagirl218 06-06-2007 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 1461875)
Keep some of the crew cast and lose the Will/Elizabeth and East India Trading Company stuff, and just focus on pirates on a treasure hunt.

Yea, I honestly think that is what the last two lacked. You can watch the first one and third one and then realize that they are almost completely different movies and storylines. I wil always love the first one the best, and try to blot from my memory the ending in 3 concerning Elizabeth and Will...

summer_gphib 06-20-2007 12:56 AM

I just saw it and LOVED it. Hubby and I both teared up... :p

Here's hoping for a 4th one! :D

carnation 06-24-2007 07:20 PM

We finally saw it last night! :) I'd heard both positive and negative but I loved it and I really really adore Jack Sparrow's Theme. My daughter is going to teach me the dance that her high school dance team performed to it.

I'm still not sure if we should have taken our younger kids (7, 10, 11). Something scared our youngest daughter and she cut one loudly in the almost empty theater...the other families there turned around and stared at us.:o

Has anyone heard anything concrete about a 4th one?


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