I loved Pirates of the Carribean...but..I must say.... the last one was kinda a let down.
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Alot of people felt that way in regards to the 4th movie. It seemed that they took the series into an entirely different direction, although it seemed inevitable for that to occur on some level since they did so much in the previous 3. In example, how are you gonna make it out that Jack now faces the most dangerous pirate of all (Blackbeard) when he already took down someone who was essentially immortal (as long as his heart lived) like Davey Jones? Davey Jones could literally rule the oceans, whereas Blackbeard was just dangerous. The previous films had Jack do so much with the supernatural that it seemed like they were stepping down the level of danger by choosing Blackbeard. Don't get me wrong, though, as Blackbeard was cool and I enjoyed the Voodoo aspect of him with his ability to control things....and he was pretty hardcore
But I think they exaggerated him a bit too much in the initial previews/hype.
All things considered, I actually enjoyed it alot. I loved seeing the relationship between him and Angela (pretty interesting character) and I loved seeing the developments with Barbossa as a privateer for England. I especially enjoyed the new character known as The
Spaniard ---the agent sent by Spain to destory the fountain of youth since they felt only God should have the power to give eternal life (and only He can do it flawlessly).
When he told Blackbeard he was a fool for seeking what only faith can provide, I was thinking "Bout time they brought in Biblical themes into the film!!!" ...and the ways they had the Catholics expressing their faith in God was pretty interesting to me. What he/the Spanish did in the movie by destorying the means of using the Fountain was very powerful in regards to religious themes. For all of those who are Hebrew Catholics and who may actually be Sephardic Hebrew, it may've been a plus
The religious themes seemed to spill over even into other aspects of the film, in regards to characters such as Philip the Missionary. I really dug his relationship with the mermaid he ended up falling in love with---and honestly, the Mermaid scenes were probably the ones that were my favorite. Never will see them the same after seeing that film as they were crazy---much of it reminding me of what could've occurred in Genesis when man was mixing with other species. I actually made a thread dedicated to addressing the issue in-depth that came up in Pirates 4 with interspecies dating.....as seen in the thread known as
Messianic Mermaid: Of those not fully "human", could they worship Messiah? . If you get the chance to check it out, cool..
I think Johnny Depp is awesome charater for a pirate.
I agree. He actually noted in an interview (from what I recall) that the directors didn't like his portrayal of
Jack Sparrow at first and were frustated at his insistence for playing the character as such. But they let him do it--and once they saw it, all fell in love with it.
As for being a Pirate, I think it's the same idea as Robin Hood.
And... I always liked Robin hood. take from the rich and give to the poor.
But my question is...how are you to decide who has too much money or not.... Or...what about if they became rich by working for it honestly...and how are you are to decide if they should keep it or not?
Just thinking, becasue I had the same thoughts about being one myself.
I think, with the Robin Hood theme and being pirates, that the decisions of who to rob would be based primarily on seeing not only who was rich....but also who was using their riches in ways that would NOT benefit the poor. For those nobles/upper-class individuals or people of power that were very much
philanthropists/using their resources to aid others in need---or secretly funding those who were trying to help others---they'd be left alone. Those who were dismissive of the poor and hateful of them, as well as going out of the way to mistreat them or take the little they have, would be the ones targeted for. Nobles such as the ones just described were plentiful---and to go after all nobles in a non-discriminatory manner would be wrong.
That's much of what Robin Hood did, at least in certain characterizations. If you recalled the film
"Robin Hood: Prince of Theives", it showed how the people were being greatly oppressed...and Robin Hood/his men robbed English soldiers and convoys that passed through the forest, then distributed the stolen wealth among the poor. Robin’s successes infuriated the Sheriff, who increased the maltreatment of the people, resulting in more support for Robin Hood. Other wealthy nobles, such as Lady Marian (King Richard's cousin), were know for trying to bring peace to the land/support the people however she could...so she was logically left alone. The
Robin Hood mythology is suspected to be related to a noble who turned from his position of power when his family lands were being taken by the crown by force/with no reasonable cause--and he saw other nobles who used their power to harm. Inherent in the theme is that Robin Hood knew who to go after/wasn't non-discriminatory about it. And in many ways, what Robin Hood did was akin to protecting the poor against theives since their land/goods were often taken without warrant by powerful nobles. Robin didn't just rob the rich and give to the poor, but he actually recovered moneys stolen from true subjects of Richard and returned it to them. In the era that Robin Hood was alive in, with
Feudalism, it was rough alot of times.
In war, the decisions would be more simple when it came to fighting against armadas with resources you needed to help your own people. As the armada was already dedicated to destroying one group at any costs, the consideration of not stealing from them would be lessened since it became a matter of survival at that point. And like David did when conquering the Amalekites/taking spoils from them when they took all of his family/resources, then it wouldn't be "stealing" as much as it'd be about justice and making certain one takes back from another what doesn't belong to them. If one group came and took all one had (as the Amalekites did) and were already know to be unjust, it seems more simple.
Anyway...The group, Anonymous has a new Op called OPRobinhood. I'm not sure how the hackers are going to pull this one off, but they are needing to get thier name clean again since they pulled off the facebook virus..and not too many people were happy with that one
Thanks for the heads-up. Will definately be on the look out for that....