“Pirates of the Caribbean” strangely skipped over a hard-to-forgive Will Turner mystery

Will Turner goes on a petty murder spree when he leaves a trail for Beckett Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's Endand the film strangely glosses over it. At the end of the world was one of three highly anticipated threequels that hit theaters together in the summer of 2007 Spider Man 3 And Shrek the Third. And there Shrek the Third was a huge step backwards from its predecessor and Spider Man 3 has gone down in history as one of the worst comic book films of all time, pirates of the Caribbean arguably had the best sequel of the year.

Discontinued a few months later Dead Man's Chestthe third pirates of the Caribbean The film follows the efforts to find and rescue Captain Jack Sparrow after he becomes trapped in Davy Jones' locker. In the plot, Will, Elizabeth, Hector Barbossa and the crew of the Black Pearl reluctantly join forces to fight Lord Cutler Beckett, who controls Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman. Will and Co. end up resorting to some pretty extreme methods in their crusade to save Jack, but Will arguably goes a step too far at one point – and the film simply ignores it.

Will kills members of the Black Pearl's crew to leave a trail for Beckett

“At World's End” sees the crew of the Black Pearl as completely expendable

Will has one of the craziest storylines ever Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He begins the film trying to find a way to save his friend and ends it as the captain of the Flying Dutchman, killed and brought back to life by a mystical ritual. Along the way he makes a pretty amoral decision that the film simply ignores. To leave a trail for Beckett, Will begins killing random members of the Black Pearl's crew – then it’s glossed over as the film quickly moves on to the next point.

It's truly dark that Will would even consider slaughtering random innocents just to show Beckett a path to follow, but the way the film ignores this is even darker. After Will's massacre No one on the Black Pearl tries to escape the brig or even notices that people are missing – it's just strangely accepted. It is rare that the brisk pace of one pirates of the Caribbean The film hurt the story because it's so eager to rush from one plot beat to the next that it doesn't stop to consider the implications and consequences of each plot point.

Jack is unfazed by Will's actions before offering him a non-lethal alternative

Jack reveals a much easier way to leave a trail on Beckett

When Jack finds out that Will has killed a number of his crew members just to leave a rough mark on Beckett, his reaction is pretty casual. Jack has never been the most morally upright character – part of his charm is that he's a mischievous anti-hero – but the Black Pearl is his ship and the crew are his people, so it's strange that he wouldn't react more strongly to Will killing them unnecessarily. And not only that; Jack promptly reveals a much simpler method that could have given Will Beckett a lead he could follow.

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Jack gives Will his compass and pushes him off the ship Beckett can easily track them with the compass. This would have been a much easier (and peaceful) way to allow Beckett to follow them than simply leaving a trail of human bodies as a cruel form of breadcrumbs. Will didn't have to go on a killing spree at alland it's quite disturbing that that was his first thought.

Will's actions are typical of how much “At World's End” hurts its main characters

“At World’s End” is more interested in action spectacle than consistent characterization

While Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End offers many audience-appealing spectacles, but his character portrayal leaves a lot to be desired. It's as if the filmmakers were more interested in the action than in consistent characterization. It's not entirely clear why the characters are all fighting on the same side in the finalesince half of them had made deals with the East India Company for their own purposes. Will's massacre is just one example of this At the end of the world I don't really know what to make of his characters.

With five deaths to his name, Will has the fourth highest body count in history Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. He is behind Elizabeth, who is responsible for seven deaths (but also has a son in the post-credits scene, which essentially nullifies one of the deaths); Tia Dalma, who kills 10 people; and Beckett himself, who orders 28 pirates to be hanged at the beginning of the film. Will may not kill as many people as these other characters, but his actions are arguably the least justified because he just starts killing indiscriminately.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the third film in Gore Verbinski's blockbuster series. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is trapped in Davy Jones' locker, prompting Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to rescue him. In the fight against the East India Trading Company led by Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), they must unite the pirate lords to fight against the impending eradication of piracy.

director

Gore Verbinski

writer

Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

Duration

169 minutes