Phixius

26th Feb 2018

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Corrected entry: Will could've easily seen Elizabeth more than once every ten years, by walking with his feet in buckets, which Davy Jones did.

MikeH

Correction: Technically, yes, he could have, but doing so would have been extremely dangerous. Jones isn't merely incapable of setting foot on dry land, it's fatal for him to do so. Will would risk death attempting this if he should lose his balance while trying to walk thus encumbered.

Phixius ★

Exactly. Next to that there is a chance he would die when touching Elizabeth or his son whilst not allowed on land. Not worth it.

lionhead

You could actually make a point of why Elizabeth couldn't go out to sea to see William. Instead of the other way around.

lionhead

Correction: Would be kinda stupid to be walking across a beach in buckets, just to see your wife. Davey Jones was pretty much imprisoned when he was standing in that bucket. However they made it work it was only for the negotiations and wouldn't be exactly practical to do when visiting, standing there on the beach in a bucket, even going from bucket to bucket. Will wanted to see his wife, but at the same time wanted to do his job, he wasn't desperate.

lionhead

24th Jun 2008

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Corrected entry: When Cutler Beckett is sitting at his desk behind him there is a world map. On this map only the south coast and nothing else of Australia is marked. In Dead Man's Chest, on a different map behind him, the west coast is drawn and not the south coast. Although it's obvious not all of Australia would be discovered by that time, but there shouldn't be one and not the other, with a change over in the next film.

Correction: In Dead Man's Chest, that map was being painted even as we were viewing it. It's a reasonable assumption that the map in At World's End was also unfinished.

Phixius ★

7th Jun 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Correction: It's a leather sole, and there's nothing out of place about the buckle. This shoe style has been worn in China (and the surrounding Asian countries) since long before this film was set.

Phixius ★

5th Jul 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Corrected entry: In the maelstrom scene where the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman are firing at each other, the ships are listing at nearly forty-five degrees, but they are firing at each other and scoring hits. In reality the cannons could not possibly be elevated this far.

Correction: Simply put: Yes they could. The Black Pearl is shown to fire at angles in excess of 45ยบ throughout the entire series. The cannons pivot, so there's no reason they couldn't fire higher or lower.

Phixius ★

19th Jun 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Corrected entry: In the first scene where everyone is about to be hang, isn't it a bit odd that they are all patiently queueing up to die? None of them seem in the least concerned or disturbed by what is going on. Also, when they get to the gallows, the nooses are at head height, meaning they drop about a foot when the trapdoors opens. Isn't the idea that you drop six feet or more so that your neck breaks? And another thing, there were about eight trapdoors, all of which were released by ONE man pulling ONE lever with ONE hand. Hmm.

Correction: They are despondent and facing armed men: what *should* they be doing? They die by suffocation because Lord Beckett is cruel. Yes, normally the condemned would drop far enough for their neck to break, but Beckett hates pirates so much that he wants these people to suffer before they die. As far as the trapdoors are concerned: a rope tied to each latch holding the door up, and then to the lever, would allow one man to open all eight or so doors at once.

Phixius ★

28th May 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Corrected entry: In the final battle, the fleets line up with the ships side by side (like infantry). I don't think you can find a single battle in history that a fleet sailed into battle in rows. They sail front to back, following each other. The ships obviously shoot side to side so if they attack as shown, all their firepower is pointed at their own ships, not the opponents.

Correction: All they have to do is turn sideways, and they've just made a solid wall of firepower. If they sailed in one behind the other, it would take forever to move the last ships within firing range. This may not be how it was done historically, but then this is far from a documentary.

Phixius ★

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