i watched pirates with the familia last sunday at mall of asia. wala lang. i just find it weird because it was the first conscious time i actually dragged people to watch the first ever scheduled showing for the day. there were only like 3, 4 groups inside the cinema and it was sooo very cold i found it hard to concentrate on the film. never mind that though, the film proved to be tougher than the cold.

the flick got me laughing for a whole two hours, what with the fruits barbecue, maliki liki, the catchy lines, and the great stunts. damn. and johnny depp ~ gay and drunk. the character of captain jack sparrow seems to be getting more and more eccentric. and i'm getting more and more in love with him.

on a serious note though, after everything, it appears that only one person is worthy of being called heroic --- will turner. will exudes nothing but this purely noble and honest and patient and loving facet. meanwhile, both elizabeth swann and jack show this selfish side to them, and it's something really painful for me to take since i kinda like their triumvirate thinking that it's bound by pure friendship. it's stupid that jack could easily seduce people. it's stupid that he even seduced liz. plus, maybe i'm wrong in passing this judgment, but i think liz's in fault, too since she finds she has feelings for the captain [i mean, what the hell. who doesn't? but still.] and her way of clearing her conscience is having jack taken by the great beastie.

*sigh*

but it's a wonderful movie nonetheless.

the following lines are those i loved most from the flick:

Jack: William... I shall trade you the compass, if you will help me... [takes the drawing of a key out of his pocket] to find this.

Will: You want me to find this. [indicates the key on the drawing]

Jack: No. You want you to find this. Because the finding of this, finds you incapacitorially finding and/or locating in your discovering the detecting of a way to save your dolly belle ol' what's her face. Savvy?

*

Jack: [steps onto the landing] No worries, mates. Tia Dalma and I go way back. Thick as thieves. Nigh inseparable we are. Were. Have been. Before.

Gibbs: I'll watch your back.

Jack: It's me front I'm worried about.

Gibbs: [to Will] Mind the boat.

Will: [to Ragetti] Mind the boat.

Ragetti: [to Pintel] Mind the boat.

Pintel: [to Marty] Mind the boat.

Marty: [to Cotton and his parrot] Mind the boat.

Parrot: [to Cotton] Mind the boat. [and flies off]

*

Tia Dalma: You know of Davey Jones, yes? [the crew nods] A man of the sea. A great sailor. Until he run afoul of that which vex all men. [Jack pockets something while no one's looking]

Will: What vexes all men?

Tia Dalma: [she teasingly touches Will's hand] What indeed.

Gibbs: The sea?

Pintel: Sums.

Ragetti: The dichotomy of good and evil. [Gibbs and Pintel give him a look]

*

Elizabeth: Honor and decency and a moral center. That's not -- (??)

Jack: Trifles. You will come over to my side, I know it.

Elizabeth: You seem very certain.

Jack: One word, love: curiosity. You long for freedom. You long to do what you want to do because you want it. To act on selfish impulse. You want to see what it's like. One day... you won't be able to resist.

Elizabeth: Why doesn't your compass work?

Jack: My compass works fine.

Elizabeth: Because you and I are alike. And there will come a moment when you have a chance to show it. To do the right thing.

Jack: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.

Elizabeth: You'll have the chance to do something... something courageous. And when you, you'll discover something. That you're a good man.

Jack: All evidence to the contrary.

Elizabeth: [laughs] No, I have faith in you. You want to know why?

Jack: Do tell, dearie.

Elizabeth: [leans in close with each sentence] Curiosity. You're going to want it - a chance to be admired - and gain the rewards that follow. You won't be able to resist. You're going to want to know what it tastes like.

Jack: I do want to know what it tastes like.

Elizabeth: [Jack caresses her cheek] But seeing as you're a good man, I know that you'd never put me in a position that would compromise my honor. [Jack is ready to kiss her when he sees the black mark return to the palm of his hand and snatches his hand away] I'm proud of you, Jack.

*

Norrington: [Jack is disarmed; to Will] Do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life.

Will: Be my guest.

Jack: Let us examine that claim for a moment, former Commodore, shall we? Who was it that at the very moment you had a notorious pirate safely behind bars saw fit to free the said pirate and take your dearly beloved all to hisself... aye? So whose fault is it really that you've ended up a rum-pot deckhand what takes orders from pirates?

*

Jack: [pushes Gibbs out of the way] I'll handle this, mate. Oi, fish face! [holds up his jar of dirt] Lose something, aye? -- ?? [loses footing and falls a short way down the stairs with his dirt; the whole crew 'ooh's' and cringes in sympathy at his fall; holds up the jar again] Got it! Come to negotiate, eh, have you, you slimy git. Look what I got. [in a sing song voice] I've got a jar of di-irt, I've got a jar of di-irt, and guess what's inside it?

*

Gibbs: [to Will] There's only half a dozen kegs of powder.

Will: Then load the rum! [everyone get very quiet and stares at Will]

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