#gore verbinski

[northfromeden]

Gore Verbinski answers random questions about his films on reddit, so now I'm blessed with the fact that potc soundtrack was playing in jack's head during his first entrance on the sinking boat and I think it's beautiful

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To be the history nerd and because I just reblogged that PotC post.

The interesting thing to me about the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy (and there is only a trilogy, no other movies, don't at me) always was when these movies are set.

Because these movies are set in around 1740. Which notably is AFTER the end of the "Golden Age of Piracy". The Golden Age of Piracy lasted from about 1650 to 1730. It was a period defined by how a bunch of political and economic factors made piracy a very valid career, for the lack of a better word.

And of course this should come with the asterisk that obviously historical real piracy was mostly acts committed in service of a crown mostly to harm the imperial rivals, and not the big adventure story. But part of the reason that people do love pirates so much is in the end also based in how pirate society in some strange ways was ahead of its time. Pirates had health insurance, retirement funds, gay marriage, democracy, and more. Sure, at times for weird complex societal reasons, but it makes pirates this perfect fantasy. People living outside the oppressive society of their time, on the high seas, which feels adventurous.

And the thing about the Pirates movies that fascinates me so much is how they do interact with this. And how the characters in it relate to it. Because it is something the movies are aware of. Jack Sparrow is more than once called a "dying breed". Because he stands in for all the best and worst aspects of piracy. He is an idealist, but also a selfish asshole. Will is someone trying to proof his worth to polite society, but starts to understand that polite society will never see him as more than a lower class person. While Elizabeth is quite aware that to society she never will be anything but a woman, none of her other traits being acknowledged. And Barbossa as someone who has decided he should just get to do what he wants, because others do as well.

And there is this haunting of colonialism in the background. This is made so clear in Dead Man's Chest and World's End. Cutler Beckett is a personification of the British Empire. Doing horrible things but whenever someone makes him realize how horrible it is, he will just say: "Well, it is good business."

For being adventure action movies, those movies have a surprising lot to say. And I love them for it.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

[scipunk]

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

[fyeahmovies]

A CURE FOR WELLNESS 2016 | dir. Gore Verbinski

[bruisedconscience-reblogs]

Nods and Homages in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Toy Story (Sid’s creations)

Wall-e (Mo robot)

Sharkboy And Lavagirl (Toborg robot, Walking on ice cream)

Matrix (Brick wall behind door; Japanese & Numbers code rain, colorful then green)

Portal (“The Cake is a Lie” under the diner, Poster on Darren’s wall)

Poppy’s Playtime (Huggy Wuggy plush)

Simon Stålenhag’s The Electric State (headset & cables = evil)

AI-isms

Clock showing 10:10

Half-full glass of wine

Any others y’all can think of??

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

Have you seen Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onMar 13

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

You've been a fuckin' albatross around my neck. You got a bad knee, Gerald. Figure it out.