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Pirates of the Caribbean may have started as a Disney theme park ride way back in the day. Still, as some of the most popular rides have been destroyed or altered, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride was one of the earlier attractions found in the animated giant’s park that remain today. From the theme park ride and the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie, a second and third Pirates of the Caribbean film was made to complete a trilogy. Two additional sequels have been made following the trilogy. While the first Pirates movie introduced Jack Sparrow, his ship, a curse its been afflicted with, and more, the second and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies explored more of the overall magic elements that exist in this world full of swashbuckling pirates and loot. Below, we’ve detailed the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, a back-to-back sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, as the end of the second film led directly to the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean started as a Disney theme park; the company had always had the right to do something grander with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise before the first film was even created. Although the original Pirates of the Caribbean took a while to come together, as seen from the original plan to cast the one and only Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, as Jack Sparrow. However, that didn’t happen, as Johnny Depp’s charismatic attitude toward interesting characters took off, as did the rest of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise with several video games, a total of five, almost six movies, and other extensions of the franchise.
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The First Two Pirates Movies
The first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, were released in 2003 and 2006, respectively. However, it wasn’t until the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie aligned so heavily with the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie, a back-to-back release, that viewers started to notice and acknowledge the grand story arc between the trilogy’s films. While, of course, each film within a trilogy must acknowledge the events from the films before it, the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean movie did just that but leaned more on the second Pirates of the Caribbean film for the ultimate storyline within the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie. As the first Pirates of the Caribbean film familiarized viewers with Captain Jack Sparrow, his crew, his ship, and even his enemies and new faces for the pirate, the second leaned more in the direction of the supernatural elements discussed within the first. It explored them more in the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie to make way for the continuation of the supernatural elements used to stretch out the world within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
For the most part, the cast throughout the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films was the same throughout each film, with Johnny Depp and crew, and a few exceptions, such as Barbossa’s lack of appearance in the second film due to his death in the first and Tia Dalma and Calypso’s references and eventual appearance at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. However, as the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie further relied on supernatural elements to expand its story, the naming of “At World’s End” was entirely fitting for several reasons, from the rescuing of Jack Sparrow, from what was obviously hell, to the continued use of the Dead Man’s Chest throughout the film and the literal world’s end situation the damn near entire cast was in. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End picked up immediately after the events of the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with the crew of the Black Pearl, Elizabeth, Will, and the resurrected Barbossa, on a mission to grab jack from Davy Jones’ Locker. While in the first of the two films, we were introduced to the witch that gave Jack Sparrow his magical compass, who also ended up being the one in love with Davy Jones, that placed his heart in the Dead Man’s Chest, as it was also known to Barbossa that the witch was Calypso, a nymph, as described in Homer’s Oddessey based on Greek mythology, and other works.
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