Pirates

A new cult phenomenon has been born-- Pirates of the Caribbean. Filled with action, adventure, and love, the trilogy has anything and everything that a person would want in a movie. The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, and At World's End all are on the list of the top 30 highest grossing films of all time at 26, 6, and 23, respectively. These movies have made Disney a lot of money, where it had been awhile (in my opinion) since they had put out a decent movie (I think the last decent movie they made was Toy Story). I'm sure many of us have not thought of the underlying stories that exist in the three movies, but there are many.

For starters, if you think about the the title At World's End there are various meanings. During the last few minutes of the second movie, Tia Dalma challenges the fact that Sparrow is dead, and asks the other characters what lengths they will go to to get Captain Jack Sparrow back. Since they will have to go to the end of the world and back, in order to get him back she discusses the hardships that they will have to face. Furthermore, when Captain Barbossa comes back, it leaves the audience confused because wasn't he shot dead at the end of the first movie? Barbossa and Sparrow have something in common because they both die, then they both are able to come back alive.

This scene has a spiritual level of interpretation-- when Tia Dalma discusses the worlds end, going there and back, she uses symbols to indicate something else. When she talks about the journey, she is talking about the journey of life; dying, then going beyond death, such as resurrection. These events are very similar to the final chapters of the gospels, from the Bible.

In addition, there are many similarities between Jack Sparrow and Jesus. First, Sparrow faced a similar death to that of Jesus; Elizabeth betrays Jack, by chaining him to the ship, in order to save the others. She also lies to the others by telling them that Jack chose to stay behind. In regards to Jesus, he was betrayed as well by one of his close friends-- Judas. Additionally, Jesus' life is given up, so that many others could be saved. Furthermore, only Jack knew that Elizabeth betrayed him; the same thing happened to Jesus, he was the only one that knew that Judas betrayed him.