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I watched POTC II for a second time on Sunday. Rewatching it, also spawned a mini essay on the symbolism of Elizabeth's clothing.


Elizabeth's dress features several times by itself in DMC and actually gets some of the nicest shots. Interestingly, one shot matches a shot in CotB:
In CotBP, Elizabeth sinks into the water, because her new dress with its corsett has been suffocating her. We see how she slowly sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
This time around, we get a shot of her dress first floating in the water and later on sinking down. This second shot is definitely a parallel to Elizabeth's drowning scene in CotBP.

This parallel got my wondering if her dress might have any symbolic meaning. My take on it: Elizabeth's dress stands for her role in society.

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Yay! Finally, Dead Man's Chest made it to our cinemas as well. Here are my impressions. (Cut for length. This post became much longer than I had expected.)

( Let's start with what I didn't like: )

( Having said that, there is a lot to enjoy: )

( Let's begin with a look at my favorite character, Norrington. )

( I've seen that many people strongly dislike Elizabeth after DMC. Personally, I find she becomes extremely complex in this movie. )

( On to Will. )

( I wasn't as interested in Jack this time around. However, ... )

( The new characters )

( On chemistry )

( Themes I enjoyed )

( Thoughts regarding tarot cards )

All in all, a movie that's not just an action movie, but can be analysed in great and wonderful ways. :-)

ETA: Expanded my review a bit today and fixed some typos.
ETA2: Added more thoughts about Norrington. He deserves it. :-)
ETA3: Added another tarot card match.