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No. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is based on a screenplay by writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, who based their screenplay on the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at the Disneyland theme park. It is the second movie in a series of three (so far) Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the first being Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the third being Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

He was in search for the key to the Dead Man's Chest, he was aware that his debt owed to Davy Jones was approaching and knew that he could use the chest as leverage. Jack found out the cloth with the image of key on it was in the prison, so he went in after it.

In the writer's commentary for the DVD, Terry Rossio states that once summoned, the Kraken hunts down its target and destroys him and his possessions.

One of the fishermen is talking in Turkish, the other one is talking in Greek, albeit in the Greek-Cypriot dialect. The Greek-Cypriot fisherman is commanding the Turkish fisherman to hand him the hat. He then puts it on his head and says that he is a proper dandy. After the kraken makes its presence felt, the Greek-Cypriot fisherman says that he doesn't want the hat, and that the other fisherman should have it.

The word the Greek-Cypriot fisherman uses for dandy is an anachronism, since the word "magkas" was introduced into Greek sometime in the 19th century (some sources claim earlier), but, nevertheless, back then it referred to a specific kind of social outcast; it therefore had a negative meaning. In the 20th century, the meaning of "magkas" kept changing with each generation, and it wasn't until the late 20th century that the word "magkas" was also used when referring to a dandy. Its other contemporary meaning is that of a fearless person.

No. The logo of the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in old-spelling Dutch, literally "United East Indian Company") consisted of a large capital 'V' with an O on the left and a C on the right leg.

It must be noted there was also a British owned East India Company that indeed had its own fleet and army. In fact it was its own government in the East, running British India as its own private property until the Sepoy Rebellion in the 19th Century and pretty much controlling the Malacca Straits (and thus Singapore), largely making it the center of South East Asian trade. Is the flag used in the film accurate? No, it is not. The British East India Company (established in 1600) used a version of the British naval ensign with 13 red and white stripes, but without the company logo. As for the company logo, I can give no definitive answer on this as all I've ever seen is the company ensign. As to what a company whose entire interest was in the Indian Ocean would be doing in the Caribbean, much less ordering the Royal Governor of that same region's wealthiest (and thus most influencial) colony is quite beyond me. As an aside and bit of trivia, the BEIC ensign is (quite by accident) indentical to the Continental Colors, the first flag of the (soon to be) United States, flown by General Washington on the 2nd January, 1776.

My guess is that the picture, because it has been submerged in water for a while, is faded so the grooves in the key are hard to read so it would be difficult for Will to make the key. Not only that, he's on a ship. There is no way he can make a key there. And if they decide to make port, he just can't walk into a smithy and say "Hello, I am making a key for a pirate, thereby incriminating myself. May I use your forge?" Also, if they go into port, Sparrow and the crew would most likely be arrested. --RyanBow412

There were indeed forges (small ones, seeing as ships were floating matches) on board to make the metal parts need (like nails, you need ALOT of nails). However, I always figured that Will was primarily a swordsmith (a specialty) and not a lock and key smith (a whole other specialty, even today). Sure he can blacksmith the basics (we all start at the begining) but more complex things such as copying a key from a faded drawing are bit outside his experience. Though such a key (back then) would not be complex as todays, it still isn't easy, and if not perfect wouldn't work. Well, so I surmise. In any case it is after all supernatural in origin so maybe only the original would work. --Ltlconf1

Will never really had the opportunity to even think of this, let alone actually have time to make a key. As soon as Will boarded the Pearl and learned of the key, they went to Tia Dalma's where soon after Will was sent to the Flying Dutchman to fulfill Jack's debt. So he only got one good look at the picture anyways. -- ddbm_7

In addition, since this key has a more significant purpose than your average key, it is not unlikely that a substitute, even an identical one, wouldn't work like the original key. It's not out of line (given the fantasy world that this film takes place in) to assume that the original was enchanted or cursed so that it will only work.

The answer to this question is never revealed, but it's possibly either: a) a black mark on his record, or b) (and this is more likely) Jack made him a eunuch!

Although the first Aztec curse that was on the pirates of the Black Pearl is broken, Jack the monkey can be seen stealing a coin from the treasure chest in a brief scene after the credits. His theft brings a curse upon himself and this time only himself.

The game is a variant of Liar's Dice. Each player rolls five dice. They must bid how many of each amount have been rolled on the fifteen dice, but they may only see their own dice. Bids get increased until a bid is challenged. Each player rolls:

Davy Jones: 4-5-5-5-5

Will: 1-2-5-5-5

Bootstrap Bill: 2-2-2-3-3

So there is one 1, four 2's, two 3's, one 4, seven 5's and zero 6's.

Bill bids three 2's; he knows this to be correct as there are three 2's in his own five dice.

Jones bids four 4's, a risky bid as he can only see his one 4. If Will had challenged this bid, he would have won the game.

Will bids four 5's.

Bill bids six 3's.

Jones bids seven 5's. This is an unbeatable bid.

Will bids eight 5's. Jones seems certain that this is too high. It is, but given that he can see four of his dice are showing 5, there is still a decent chance that four of the other ten could show a 5 also.

Bill knows that he has zero 5's and that it is very unlikely that eight of the other ten dice are showing a 5. So he bids twelve 5's, losing on purpose to save Will's soul.

Yes, like the first film we get a bonus scene after the credits. This time it's not important to the plot. It shows the dog as king of the Cannibal tribe as they worship him like they did with Jack right before they tried to eat him.

PRO

'Complications arose, ensued, were overcome,' Jack says at one point. Not entirely, but Dead Man's Chest is worth weighing anchor for, regardless. -- Peter Howell, Toronto Star

It's like an amusement park excursion where the entry fee is so high you feel compelled to stay until you get a stomachache to get your money's worth. -- Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

For the most part, Dead Man's Chest stands on its own and even makes a few halfhearted attempts to say something. -- Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

The second Pirates of the Caribbean movie is a sweet umbrella drink leaving no hangover, two hours and 20 minutes of escapism that once again makes the movies safe for guilt-free fun. -- Michael Booth, Denver Post

At two hours and 30 minutes, the story has its repetitive and wearisome passages, and the plot emerges only to bog things down, but for most of its length it positively dances with gusto. -- Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

CON:

It batters you with novelty and works so hard to top itself that exhaustion sets in long before the second hour is over... Mr. Bloom, as is his custom, leaps about, trying to overcome his incurable blandness, and is upstaged by special effects, musical cues, octopus tentacles and pieces of wood. -- A.O. Scott, New York Times

The new plot has all the appeal of a seaweed sandwich, being dark, salty, and indigestible. -- Anthony Lane, New Yorker

A bustling sequel that outperforms its predecessor as a special-effects extravaganza but one that can't match the feeling of discovery that came with the original. -- Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

This second film is pretty much all thrills, special effects and nonstop action -- but with virtually no cohesive or compelling story line. -- Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times

Yes, it's brightly colored carnival fun. But this ride, in the end, only goes round and round and round. Which is ultimately more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho. -- Tom Long, Detroit News

In every other way -- as adventure yarn or as satire on that form or merely as an enjoyable entertainment featuring a wonderfully sly and subtle actor -- it is not merely a loser. It is a disaster. -- Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

This chest is overfilled with exposition and physical comedy, without a doubloon's worth of the scary suspense that made the laughs in the first one such brilliant comic relief. -- Kyle Smith, New York Post

Calling a summer movie 'action-packed' is supposed to be a compliment, but there's nothing so tedious as nonstop excitement. -- Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com

Rum, monotony and the lash. -- Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

It's often unclear what's going on, beyond a zillion dollars of splashy effects washing over the screen. -- Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle

When you find out at the end that what you've just seen is merely the overture to yet another sequel, you can't help wondering what more can be extracted from this franchise. Gold, me hearties, more gold! -- Gene Seymour, Newsday

All of it evidently based on another notion, that great length equals great importance. -- Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Although there are memorable bits and pieces, the new Pirates of the Caribbean is a movie with no particular interest in coherence, economy or feeling. -- A.D. Scott, New York Times

The Curse of the Black Pearl, this second installment in the promised trilogy (Parts 2 & 3 were shot concurrently) lacks the swash and buckle of the original. And then some. -- Stephen Rea, Philadelphia Enquirer

Sources include: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pirates_of_the_caribbean_dead_mans_chest/?critic=creamcrop#mo