<!--quoteo(post=214068:date=Sep 11 2007, 06:25 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Sep 11 2007, 06:25 AM) [snapback]214068[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would prefer the sacking of Nassau without firing a single shot to be a bit ambiguous in the way that it is unclear if Jack actually planned it that way or that he was just trying to buy some rum ashore and accidentally ended up sacking the town. Now if Jack and Jones would work together, there would be no question about it. Yes, they did plan it that way and very deliberately sacked the town. I would personally find my suggestion much more interesting and amusing. Imagine Jack bumbling about like he usually does and ending up to sack the town just by bumbling about.
That would also mean that his entire sacking of the town isn't as impressive as it sounds afterwards. I also like the notion of the myth being blown much out of proportion. That the sacking was more of a funny and possibly unintended affair and that that eventually got blown up to such an extent that people think Jack Sparrow is a fearsome pirate. I don't know if anyone of you read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but there's a quote of Harry's that very much sums up my opinion on the matter: "Stuff like that always sounds cooler than it really was". This would also mean we could add some scenes where people tell each other of Jack's sacking of Nassau where the story indeed sounds much cooler than it really was without it actually becoming untrue. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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Isn't that always the case? <i>We laughed about it later on but at the time it wasn't so funny.</i> It is intriguing about Jack accidentally sacking Nassau without firing a shot. Could he have just bumbled his way into the town treasury somehow? And then, like you suggested, the legend grew after that by word of mouth, especially Jack's? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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<!--quoteo(post=214068:date=Sep 11 2007, 06:25 AM:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen @ Sep 11 2007, 06:25 AM) [snapback]214068[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That's a good point. But perhaps that was also similar to the "Jack rowing away, Jack rowing back" event. Jack doesn't WANT to be a good man and DOES want to save himself, therefore he tricks Will into trying to save Jack's life. Davy then asks if Jack doesn't have a problem with that, because Davy knows Jack at least to such an extent that he knows Jack does have a conscience. Jack then replies he has no trouble with it, but personally I don't believe a word of that. I think Jack very much has a problem with it. After all: We do see Jack trying to save Will afterwards by reasoning with Davy. Also: I am pretty sure that if Will HADN'T said he was sent by Jack Sparrow to settle his debt, that Will indeed would have ended up dead. Therefore Jack's "It might save your life" was actually very true.
However, one of the main funny things about Jack is that his personality can be explained in different ways. One could argue that he indeed is a nasty selfish pirate or one could argue that he in fact IS a good man deep down. Obviously I want to believe the good man theory, but obviously there is no conclusive answer to Jack's real motivations. And I think that is a very important thing to keep in mind. Whatever scripts we might end up writing, it must never be made clear whether Jack is or isn't a good man. That way we leave it up to the audience to decide. This also means that some contradictions aren't much of a bad thing, because that's what keeps Jack's motivations questionable. If it weren't for things like the example you mention, I would be convinced that Jack IS a good man. Now I am not really sure. It is what I WANT to believe, but there <i>is</i> evidence to the contrary.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You made some good points as well, Pieter, and I tend to lean toward your description of Jack as well. Will would have ended up dead, there is no doubt about that, had he not said he was sent by Jack. And Jack does have a history of doing the right thing when everything is on the line so I guess he can be given a pass on this one. And your right, we really don't want to box Jack into a good or evil corner with our script, lets leave that one to the audience like you said. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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