The ending of AWE, give or take a few details...
In all likelyhood this is how the story will PROBABLY go give or take a few details:
Jack is traded to the Dutchman as planned so that he can relieve his suffering and stab the heart.
The battle begins, but the pirates are facing a hopeless cause. They're out numbered, out gunned and things are going very badly.
The Dutchman and the Pearl face off in the whirlpool. Jack escapes from the prison to steal the heart of Jones.
When things are at their bleakest, Will proposes to Elizabeth. It's hard to know exactly what Will's perspective is with the proposal. One could argue that he's caught up in the moment, still in love with her and willing to extend the olive branch. One could also argue that since he knows that Jack is off to stab the heart, he feels that a threat has been removed and that Elizabeth's heart will lie with him with Jack now out of the way.
Elizabeth is conflicted. Now that she knows that Jack's intentions had rested with her, she may be having doubts about her relationship with Will, hence her line: "I don't think now is the best time". She agrees to marry him, I think because she knows that Jack isn't an option. His goal is to stab the heart, he must have decided that he didn't love her.
She marries Will, but the marriage is doomed. Calypso has her sights set on Will, and she will not relinquish her goal as seeing him as Captain of the FD.
He's more than likely seen the wedding, which has taken place on his ship, without him as the Captain, with his true love and his desperation to stab the heart increases ten fold. Jack is having trouble sundering the heart from Jones. They are engaged in an epic sword fighting battle on the mast. Elizabeth sees it and is conflicted. She convinces Will to go with her over to the Dutchman to help Jack's plan to succeed; remember that the outcome of the battle hinges on who is Captain of the Dutchman. Someone must stab the heart to defeat the ETTC armada.
Jack is in mortal peril; Jones has him at his mercy up in the mast. I suspect that Jones crushes Jack's hand and Jack's sword with his claw before throwing Jack off the chest. Jack falls; Jones jumps down to the deck, only to be faced by a furious Elizabeth. She attacks Jones in retaliation for what he did to Jack.
Meanwhile, Will meets his father on the Dutchman, who has become derranged. He frees himself from his father's clutches, in time to see that Elizabeth has been led away or taken captive by one of Beckett's men, probably Mercer. Panicked, Will frantically takes on Jones while Jack tries once again with his broken sword to stab the heart, unaware that Elizabeth has been taken prisoner.
Will is mortally wounded, Jack rushes to his side, and convinces Will to stab the heart. Will informs Jack that "they've taken Elizabeth". He has Jack promise to watch after Elizabeth, and their plan is two part: Will takes command of the Dutchman and retrieves the dead pirates to tip the battle in their favor -Jack goes to the Endeavor to save Elizabeth. They part company as allies and I suspect this is the last time they see each other. Will recognizes Jack is a good man who loves Elizabeth and has made peace with the notion of his destiny.
Jack rushes off to the Endeavor to rescue his distressing damsel from Beckett. My thought is that Beckett probably has revealed to Elizabeth the similarities between her story and Jack's. We'll discover what mark Jack left on Beckett; more importantly we'll discover that Jack and Beckett are related to each other in an unexpected way. Beckett intends to brand Elizabeth a pirate; the cycle of destroyed lives seems to be repeating itself until Jack arrives in time to shoot the tip of the P off the brand.
Beckett and Jack clash--there has to be a resolution between the two of them. More of the backstory will be revealed, Elizabeth will learn the truth about Jack. Also, I suspect will see Beckett threaten Elizabeth in such a way that we'll see it bring Jack to his knees. There is a reason why this scene alone warranted its own musical theme that does not repeat itself again in the film. The scene is pivotal to Elizabeth's understanding of who Jack is, and her realizing her own folly in rushing into marriage with Will.
They escape Beckett with their lives and are taken aboard the Pearl. Together, with the help of Will, they help the pirates to win the battle. Meanwhile, Elizabeth may realize that Will has taken control of the Dutchman, but she doesn't understand how or why that happens. Jack reveals to her that Will has stabbed the heart, but I don't think he'll mention the whole of his role or why it is that he gave up the heart. Elizabeth, poisoned by Beckett's implication that Jack was willing to betray Will to gain her, believes that Jack is duplicitous. She tells Jack that it would never have worked between them and goes on a journey to find Will.
The rest of the story is a little tricky. Like Will and Jack's plan, this is a two part post.
To be continued....
Jack is traded to the Dutchman as planned so that he can relieve his suffering and stab the heart.
The battle begins, but the pirates are facing a hopeless cause. They're out numbered, out gunned and things are going very badly.
The Dutchman and the Pearl face off in the whirlpool. Jack escapes from the prison to steal the heart of Jones.
When things are at their bleakest, Will proposes to Elizabeth. It's hard to know exactly what Will's perspective is with the proposal. One could argue that he's caught up in the moment, still in love with her and willing to extend the olive branch. One could also argue that since he knows that Jack is off to stab the heart, he feels that a threat has been removed and that Elizabeth's heart will lie with him with Jack now out of the way.
Elizabeth is conflicted. Now that she knows that Jack's intentions had rested with her, she may be having doubts about her relationship with Will, hence her line: "I don't think now is the best time". She agrees to marry him, I think because she knows that Jack isn't an option. His goal is to stab the heart, he must have decided that he didn't love her.
She marries Will, but the marriage is doomed. Calypso has her sights set on Will, and she will not relinquish her goal as seeing him as Captain of the FD.
He's more than likely seen the wedding, which has taken place on his ship, without him as the Captain, with his true love and his desperation to stab the heart increases ten fold. Jack is having trouble sundering the heart from Jones. They are engaged in an epic sword fighting battle on the mast. Elizabeth sees it and is conflicted. She convinces Will to go with her over to the Dutchman to help Jack's plan to succeed; remember that the outcome of the battle hinges on who is Captain of the Dutchman. Someone must stab the heart to defeat the ETTC armada.
Jack is in mortal peril; Jones has him at his mercy up in the mast. I suspect that Jones crushes Jack's hand and Jack's sword with his claw before throwing Jack off the chest. Jack falls; Jones jumps down to the deck, only to be faced by a furious Elizabeth. She attacks Jones in retaliation for what he did to Jack.
Meanwhile, Will meets his father on the Dutchman, who has become derranged. He frees himself from his father's clutches, in time to see that Elizabeth has been led away or taken captive by one of Beckett's men, probably Mercer. Panicked, Will frantically takes on Jones while Jack tries once again with his broken sword to stab the heart, unaware that Elizabeth has been taken prisoner.
Will is mortally wounded, Jack rushes to his side, and convinces Will to stab the heart. Will informs Jack that "they've taken Elizabeth". He has Jack promise to watch after Elizabeth, and their plan is two part: Will takes command of the Dutchman and retrieves the dead pirates to tip the battle in their favor -Jack goes to the Endeavor to save Elizabeth. They part company as allies and I suspect this is the last time they see each other. Will recognizes Jack is a good man who loves Elizabeth and has made peace with the notion of his destiny.
Jack rushes off to the Endeavor to rescue his distressing damsel from Beckett. My thought is that Beckett probably has revealed to Elizabeth the similarities between her story and Jack's. We'll discover what mark Jack left on Beckett; more importantly we'll discover that Jack and Beckett are related to each other in an unexpected way. Beckett intends to brand Elizabeth a pirate; the cycle of destroyed lives seems to be repeating itself until Jack arrives in time to shoot the tip of the P off the brand.
Beckett and Jack clash--there has to be a resolution between the two of them. More of the backstory will be revealed, Elizabeth will learn the truth about Jack. Also, I suspect will see Beckett threaten Elizabeth in such a way that we'll see it bring Jack to his knees. There is a reason why this scene alone warranted its own musical theme that does not repeat itself again in the film. The scene is pivotal to Elizabeth's understanding of who Jack is, and her realizing her own folly in rushing into marriage with Will.
They escape Beckett with their lives and are taken aboard the Pearl. Together, with the help of Will, they help the pirates to win the battle. Meanwhile, Elizabeth may realize that Will has taken control of the Dutchman, but she doesn't understand how or why that happens. Jack reveals to her that Will has stabbed the heart, but I don't think he'll mention the whole of his role or why it is that he gave up the heart. Elizabeth, poisoned by Beckett's implication that Jack was willing to betray Will to gain her, believes that Jack is duplicitous. She tells Jack that it would never have worked between them and goes on a journey to find Will.
The rest of the story is a little tricky. Like Will and Jack's plan, this is a two part post.
To be continued....