... *makes note to go back to DVD and check for final scene after credits*
Yes, the ending was very un-Disney, which was one of the the things that impressed me about it. It's not the cliche-standard happily-ever-after, even though it is overall a happy ending in that the main heroes live, the villains are defeated, and the sympathetic antagonist with all the angst on his shoulders is finally in peace even though his romance didn't quite work out - but then, that was sort of blown long ago. *shrug* I like the fact that I didn't see it coming, that I hadn't anticipated that whole turn of events. It's nice to be surprised by a movie every now and then, and with all the double-triple-quadruple-crossing going on all through the film I'd completely given up on staying ahead of the game. I like the fact that the trilogy presents a het pairing that, while I'm not hardcore 'shipping it or anything, it doesn't make me go 'Agh, no, they don't belong together!!' and I can totally get on board with it. There's enough chemistry between them and a deliciously understated sort of gender-role blurring through most of it that I like them being together in the end, even if their happy-ever-after is only for one day every ten years. It kinda makes me go *eyeroll* that Barbossa steals Jack's ship out from under him again at the very end, but...oh well.
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Yes, the ending was very un-Disney, which was one of the the things that impressed me about it. It's not the cliche-standard happily-ever-after, even though it is overall a happy ending in that the main heroes live, the villains are defeated, and the sympathetic antagonist with all the angst on his shoulders is finally in peace even though his romance didn't quite work out - but then, that was sort of blown long ago. *shrug* I like the fact that I didn't see it coming, that I hadn't anticipated that whole turn of events. It's nice to be surprised by a movie every now and then, and with all the double-triple-quadruple-crossing going on all through the film I'd completely given up on staying ahead of the game. I like the fact that the trilogy presents a het pairing that, while I'm not hardcore 'shipping it or anything, it doesn't make me go 'Agh, no, they don't belong together!!' and I can totally get on board with it. There's enough chemistry between them and a deliciously understated sort of gender-role blurring through most of it that I like them being together in the end, even if their happy-ever-after is only for one day every ten years. It kinda makes me go *eyeroll* that Barbossa steals Jack's ship out from under him again at the very end, but...oh well.