Johnny Depp – Captain Jack Sparrow
Penelope Cruz – Angelica Teach
Geoffrey Rush – Captain Barbossa
Ian McShane – Captain Blackbeard
Astrid Berges-Frisbey – Syrena
Sam Claflin - Philip
After stealing the mysterious map of Captain Sao Feng in the last movie At World’s End, Captain Jack Sparrow set his course on a journey to find a fabled grotto that gives man immortality as to whom drinks from its waters.
On Stranger Tides, the film’s plot is revealed with a scene that shows an old man scooped up from the ocean and turns out to be a crew of the Spanish expedition of Juan Ponce De Leon, who ventured the world 200 years ago from that time, in search of the Fountain of Youth. As the myth goes, a ritual must be performed in order to achieve immortality, and for it succeed, one must have the two silver chalices located on board the ship of Ponce De Leon, and a drop of a mermaid’s tears. The one who drinks the water off the silver chalice that contains the mermaid’s tear will gain extended life, while the one who drinks from the other chalice will have its life sucked dry.
Word gets out that the myth is true and everyone is in the hunt. Even the Spanish have revived their quest to do so, but their king has other plans for the fountain. What is even more intriguing is that someone was impersonating Captain Jack Sparrow and recruiting a crew to join in the search for the fountain.
And so Jack’s adventure begins, as they seek out the chalices and go fishing for mermaids.
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Immortality. Would you rather be a vampire and suck blood for all eternity? How about being an elf and live for hundreds of years? Clone yourself? Is one lifetime not enough?
Immortality doesn’t necessarily mean living forever physically. There are some who are considered immortals, even after they have passed away, their legend still lives on. One good example is the King, Elvis Presley. Even after 34 years since his death, you still have people impersonating him, performing in Las Vegas and all around the world. How can that not be immortality?
Or like my favorite quotation from the movie Sweet November…"All we have is how you remember me, I want that memory to be strong and beautiful, if I know I am remembered that way, I can face anything...don't you see? You're my Immortality." It may not be literally living forever, but immortality can be considered as what makes you live on in one lifetime.
(Because if Ponce De Leon can’t find the fountain, what makes you think you can?)
Memorable Quotes:
Blackbeard: "Twice in one day, I find myself in bewilderment."
Philip: "You are not bewildered, you are afraid. You dare not walk the path of righteousness, the way of the light."
Blackbeard: "No sir, the truth is it be much simpler than that. I am a bad man."
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Salaman: "You are either for us of against us!"
Philip: "I am neither with you, nor am I against you!"
Salaman: [to Jack] "Can he do that?"
Jack Sparrow: "He's religious, I believe it's required."
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Jack Sparrow: "Better to not know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all."
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Syrena: "Philip, I can save you. You need only ask."
Philip: "I seek but one thing."
Syrena: "And what is that?"
Philip: "Forgiveness. Were it not for me, you would never have been captured."
Syrena: "Ask."
Philip: "Forgive me."
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Swimming with the Mermaids
Mermaids are often depicted in literature as manipulative creatures, as they try to captivate you with their angelic singing voice and mesmerize you with their stunning beauty, and whilst you are in their trance, they lure you into the sea. And only myths and legends can tell you what happens next…either they eat you alive or bring you deep into their water kingdom.
But who can blame us men, when mermaids On Stranger Tides are as bewitching as these;
Syrena:
Other Mermaids:
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