Yes Port Royal has a quite interesting history, when Port Royal was established there were all well behave people. They lived in order, people obeyed the law. But Piracy started taking over the port, English troops lacked sufficient troops to prevent this from happening. By the 1660s, the city had gained a reputation as the Sodom of the New World where most residents were pirates, cutthroats, or prostitutes.
Wine and women drained their wealth to such a degree that… some of them became reduced to beggary. They have been known to spend 2 or 3,000 pieces of eight in one night; and one gave a strumpet 500 to see her naked. They used to buy a pipe of wine, place it in the street, and oblige everyone that passed to drink.
It is said that the earthquake was an act of God to punish Port Royals residents for their wrong doings and their sinful reputation. More than half the city was swallowed by the see about 3,000 people died. Diseases terminated more than half of their population.
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Royal#Earthquake_of_1692_and_its_aftermath
Originally posted by willofthewisp
I'm not saying Liz wasn't smart in her plan. She went to the exact place Will said he would start. And I'm not questioning her motives. She wants to find Will. But there is one problem, and that's the whereabouts of Will. I'm just being nit-picky here, but say Will got mugged somewhere and died and never found Jack. He's a hero in an action movie, so that wouldn't happen, but it could have.
So here is Liz and she's been very clever and has come up with a good plan, but she finds Jack first and he honestly tells her Will hasn't come up to him about anything and he hasn't seen Will since the day they saved Jack from hanging. See what I'm saying? There is a fault in the plan. Call me a nerd now.
im sorry, im confused... is the fault in her plan that she believed Jack?
Yeah, that was a confusing post. Sorry. You should probably just disregard it. No, it's not that she has faith in Jack. She doesn't have a fault with her plan. But circumstances could have turned out to backfire, you know? Not her fault, not really Will's fault. All I'm saying is that it was possible that she could have found Jack first and then they would all be at Square 1.
just ignore. I'm confused myself.
yeah, well i always find it interesting she chooses to believe Jack over Norrington, who has never lied to her and up till now has been the model of noble. she knows Jack is a good man but a pirate and will do anything to get his own way. Why on earth does she trust him, believe him, join him?
My simple answer: the look on his face and his eyes when he says "it points to the thing you want most in this world." she's hooked at that point.
which sells more, sex or true love? it's a toss up.
Princess Bride is your classic true love tale, and its extremely popular, though it didn't do extremely well in theatres.
Mask of Zorro is more about chemistry and intensity. it did extremely well and the Elena/Alejandro swordfight is inconic.
Let's see... what else has been big recently...