Possibly solved the mystery of the compass

That's what I think. It blatantly says in the commentary that the whole purpose of the "why is the rum always gone" line is to call the audience back to COTBP to inform them that and I quote, "Elizabeth is playing into Jack's thoughts" for some reason. If it points to material things because that's the best it can do, then it may be pointing to Port Royal. Keep in mind it's probably not the closest land mass to where Jack is since their first stop is the Pelegostos (sp?) Island and then they stop at Tortuga. Also keep in mind it's dangerous for Jack to go back to Port Royal because he'll be hanged once he goes back, so why would he want to go there of all places? I can think of only one explanation: a non-material "object" is there that he wants and the land mass said "object" is on is the best the compass can do to pointing at it, so to sum it up, the compass can in theory point to non-material things if you know what it is you want.

Giggle...you're right, savvy.

This is funny, Elizabeth thinking all this time it was pointing to Jack. If she knew about the only pointed to material things, the curiosity scene never would have happened. Because she wanted to see on why the compass was not working for Jack and wanted to test if it was pointing to her.

And look where it got them.

Exactly where they wanted to be.

No, I mean look where it got them like they almost kissed. They both wanted each other without the compass. Like T&T say, it became more than they could handle. That's why this compass thing doesn't shake me too much.

And why I'm saying that it doesn't matter where the compass was pointing the entire time. We're saying the same thing, I think.

lol, I think we are too.

Again, no love triangle. HAHA! This is hillarious. All this time thinking the compass was to Jack because she wanted him. When in reality it was pointing to the chest NOT WILL. She thought it was pointing to him because on how Jack manipulated his words into making her believe it points to what you want most. Not on how it really works in only pointing to material objects.

Confusing, but in a way makes sense, especially if you take the compass out of the picture.

lol...for once im in this thread with no headache....lol

now everything is making sense! 😄

Ha! My Sparrabeth side is taking over now.

Anyways!

The characters weren't the only one being fooled by the compass, but the audience also 😉

But we kick ass.

Now, to be fair: it could easily go the way of Willabeth if one wished to interpret it in that way. To spare everyone, including myself a headache, I'll refrain. To be honest, I think we have the correct interpretation, and I think it does serve the ball into the sparrabeth side of the court.

I'm not 100% certain, because after all Wil and Elizabeth do share a rather passionate kiss in the AWE trailer. My bias could be leading me down an erronious path. But me thinks it's unlikely. Call it a hunch.

Nice work ladies!

Well, to be honest, there was never a love triangle like the writers were indicating. Therefore it has been resolved 🙂.

Well, there was sort of a triangle, but it was very much resolved by the end of DMC. But if you look at the overrall scope of the story, remembering that each movie is a chapter in an overall larger story, you'll see that there was more than likely never a triangle.

Aye, triangle was solved by the end of DMC. I think that people made the image of the love triangle.

okay i was reading and i am still confused, sorry today is monday i am a little slow and need waking up.

So the compass points to material objects? correct?

okay no love traingle right? The ending of DMC was sparrabeth, so that who liz chooses is more on sparrabeth the willabeth right?

Am I stupid? Am I the only one who doesn't think the triangle is resolved at all? I feel no closure whatsoever at the end of DMC. If the writers are saying DMC resolved the triangle when in my opinion the triangle was just beginning, I have to say I'm confused.

1. Willabeth: Well, if the triangle is resolved, this is easy to interpret. Jack's dead and Liz "slaked her lust." She had to get it out of her system and it's over.

2. Sparrabeth: How in the world is this resolved?

The writers said somewhere that they wanted DMC to be shot in this fashion. One scene raises a question, the next scene is the answer to this question.

So, in my opinion, yes the Kiss raises a question. She slakes her lust, drowns her guilt and sends Jack to his death. But, then, where is the answer? Why, it's in the next scene in Tia's cabin, in which Elizabeth agrees to go to the ends of the earth to bring Jack back.

In my opinion, that is where the triangle is officially resolved.

Ah. That makes sense, but I still don't FEEL it's resolved. I guess that means I'm just stoked for AWE. I felt like it could go either way, honestly.

Well, it's not entirely resolved. While the kiss resolved a lot of tension between the two characters, it essentially sent a message to Jack that she has chosen Will. So now they're at two different places. He's in love with her, but thinks she's in love with Will. She's in love with him, but due to his actions of AWE, thinks that he's not the man she cares for.

So yeah, it's not entirely resolved. But her choice was made, if that makes sense.