"Pirates of the Caribbean": Davy Jones and the "Flying Dutchman"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Disney films about the adventures of pirates quickly became popular. The captain of the Black Pearl won the audience's sympathy and became one of the most influential fictional characters.

But not only the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" can boast of it. Davy Jones - the permanent captain of the ghost ship appeared in the sequel. His target was the Black Pearl and Jack Sparrow.

Davy Jones "Pirates of the Caribbean" - who is this?

The character was first featured in the second film in the franchise. Terrifying, ugly and bloodthirsty. He killed everyone who got in his way. To achieve his goals, he used any methods. And the ability to move quickly under water made him and the team invulnerable. In the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Davy Jones acts as the captain of a ghost ship. He is immortal, his ship moves at incredible speeds, and he hunts Jack Sparrow.

A decade and a half ago, Jones made a deal with Jack Sparrow: he returned from the bottom of the legendary ship - the Black Pearl - andgave it to Jack for a long thirteen years. The Sparrow, however, agreed to board the Flying Dutchman after the expiration of the term and serve Jones forever.

But at the end of the contract, Jack did not want to repay the debt. Instead, he stole the chest containing the immortal captain's heart. Jones did not tolerate such betrayal and set himself one goal: to find the one who deceived him and stole the chest with the heart. In Jack's footsteps, he sent his best creation: the Kraken.

Jack constantly manages to hide from Jones. There is a good chance that it was Calypso who helped him find out about the chest and the trick with the bottle of sand. But it is impossible to run forever from the storm of the seas, the pirates and Jones enter into battle. After a long struggle, the captain of the ghost ship dies, and Turner takes his place.

Legend of the Ghost Ship

But the true legend of the ship doesn't exactly match the story told in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Davy Jones had nothing to do with this ship. According to legend, van der Decken was appointed captain.

One day he went on a long voyage. On board, in addition to the crew, there were also passengers. Among them, he kept a close eye on only one: a beautiful young girl. He wanted to marry a married girl. To achieve his goal, he killed the girl's husband. But the young maiden did not want to associate herself with the murderer and drowned herself.

The rage and hatred of the girl brought a curse on the ship. Soon the "Dutchman" got into a storm. The ship's crew rebelled, wanting to wait out the bad weather in a safe bay. ButPhillip wasn't in the mood for it. He shot the leader of the riot and informed the others that no one would set foot on land again until the ship had rounded the cape.

However, due to the curse, the ship's crew was no longer destined to set foot on the ground. According to legend, the "Dutchman" still plows the ocean and terrifies sailing ships.

The creators of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" turned to another legend. Davy Jones is the evil spirit of the ocean, who keeps a locker in which all those who died in swimming fall.

The story of a character from pirate movies

Davy Jones lived long before the events of Dead Man's Chest. As a young pirate, he fell in love with the goddess Calypso, who fell in love with him in return. In order not to be separated from her beloved, she turned Davy into the captain of the Flying Dutchman, who was supposed to be a guide for souls that drowned in the sea.

The reward for eternal life was one day in ten years when Jones could set foot on land and be with his beloved. But Calypso had a difficult character, and after ten years she did not come to the meeting. Filled with anger, Davey cut the heart out of his chest and locked it in a chest. Soon he told the Brotherhood Council how to capture Calypso.

After that, Jones no longer wished to fulfill the order of Calypso, and the souls of those who died in the seas remained in the water surface. Some joined the ghost ship.

But due to the fact that Jones broke the oath given to Calypso - to transport the souls of those who died in the seas to the other side - the captain and his team fell under a curse. The appearance of everyone on the ship began to change. From ordinary people they turned into monsters. And those who tried to resist became part of the ship itself.

Character Appearance

The team of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean" worked on the appearance of Captain Jones. Davy Jones is awesome and incredible.

The image of Jones was built on three components: marine life, Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts. Jones' head was the body of an octopus, and his beard was a tangle of tentacles. His left hand was replaced by a claw, his right leg by a crab.

Before the curse, Jones looked like a middle-aged man who had a white beard. Such a "human" appearance could be seen during a conversation between Davy Jones and the goddess Calypso.

The gloomy image of the captain was complemented by the music of Davy Jones from "Pirates of the Caribbean", written by Hans Zimmer. The unique charisma of Bill Nighy made the audience empathize even with such, at first glance, a negative hero.

But if you dig deeper, then all the actions of Jones become clear. For the sake of his beloved, he gave up the opportunity to live a simple human life. He can return to land only once every ten years, and until the end of time he must serve the ocean and Calypso, who betrayed him. Not surprisingly, the captain was angry with the whole world and inspired fear and horror even in the pirates.