{ yes, I'm still talking about trilogies. }

[delga]

So, kabutar mentioned it, and wikipedia confirmed (WIKI = GOSPEL) that the makers of PotC indicated that Elizabeth's fidelity reunites her and Will at the end of the film, and he is able to return to his family. Which. Hmm. Originally I was not a great fan of this (I have IDEAS about what SHOULD happen, natch) but I have decided that ultimately it sort of works out because the end of PotC is like most epics: the dying of an era (thus The Flying Dutchman almost becomes redundant). That's what lends it its desperation (yes, I am well aware that I am talking about PIRATES). As Gore Verbinski said:

"I felt it important that the third film was the end of an era — like in a postmodern western where the railroad comes and the gunfighter is extinct. It seemed that we had an opportunity to take a look at a world where the legitimate has become corrupt and there is no place for honest thieves in that society, so you have darker issues and a little melancholy. The myths are dying. That seemed a great theme with which to complete the trilogy."
—Gore Verbinski (source)

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As an addendum: I REFUSE to count the X-Men trilogy as an actual trilogy. Not because it's part of a franchise (so is PotC!) but because the three films are independent entities and the plot is not coherent between the three of them. OKAY. SO. I don't actually refuse. I just think it's a bad example. And anyway, it's really more a series than an actual trilogy, yes?

Question: do we count Star Wars as two trilogies, or as one series? (Star Wars is actually quite FAB in this way because all that history is repeating stuff? ACTUALLY REPEATING IN FRONT OF US. Smashing!)

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