Jack and Will's voyage was one of the plot's rare quiet stretches. Will learned the truth about his father from Jack, and after an argument, the two decided to work together toward a common goal. Jack wanted to reclaim his Black Pearl, while Will wanted to rescue Elizabeth.
The audience also learned that Jack had made a pact with some terrifying being, who had helped him obtain the Black Pearl. Now his debt was due, but Jack had no intention of paying it. The other party clearly would not let it slide. In Jack's dream, their messenger told him that once he boarded the Black Pearl again and became her captain, they would come to collect.
Then the scene shifted to the Black Pearl, where Elizabeth dined with Captain Barbossa. Over dinner, Captain Barbossa explained why they had attacked the port: they had once plundered a hoard of gold coins, but those coins had already been cursed. They had squandered the gold, only to pay the price of being unable to experience any pleasure. Their desires remained, yet could never be satisfied.
Next came the film's first major set piece. A panicked Elizabeth fled the cabin, only to discover that beneath the moonlight, the seemingly ordinary crew had become walking skeletons!
"Heavens!"
"This is horrifying!"
At the sight, the audience cried out. Several ladies even covered their eyes, unable to bear looking at those terrifying monsters.
That really was a headache back then.
Watching the scene, Li Wei could not help reflecting on it. In the modern world, computers could add special effects to these shots, but he certainly lacked those resources here. Nor could he openly ask the Beauty God to cast illusions. So he had devised a solution: the effects and props teams made skeletal costumes for the