also, i find it fascinating that the enemy here, even more than in the first movie, is so unapologetically a force of cultural imperialism and so unapologetically portrayed as wrong in that. the pirates are an internationally representative democracy. the east india company stole a cultural artifact and used it as a weapon.

and then the pirates were brought down because they built their empire on a woman's labor without giving her credit, but they were saved by electing a woman king and sacrificing her male lover -- actually, possibly by sacrificing all three of her male lovers. and then rewarding her with sex.

okay, stop me now before i go into the sexual significance of davy jones' tentacles...! :)