One of contemporary cinema’s great moments in tone-deaf screenwriting unfolds in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” when Keira Knightley gives a rousing speech about free men fighting for freedom to a pirate crew.
Pirates, for those in need of a history lesson, generally exercised their freedom with murder, rape, and theft, so yes, free men they might be, but they’re also scumbags, something that the movie and its authors never consider.
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