In addition to ruling the seas and having a pet kraken, Davy Jones can teleport anywhere that’s involved with the sea. Hell, even his men can teleport; when his heart-in-a-box is stabbed, they all instantly appear next to him. We first see the teleportation when Jack Sparrow is looking at Davy far off through a telescope, then lowers it to find that he’s standing right next to him.
Later, Davy teleports between his ship and another ship and even walks through objects. Damn, how did they ever beat a guy who can use these powers in the middle of a battle?
Because he doesn’t use them. Davy just sorta forgets that his powers go further than “looking super ugly,” as movie villains tend to do with alarming frequency. When there’s a pitched sea battle and the literal key to his heart is rolling around on a ship deck 20 feet from him, Davy looks desperate and worried and then takes time to cross swords with every douche in front of him.
Why not teleport to the key? Or, failing that, just walk through every sword in his way, since he can apparently do that, too? During the entire battle, Davy teleports exactly once, when he should have been jumping all over the place. For instance, not once in this movie does Davy wait until Jack Sparrow charges at him with his sword, then teleport Orlando Bloom’s character in front of him and watch as he gets stabbed in the dick. Not once. That sums up everything that’s wrong with Hollywood today.
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I’ve always said that his and Calypso’s story was the most compelling of all the various arcs in the franchise. I’d have given a lot for a rated R version where Davy Jones could be as terrifying as he was meant to be.
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