Why do people fight an unkillable enemy? Answer:

Rating: Null/10 (27 September 2003)

The one question that keeps popping up concerning this highly entertaining film is, why do people fight so valiantly against an unkillable enemy? Watch it again and you'll discover that no one believes in the curse. Those dutiful soldiers think they're just attacking a bunch of rag-tag flesh and blood pirates. When these scurvy knaves finally show themselves to be half-rotted skeletons, what are the soldiers to do? Lay down and die? Of course not, because if you were confronted with certain death, I'm sure you'd keep fighting in a manic (though futile) hope that somehow you'll live. In this case, that seemingly stupid effort works because of Depp's infiltration into the curse. Remember, Depp never bothered to lift a sword until he joined the curse, then battled away only to divert attention so the curse could be lifted, thus doing away with his mortal enemy in the most timely of fashion. So mateys, thar is your answer.