The meandering, sometimes shrill, raw film has been extremely controversial on many accounts - political and emotional.Taken the life of my father and his father before.So I vowed to end this plague once and for all.And that is what I did, I destroyed dozens of ships.The last ones joined together to try and defeat me.But they soon realized it was hopeless.Nothing could stop theSilent Mary...The sea was finally pure.Their wretched flags would no longer stain the sea....The last of their ships were burning before my eyes.And in that moment of victory, it""s when I heard it.On the last remaining ship theWicked Wench, a young survivor - pirate boy Jack Sparrow, who had just been handed a magical compass by the dying captain, mocked Salazar""s victory and power.Ash challenged the sixty fearful, remaining and reluctant medieval soldiers to courageously remain and fight with him, when he dared: "I""m through runnin.]The stylistic film, shot in only thirty-six days - an adult story with children as major characters, was extremely unusual and unpopular for its time for other reasons.Wyler""s Best Picture-winningMrs.Miniver (1942)can be considered as a companion piece to this film, from the British perspective.The superb, eloquent, and realistically-intimate film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won seven Oscars: Best Picture (Samuel Goldwyn""ssolecompetitive Oscar win), Best Actor (Fredric March - his second Oscar - the first was forDr.