[quote=&quot;Terry Rossio&quot;:2l4g61oh]But the basic requirement is that Will agrees captain the Flying Dutchmen (in return for what the film reveals) and that he can step on land but once every ten years, and that at any time, if he finds a love that is true (this is part of the original Flying Dutchman opera by the way) then his attachment to the ship is broken.

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Okay, it turns out that my original post on Davy Jones and the curse was made prior to seeing the final version of the movie myself.
And it turns out that the information we wrote for one of the scenes didn't make it into the final cut (regarding the curse).
Given the lost information, my prior post doesn't apply. You might be able to derive that the curse could be broken from the information in the film, but it would be indeed difficult.
(For me, it doesn't make sense if you presume there is no difference, you can come to shore once every ten years if your love is true, you can come to shore once every ten years if your love isn't true.)
My other point still applies -- Jones corrupted himself by his own choice to abandon the task assigned him. Calypso did not control that choice.[/quote:2l4g61oh]

[quote=&quot;Ted Elliot&quot;:2l4g61oh]That green flash was what Terry was referring to when he said it was possible, but very difficult, to figure out from the movie that the curse was broken.

So ... nice work on a difficult task[/quote:2l4g61oh]

Les messieurs étant les scénaristes du &quot;chef-d'oeuvre&quot;.