Continuity mistake: When Jack is on the Black Pearl in Davy Jones' Locker, the are scratches on his right hand. But a few minutes later when Barbossa leads the crew to Jack's rescue, the scratches are gone.
Continuity mistake: At the end, when Jack says, "Drink up me hearties, yo ho," the compass rope flips its direction, from hanging across his palm to over the back of his hand, between shots, including the compass close-ups.
Continuity mistake: At the mass hanging, when the singing begins, in one shot of the people (with the boy) standing at the gallows, the others down below, who wait at the head of the line, are also seen behind them singing. In a following shot, some at the head of the line differ.
Continuity mistake: On the island with the contaminated water, when Pintel rolls over the dead body in the wideshot, his left hand is under the body's arm gripping the body, but when it cuts to a close-up, Pintel's left hand grips the body's arm.
Continuity mistake: The shape of Will's long scar is entirely different, between the time he commands the Dutchman to when he leaves Elizabeth after their day together.
Revealing mistake: Throughout the movie, the edges of Barbosa's yellow contacts are easily visible (especially in the scene where he orders Calypso to the brig).
Continuity mistake: At the meeting of the brethren, when Barbossa stands on the table and fires his pistol, the height of the left and right cannonballs he holds differs between shots (the difference between each other, not to the table).
Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the film, when Sao Feng is introduced, a couple of his real nails are visible under the fake long dirty ones glued atop them. It's most noticeable when he scratches his head.
Other mistake: Near the end of the movie, an order is given to fire a cannon shot at the masts of the Pearl and the Dutchman as they have become entangled. We then see a mast being destroyed by the shot but when the ships separate, not one of them has a broken mast.
Continuity mistake: Aboard the Pearl, after Elizabeth asks, "What shall we die for?" and begins a rousing speech to the crew, her hairstyle differs significantly in following shots (despite the wind).
Other mistake: In numerous shots modern bobbypins (the white kind brides wear on their headdress) are clearly visible inside the curls of the men's white wigs. For instance, they can be seen when Norrington is reunited with his sword; later when he dies; when Beckett talks about the immaterial becoming immaterial; finally, when he says, "It's just good business," as the Pearl and Dutchman fire on Endeavor. The type of 'hair pin' seen in the wig curls did not exist in the mid 18th century.
Revealing mistake: Just after Barbossa and Elizabeth reach Sao Feng's residence, down below when Gibbs pulls the bars they actually bend.
Continuity mistake: When Davy Jones is talking to Calypso/Tia Dalma in the brig, her mascara runs because of her tears. In the next shot, the streaks are gone and it's perfect again.
Continuity mistake: When Sao Feng is first introduced he has a red scarf tied round his pinky, and the way it is knotted differs between the following shots.
Continuity mistake: In the Locker, before Governor Swann says, "Elizabeth? Are you dead?" in his close-up Elizabeth is seen in the background crossing the broken rail beside Jack, but two shots later she crosses that part of the rail again as she shouts to her father.
Continuity mistake: Elizabeth has a beauty mark above the corner of her right eyebrow which actually disappears in some of her close-ups. For instance, when she is with Norrington and asks, "Know what? Which side you chose?" and later, when he kisses her. Later, in the scene with her son, the beauty mark is gone in one close-up and then just reappears in the next one, as she glances at her son.
Continuity mistake: After the Pearl makes an interesting return to the Locker's shore, Jack walks toward everyone on the beach, leaving a trail in the sand behind him. As Jack speaks to them in one wideshot, his trail in the sand near the long boat disappears (not due to the water).
Continuity mistake: In Singapore, Ragetti looks up through the floor boards and acts like he sees Elizabeth, but when you see his eye through the crack in the floor, it's the brown wooden which he cannot see with (his other eye is blue).
Continuity mistake: When Johnny Depp's sitting next to the goat and it turns its head to face him, he goat's body is turned to the right, but when we see a closeup shot of it its body is now turned to its left.
Continuity mistake: The scar on Sao Feng's left side moves around between the shots, mostly up and down.
Answer: It's suggested that, as she's pretty much equally annoyed at the pirates (for originally imprisoning her, even if it wasn't specifically those pirates) and at Davy Jones (for showing them how to do it), that she creates the maelstrom to make it an even fight - effectively telling them that she no longer cares for either side. The conditions within the maelstrom hamper the Black Pearl, the turbulence making it difficult to bring her superior speed into play, but the angle and extremely damp conditions also make it harder for the Flying Dutchman to bring her superior firepower to bear.
Tailkinker ★
Wrong. As the Black Pearl was meant for speed, she would have a lighter weight than the Dutchman, and would require a pushing force to stay even. Furthermore, she was not hampered by the wind-she was aided, as Gibbs stated, "The wind's on our side, boys!"
Don't think weight had anything to do with it. The Pearl was heavier than the Interceptor, but had no issue catching up with it. The maelstrom took the Pearl's superior speed out of play because they were forced to circle one another. There was no advantage to be gained by outspeeding the Dutchman around the whirlpool, and coming up on its rear. Remember, the Pearl had no forward cannons.
The other side thought they had a favorable wind as well. All the air was being pulled toward the maelstrom in the middle so both sides thought it was at their back allowing them to control the engagement.
Both sides did have favourable winds but for a different reason. It's mentioned in Dead Man's Chest that against the wind the Dutchman is faster but with the wind the Pearl is faster. The Pearl had a favourable wind because it was blowing her sails from the back whilst the Dutchman had a favourable wind because she is faster against it.
The Dutchman is faster against wind because it uses oars to row. They menton to go deeper into the maelstrom to get into faster waters. Thats how they outran the Dutchman and got broadside. It's got nothing to do with the wind.
lionhead
No, the Dutchman doesn't use any oars, you are thinking back to the first film when the Pearl is chasing the Interceptor and they use oars to go faster. Neither ship is fitted with a diesel engine so it has EVERYTHING to do with the wind.
Oh, you're right. I got confused in the 2. Not sure about the diesel engine though. May have one hidden in the back.
lionhead