Dead Man's Chest Part One

While watching "Dead Man’s Chest" last night, my siblings and I noticed the following similarities. These are compared to all of the Indiana Jones movies. I will do this long post in three parts over the next week or so, part one will be similarities with "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

#1- Jack using his gun to blast the coffin open/Indy uses his gun to open the hatch when Marion is trapped in cockpit during the airplane fight. Indy also uses his gun to open doors, etc....

#2- Jack looking at the "heart" chest is similar to Indy looking at the idol in the beginning of Raiders.

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#3-Poison darts are shot at Will (one hits him) and poison darts are on a tree and also kill Indy's guide in the opening scene.

#4-When the cage with Will and crew falls into the water, the natives shoot things at them as they swim away. In Raiders, when Indy is swimming to the plane, he is shot at in the same way.

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#5-In both the Raiders opening and Dead Man’s Chest, there is a scene where a good person (Governor Swann/Indy) comes out in the open and their accomplice is standing looking "alive", but is actually dead. As Governor Swann drives the carriage with Elizabeth, the man helping him has been killed with a knife/sword and is standing. As Governor Swann approches, the sword is pulled out and the man falls down dead. Indy’s guide is standing, looks alive, but has poison darts in his back, and is dead.

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Dead Man's Chest

Raiders of the Lost Ark

#6-They dig for the chest containing Davy Jones’ heart = They dig for the Ark of the Covenant.

#7- Both Indy and Will have to leave behind their girl when she is captured.

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Up next: Dead Man's Chest & Temple of Doom

~ET