What Jack Sparrow’s "I’m Dishonest" Line Really Means In Pirates Of The Caribbean

In the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie, Jack bamboozles Captain Barbossa with a line that cuts to the core of the character’s essence via a few layers of irony. Captain Jack Sparrow was a complicated figure in 2003’s original Pirates of the Caribbean movie, subtitled The Curse of the Black Pearl. As the franchise progressed, Jack became a more cartoony figure and his character grew more traditionally heroic. However, in the first movie of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner were the heroine and hero, while Jack was a scene-stealing, morally ambiguous supporting star. This gave Johnny Depp the chance to make a bigger impression on audiences.