Killing him off was a bad idea. Excellent actor, great speaking voice, strong presence on screen and very attractive, too. His character was so interesting. Unlike most people probably, I was far less interested in what happened to Will. It made no sense to me that Elizabeth had Captain Jack and Norrington keen on her …wow…but she was devoted to Will. 🤔

James Norrington, the most complex character in this entire series. The one who goes through the most character development and probably the most honourable man in the entire series, surrounded by a bunch of thieving, lying, deceptive, selfish and ruthless people, not the very least the woman he is in love with, and through all of that he tries to do the right thing, tries to bring criminals to justice to serve the people he joined the navy for and world chewed him up and spit him out without care or concern. Elizabeth never deserved James and she still was the cause of his demise at the end. And yet he still died as Commodore Norrington would have wanted to go, defending the innocent against forces of evil. This series a comedy so it turns things upside down, glamorises criminals and villifies actually good men bound to their duties. But if you look closely at James Norrington in the second and third movie. Look past the comedy, the grit and the nobility of his Admiral post, you'll see exactly what this world did to James Norrington and it's a sad sad fate for a man who is so good. If there was any such things as an actual hero in the Pirates of the Caribbean Universe, not a protagonist, a hero then I don't think anyone embodies the word better than Commodore, later Admiral James Norrington. RIP.

It's quite amazing how when he was a child, a pirate (Captain Teague) saved his life when he fell off the sea. Now he died saving the pirates (Captain Swann and her crew).

I love how James' fighting style changes from the first film to the second, after he loses his post his fighting style becomes more pirate like. Less honourable but still with a high level of skill.

Norington looks good with a beard.

I thought Norrington had a LOT of potential and I was sorry to see him go.

He was a good character, there was a lot of potential on him. A pity he was a little underrated by the writers, there was so much more that they could have done with him. At least he had a decent ending (although I thought it could have be better, but it still was a satisfying character closure)

He was my favorite character even in first movie. I tottaly dont understand why so many people thinks that he was an antagonist, he was probably more good Man than any other character

my favorite character of the series. So underrated!

Ah brother, you forgot the best one! Jack Sparrow: You look bloody awful, what are you doing here? Norrington: You hired me. I can't help it if your standards are lax. Jack Sparrow: You smell funny.

james should of been the captain of the flying dutchman

He was amazing. He should have survived the series. One hell of a performance.

"...that doesn't absolve me of my other sins." What other sins? Unless he participated in any off-screen acts of piracy while he was part of Jack's crew, I can't come up with a single crime that this guy has committed. Maybe you could stick him with a mutiny charge for turning on Jack at the end of Dead Man's Chest, but that's a stretch.

i’ve been searching for a decent james scene pack for ages this is perfect

commodore looks pretty badass as a pirate

He could have been so much more of a bad ass and it would have been awesome to have him become part of the crew!

His acting was so absolute mate

LMAO, the middle finger was fantastic at the end! 🤣🤣🤣

I'll always have a little place in my head where he has his happy endings along with will, Elizabeth, jack, and barbosa. they'll all live happily ever after in my mind

As someone else said, if this was anything other than a family fantasy adventure popcorn franchise flick based on a theme park ride, Norrington would've been a worthy rival, if not the flat-out Austen style hero. An unflappable high ranking officer of station, duty and honour, reduced to a stammering and smitten mess around Elizabeth would've made him swoon-worthy, who might've dropped almost everything he stands for and put his resources and faith with a pirate to rescue his beloved.

I'm rewatching the movies after 10 year of not seeing them and guess how hard I choked on my drink when I saw him in the second movie like damn

I actually really like Norrington! He's definitely up there as one of the best characters!

I loved his performance in second film,exactly how I imagine hero

James Norrington was low key the original Steve Harrington

10:42 the middle finger 😭 same

His character was really a curious one.. I was really attracted to this man. The role didn't deserve it

Interesting development from a highly disciplined officer to a wandering drunk and back again

they should have done a spin off film or short tv show on what happened to him chasing after Jack and how he regained his rank.

This by far is the most interesting James Norrington.

I totally loved James Norrington!

I’ve never understood why Elizabeth freaked out the way she did when James was killed, she acted like they were actually lovers, like he’s Will.

R.I.P James Northington. 😢💔⛪⚰️✝️➕💐🇬🇧👑🌹🛡️🥂🍻😔

06:25 the only thing I found unconvincing was with the key in the chest and the pirates did not check if the heart ❤️ was still intact. They should have had a sound effect of the heart beating whilst Norrington holds the box to his chest. The pirates will be fully convinced the heart is still inside the chest but we as audience will know that it is in fact in Norrington’s inner chest pocket .

8:16 Davy Jones' expression here is hilarious.

Wow i didnt know that was Norrington in Dead Mans Chest

5:45 love that moment,true Pirates of Caribean

Probably my favorite character in the original 3 movies honestly! Wish they gave him a better ending

I’d love to see James Norrington as a crew member of the Dutchman

There rivalry almost went par with Jack and Barbossa one in some moments I'll tell you, he is now one of my top 10 characters of POTC.

He was my crush in that movie

Ending up in Tortuga did the one thing high society would never do for James. He learned to be ruthless.

I Bet Bootstrap INSTANTLY Regretted Killing Him Hmm I Wonder If James Became A Part Of The Ship

If there's a role that fits me,it's Commodore Norrington.

I Respect for the so sad death of James Northington.

I like James Norington he reminds me on me...

He has to little screen time like him in the 2nd and 3rd a lot

Lieutenant/Captain/Commodore/Admiral James Norrington is probably my character in the entire franchise.

🤣🤣 last one so funny.. I give you my middle finger...

STEADY MEN!! utter brilliance

The writers should've utilized him more in the 3rd movie. Then again, there's a lot they should've done differently in the 3rd movie.

Have loved the Commodore since day one. AndI love it is the loss of a perfectly good bottle that drives him nuts.

His voice is really like a Navy offier.

I really love that they did a lot more with James Norrington's character after the first movie because at first I didn't like him that much

Norrington sacrifice himself to save Elizabeth Swann and her crew by escaping the Flying Dutchman

..... Now I feel like Elizabeth should've had the ending with him... whatsoever

James looks like chris evans

2:44 - 2:48 lmfaoooo

the commadore is complex

Why did Jack even bring him onto the ship in the first place?

Elizabeth is very complex James he was going to protecting her and she said I'm prefer to stay with my crew what her crew doesn't want her for captain

Emeyl💵💸

6:02 - 6:13 I'll give him points for selflessness and courage

I was a drunken person at that time

10:43 😂

Shame...but true....all made a beautiful one....and another replacement for any of them....including Johnny Depp it will be a mistake.....

Jesus loves you

I like Norrington as a character well enough, but I can't forget that he wanted SO BADLY to marry a woman so much younger than him that he was an established officer in the Royal Navy when she was a very young child. That's just creepy. He was a lieutenant when we first met him, so he'd probably be in his early to mid 20s, while Elizabeth was maybe 8.

Terrible cut edits are so bad.

The worst scene