At Wits End

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2008)

If I could just rate Johnny Depp, I'd probably give it an "8", but I can't. He was the one decent thing about this mishmash. A plot would have been nice. Instead we're given 10 or so pinballs that are bounced from one bouncing situation to another to a hole to another flipper... they veer off in some direction... unknown to the director, or even the writers. Just play it by the seat of your pants. There are no rules, no plot, no real characters... just a phenomenal amount of special effects. It was good for the "actors." No dialogue to learn... just make it up as you go along. Depp is amusing, and acts as though he's rum soaked through out the entire, incredibly long movie. But maybe he was, thinking, "Oh, well, it's big bucks in the bank even though the parrot has the best lines." And don't forget the cute little monkey, everyone's favorite... everyone under 5.
There's nothing wrong with movies like this. And the special effects are special. But it could have been more. The first one was very pleasing. The second less so. And the 3rd, interminable.
More and more movies are made for those under 16. I'm over 3X that. But even at 16, I think I would have found this movie boring, as they go for one more sword fight, one more brawl, one more sinking ship, one more Johnny Depp reproducing endlessly. One more dead person coming back to life and killing someone who had been previously alive. There are no rules. If you were a ship's plank a few minutes before, extricate yourself and tell your tale of woe, or kill someone who is supposedly unkillable.
Although some may like the music, I merely found most of it repetitious, consciously so.
Did I say I don't much care for this animation? Ooops, I'm repeating myself. Must have been inspired by the flick.