Guess I didn't get it...

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2004)

With all of the buzz about this movie, it is possible I expected too much. With that said, I don't get the big deal about this movie.
Johnny Depp is great. He does his best to hold the movie together, but even his performance couldn't save it in my eyes.
First off the special effects weren't all that spectacular. It was cool to see the people turn into skeletons when they passed in and out of the moon light, but when you had a chance to really look at them it was sort of cheesy.
The biggest problem with this movie is that Disney couldn't decide whether this advertisement for one of their rides (marketing brilliance by the way, no matter how disgusting it is) should be for kids or adults. In the end, it didn't fit for anyone. It was too violent for little kids with scenes of people getting killed with swords and their throats slit by daggers. It was WAY too hokey for adults.
Maybe it works for 13-year-olds that haven't seen the special effects in the Matrix or Lord of the Rings.
My advice, don't get your hopes up based on what the majority is saying about this one.