Not a particularly brilliant movie

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2004)

I wanted to like this film. I'd wanted to see it since I'd heard about it, it got glowing reviews from friends of mine, and it really stands as a mediocre piece of cinematography. Depp just changes from ship to ship, and any eye-popping special effects are detracted from by fog, silly lighting, and Disney.
The story, what little there is, is amusing, but I always felt this little element of wrongness, as if at any moment the main villain would be unmasked and say "I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those damn kids!"
I was amazed that I stayed awake the whole way through.