Keith Richard(s) as role model

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2005)

While I absolutely loved this movie, and while I have been a huge fan of Johnny Depp's since "Benny & Joon", I must say that toward the end of the movie I found Depp's portrayal a little cloying. Most of his portrayal was GREAT FUN, but toward the end when the Black Pearl and crew arrived at the Isle de la Muerta, his actions and mannerisms got so repetitious that I just wanted the movie to be over. It didn't help when one of the pirates explained his behavior to Orlando Bloom's character.
I read later that Depp said he had based his performance on Keith Richard(s). I've spent time around Keith in the past and, while that "wavy gravy" thing he does is indeed one of his mannerisms, he does not go around acting like that every split second. Sorry, Johnny, but your portrayal during the last third of the movie was a little over the top for me.
Nonetheless, I eagerly await the second and third installments of "Pirates" -- glad to have the blighters back in my life!!! Watching Keith "portray" a pirate (and Depp's father) should be worth more than one bottle o' rum!!!!