You can't deny this is Johnny Depp's Movie

Rating: Null/10 (20 July 2003)

I thought PoC was excellent, despite the flawed action/storyline at times. It was better fluff than most movies churned out these days. I'm not going to re-hash what others have said, so just read the other posters if you want plot lines or the inconsistencies stated (Roger Ebert does a okay job w/ pointing out the stuff that doesn't jive....)
That said, I can put up w/ the wacky story mostly because of the strong acting by Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush. What amazing actors! (Bloom, regretably, was under utilized. One hopes he didn't pass on a more MEATIER movie role for this. Any stiff could have pulled off this role, since Depp and Rush are such SCENE stealers!)
One can only hope that the Academy of Arts & Motion Pictures sees the beauty of Depp's portrayal of Jack Sparrow and give's him a nod during nomination time. Doubt he'll win (but would LOVE to be proved wrong!), but it's finally time this actor gets the recognition he deserves: Depp is TOTALLY an actor's actor!