A friend with whom I watched this film summed it up better than I ever could. "I've never seen such convincing effects look so unconvincing."

as for the meat of the movie, without Johnny Depp, we would have walked out. he saves this from being a miserable adventure flick and makes it into a tolerable adventure flick.

it's got lots of pretty visuals and swashbuckling action and whatnot, but it wasn't worth my $8.50. matinee... maybe.