casualotter21
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joined Feb 2003
I actually think he’s great in Tim Burton films. However, when it comes to Pirates, I found his performance to be completely lacking. Aside from my impression that the movie shamelessly lifts elements from those LucasArts adventures like "Monkey Island"—and honestly, Johnny Depp doesn't even come close to being as charming as Guybrush Threepwood—it feels like Johnny Depp is just playing the comic relief as if... well, I don't know. It’s almost as if an American production crew hired some random actor and told him, "Eeee, you're going to be the funny one, so just be haaaaapppy and sillyyyy!" and then the guy starts acting like a bunch of rowdy tourists at a roadside diner while the director shouts, "ho ho ho! This is going to be soooooo funny!" Or maybe not.
Even so, I always appreciate seeing a handsome Hollywood actor who isn't afraid to take on roles that are unconventional or entirely unglamorous. In my opinion, it took real guts to play the *comic relief* instead of the lead in Pirates. If he had the chance to nail it, he could have.