From supporting roles in Oliver Stone’s “Platoon” and the various films with Tim Burton, Johnny Depp has always proven himself a good actor, but without a doubt, the Pirates franchise has launched him into superstar status. It is rather sad then, to see that Depp appears to be out of energy for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End , the third entry into the franchise, which filmed back to back with last year’s Dead Man’s Chest. There are points in this film where something supernatural has to happen because it is a requirement, and that’s alright, so long as the film itself is a stack of fun. World’s End only gets mildly fun in the last half hour of two and a half hours, with the energy coming not from Depp or Orlando Bloom, but from Geoffery Rush and Keira Knightley, the latter who not only has nice costume changes but also gets more of the swashbuckling action than most of the guys. (more…)
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