The pile on says more about critics than Depp or the film

After seeing this and considering the three other folks in the theater with me and the box office returns for the opening weekend, I would say that the critics are spot on!

Most of the reviews I read seem to be less gleeful and more mournful that such a talented actor has done nothing but play in dogs for at least five years and give lazy performances.

I think it's weird to give bad movies a pass because you are a fan of an actor but that's what a lot of Depp fans do.

Can't these idiots see that this is a comedic farce like Inspector Clouseau. It never tried to be anything but zany. Jesus.

The people trashing this film have NO SENSE OF HUMOR. I bet those critics look back and trash Charlie Chaplin's masterful characters too.

Too true man.

You're right, like I said before once everyone decides to hate on you, you can't do anything to stop it. He could appear in a commercial right now for starving children and the critics would say he overacted the part. LMAO!!! He can't win.

I saw this yesterday and was shocked at how not-terrible it was. Far from a masterpiece, it was an enjoyable piece of comedic fluff (as it appears was intended). However, its clear that pretentious critics and countless amateurs are having a lot of fun tearing this film up, and mostly Johny Depp for being a complete and utter failure (or something).

That's what this is really about anyways. A Johnny Depp pile on. Apparently that's the thing to do at this moment in time, after having taken great lengths to place him on a pedestal about 10 years ago. Perhaps in a few years we'll be ready to welcome a 'return to form' and start praising the 'legendary' film actor Johnny Depp again, just because we've run through the build-up-tear-down-build-up cycle that gives our otherwise unremarkable lives some pathetic sense of purpose.

Like the film, don't like the film - its beside the point. The level of vitriol and mockery so disproportionate to the alleged 'crime' of making a film you don't like is really only illustrative of the pettiness of these critics. Don't get me wrong - thoughtful negative reviews are always welcome. But the sense of giddiness with which people are just itching to sling more mud at a man - to delight in his apparent 'demise' - it says a lot more about you than him.

I'll try to articulate my thoughts as best I can.

I used to be a huge fan of Johnny Depp. Used to be. I always admired his unexpected choices in projects, and the quirky charm he brought to those projects.

The Captain Jack came along and things changed. I like the Pirates movies (well, the first two) and I like Depp's performances in them, but to me, Captain Jack actually represents almost the last of Depp's loveable oddballs.

After Captain Jack came superstardom - the type that Depp always seemed to be trying to avoid - and the benefits and drawbacks and pressures and responsibilities that come with it. Since Pirates, his choices have tended to be middling mainstream or 'weird for the sake of weird'. The 'loveable oddball' is gone replaced by characters like Willy Wonka who are just weird for the sake of being weird.

I don't know the man, of course, but to me it seemed he used to take roles because they genuinely interested him. He was a true iconoclast, working outside the system and carving the kind of niche for himself I imagine any actor would want; being highly successful and respected, and working on an incredible variety of projects, without falling into superstardom.

The good thing about his career is there will always be people offering him interesting roles in projects of all shapes and sizes. It's up to Depp to decide where he wants his career to go.



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Again, this is so ridiculous, what are you Jonny Depp's mother LOL. Trust me Mr. Depp will be fine, the critics, myself included, gave this film a bad review because it was BAD plain and simple. This was crap! People like you crying as if critics and people who hate a certain film only do so because they are attacking some actor or director is retarded. They love him when he makes good movies and hate him when he doesn't because we all know he could do better and we all seen him do better.

Proof to show how critics and people in general don't hate a film just because of the person can be found anywhere. From when Kevin Costner did the amazing 'Dances with Wolves' to when people hated him for the dull 'The Postman' to people liking him when he did a better movie. The best example can be Mel Gibson, he said some really offensive things yet when his movie 'Passion of the Christ' came out, since the movie was a good movie, they praised the movie and it got amazing reviews from most critics despite the fact that they didn't like what he said.

This movie was bad, not because Jonny Depp is being hated on, but because the movie is bad. Stop being a Jonny Depp cheerleader as if he needs you to protect him LOL (I just made that up and I made myself laugh: Jonny Depp's cheerleader LOL perfect explanation for people like you who feels like oh poor actors and the critics who are against their bad movies)