The best moment of “The Pirates of the Carribean” was when Johnny Depp lovingly, salaciously, stroked one of handles of his ship’s steering wheel. Who knew a pirate could be so very Ziggy Stardust? So very foppishly swishy? So fantastically fun? A PIRATE MOVIE! FUN!

As Ebert said, “Depp in particular seems to be channeling a drunken drag queen, with his eyeliner and the way he minces ashore and slurs his dialogue ever so insouciantly. Don’t mistake me: This is not a criticism, but admiration for his work. It can be said that his performance is original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie.”