The first one was great. Because of Depp, but it earns credit for other things as well.
It quickly declined with parts two and three. The usual happened: they tried to top the first one so hard they ended up falling flat on their stomachs instead. Depp was still great though and pretty much the only thing that made those flicks worth watching.
So in a way, him not possibly being in part four might just be a good thing. It might make the writers go "hey, Johnny's not in this, we'll have to come up with something genuinely brilliant now and not just trust that he pulls it off no matter what kind of turkey we come up with".
Mucho preferred.
It quickly declined with parts two and three. The usual happened: they tried to top the first one so hard they ended up falling flat on their stomachs instead. Depp was still great though and pretty much the only thing that made those flicks worth watching.
So in a way, him not possibly being in part four might just be a good thing. It might make the writers go "hey, Johnny's not in this, we'll have to come up with something genuinely brilliant now and not just trust that he pulls it off no matter what kind of turkey we come up with".
Mucho preferred.