I've finally seen the movie since it became available for rental on DVD. I will have the say the fencing was pretty fake, but in a good way. Enough for me to believe everyone was actually swordfighting.
I was also impressed by Johnny Depp's acting. He was really able to get into the role and maintain a realistic English accent, even though he was surrounded by English actors/actresses.
The black eye make-up was kind of overdone though.





