User blog comment:Captain Dashing/Phillip Swift: Who Cares?/@comment-1984959-20120402015318

Good question. From all the reviews I've seen, not many enjoyed the Philip character...and yet he was created by Johnny Depp himself(go figure lol). But back to the main query: what do I think of the Philip character...

Well, like many other characters, I can't say I flat out "hate him". However, I do view him as the Will Turner-type character; meaning, he is a character that I'm not THAT into, but would have to deal with. But I will say that I like that he was Johnny's own creation(dumb reason; but what do you do? lol). I also liked that Philip was a "Bible-thumper", as Jack called him, aboard Blackbeard's hellbound vessel...it just seemed like a good idea IMO. Quite honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing him again in any further films or book material, mostly because of the cliffhanger-esque ending(unlike Will and Elizabeth's ending, they left Philip and Syrena's ending pretty open).

Also was Jack and Angelica's romantic tension enough?
 * I will say that it did seem a bit TOO much that we had 2 romantic couples in On Stranger Tides. However, I guess they thought they'd get away with it because of Jack and Angelica's unique chemistry(liking each other one minute, fighting each other in another).