i appreciate him as an actor, but i am not a terribly big fan of his. I think things are famous JUST because he is in them (because of his teeny-bopper fan girl following)

ITA!!!
For a while I thought he was a sell-out, but then I came to realize, that it was just people buying-into him that made him seem like a sell-out.
I'm really not a fan of his at all, I used to be, until he became such a huge "thing" and started making bigger-blockbuster type movies.
And the Burton-Depp combo is just getting tired IMHO.
Burton just goes to Depp for EVERY SINGLE movie now, I mean, audition some other actors and maybe you'll find something NEW!
In my opinion, both just need to branch out some more, and try something new.
I really do like a lot of JOhnny's old movies, but there hasn't been one since Pirates 1 that I've really liked at all. (Other than Finding Neverland, but that was more for Kate Winslet & Freddy Highmore's performances than anything) I don't know what's happened.
Anyways, I'm no longer a fan, and you'll have to do ALOT of convincing to turn me back into one.