Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - starring the ever delectable Johnny Depp

[nauti_ger]

So, this is a movie about a very pale, very eccentric milionairre, who invites some innocent little children to come to his large mansion?

Is there some hidden message here?

But dont worry, I'm sure Willy will be found not guilty by the jury.

i tink the roald dhal had some underlying themes that he was trying to portray in his children books..they seem to go against the natural order of things..it is like the children haf greater authority somehow den the adults...ive not read that many of his books but the theme runs through those that i haf read like Matilda, George's Marvellous Medicine, The Witches, Willy Wonka...and all the stories are pretty screwed up if u realize...witches turning children into mice, matilda who in reality would have been unbearable putting super glue in her dad's hat..haha..
but willy wonka is fun still love all the chocolate there..haha..and tim burton likes things dark so i guess they do go hand in hand..in fact i tink that this version is much darker than the previous one as tim burton digs into the past of Willy wonka.

whew tired..

[gemtsoi]

I guess to enjoy Roald Dahl's books you have to forget the...hmm..."moral" or "realistic" stuff. Like for Chocolate Factory, I never once wondered whether it was wrong for Willy Wonka to invite children to his factory until people started mentioning it. Maybe we all need to be a bit more trusting sometimes But I do think Roald Dahl was hinting at the serious damage parents can do to children by spoiling them.

As for the movie...4.5 stars. Stuff I liked:
1) Johnny Depp was fantastic as usual
2) Freddie Highmore was good
3) The set was absolutely beautiful
4) The entire movie gave the feeling of 'book coming alive'. I've seen many great book adaptations before, but never got this feeling of 'seeing written things come alive' before.
5) Brilliant, vibrant colours
6) Sticking closely to the book
7) The Oompa-Loompas...didn't like the look of them in the beginning, but eventually got to like them.

Stuff I didn't like:
1) Willy Wonka became a sarcastic, sadistic person in the movie. Book W.W. was a nice man who didn't like the children being harmed, but took it in a comical way.
2) Adding in W.W.'s background, which, IMHO, was unnecessary.
3) Leaving out the 'Square Sweets that Look Round'! I always wanted to see the square sweets that look round!
4) Augustus Gloop's weird, Final-Fantasy-esque face.

But altogether, an excellent movie. Movie W.W. was different from Book W.W., but Johnny Depp played him so convincingly that it can be accepted. Definitely a movie I can rewatch

[chuy605]

i find this movie to be funny and i wish i can live there.

[nauti_ger]

the vcd is out and i bought it..watched it again and kinda enjoyed it all over again..this is the kinda show that kinda grows on you i guess~!

[chuy605]

the vcd is out and i bought it..watched it again and kinda enjoyed it all over again..this is the kinda show that kinda grows on you i guess~!

why don't u get the dvd. its more better in quality.

[nauti_ger]

why don't u get the dvd. its more better in quality.

its abit too ex plus i liked the show but not really willing to spend so much on it...its nice but not wonderful...

[LuNaR]

wat happened to zero stars? i'd be the first to pick that. why remake a classic that is already so good? and taking out the ooompa loompa song was a mistake. bad bad movie

[nauti_ger]

wat happened to zero stars? i'd be the first to pick that. why remake a classic that is already so good? and taking out the ooompa loompa song was a mistake. bad bad movie

Really? i thought that the first remake wasnt that good? thats why tim burton decided to remake it..kekeke..maybe one day i shd rent the original one..
but i still tink that remakes aint so bad...i liked king kong by peter jackson..thought his remake was pretty swell..keke

[chuy605]

These days every old movies are being re-made.

[Lady Zhuge]

I watched this movie on the airplane. It's pretty entertaining and Johnny did a good job as Willie Wonka. Christopher Lee/Willie Wonka's dad didn't seem to age from the time Willie was a kid to when he grew up.

[Sunlight_zero36]

Scary movie. Gives me the shiver of hearing that song there .