Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 12 12:36

Tim Burton is best known for butchering the Batman & Planet of the Apes franchise and has now decided to do the same to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

All he really did was take the storyline of the classic and push it a little bit deeper into the rabbit hole and shove it in the mouth of the Hot Topic generation and they ate it up like the consumer whores they are. Hm, actually, speaking of rabbit holes he's also working on a remake to Alice In Wonderland which I'm sure he will butcher as well...

And yeah, He's whoring Johnny Depp in that also.

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 3 9:18

The first thing I must say is that I read this or was read this book when I was very small, so I can't recall the differences between the Musical and the book. Despite that, I could tell that there were a lot of places in the movie that went back to the original source material, just from what I remembered. I also think Tim had a huge impact on the changes from the original storyline, and anyone who knows his work will see it. I did enjoy it, but could have done without his special addition, to be honest. Johnny- I love Johnny. I'm a fan from way back in the teen idol days. I watched 21 Jump Street as consistently as my parents would allow (in other words, not regularly). And when he moved to movies, I made sure to watch as many as I could. I love how his career has grown, an...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at Apr 26 8:50

"Everything in this room is eatable, even I'm eatable! But that is called "cannibalism," my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies." This new version of the classic children's fantasy book had everything going for it: Tim Burton was helming the project, Johnny Depp is in the lead role, special effects were updated and improved, a great cast and impressive production values. What could go wrong, right? A lot, apparently. Sure, visually the film is stunning, but did anyone take a moment to consider a better script? Burton has paid more attention on the production design and visual effects as opposed to the script, character development and doing justice to the source material. For starters the film is unnecessarily lengthy and corny at times, with new thi...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 10 2:51

Yet again Johnny Depp and Tim Burton created one of the best movies ever made, completely different from the original one. I still really liked the 1970s version, but this was just completely amazing to be, easily more enjoyable than the original. Johnny Depp couldn't have aced the role of Willy Wonka any better, the voice.. the look.. yes he may look a little 'different' than he normally does, but you just have to admire his extraordinary talent for making this film highly enjoyable.

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 10 14:15

Many thought this movie should be filed under 'never should have been remade' because the original was such a classic. During filming, even the producers and Depp were nervous about how it would be received, because it was quite an expensive movie to make and remaking a classic is a very touchy subject. Imagine someone re-making NeverEnding Story, for example. And Gene Wilder, star of the original, was apparently quite hostile towards this film as well. But I saw this film with a clear viewpoint; as shocking as it may be, I've never seen the original - only heard about it and knew its famous catchy oompa loompa tune. lol And I must say, I absolutely love this Burton version of 'willy wonka and the chocolate factory'. The effects were amazing, weird, and very wacky, typical for ...Read more

Rating : 9/10