Beautiful, but imperfect

Rating: 8/10 (17 September 2010)

This movie is absolutely beautiful and full of creative ideas. The visuals are so great, that alone they make it worth it to watch the film. The fantasy parts of the movie are amazing. - I wished that the movie would have only consisted out of them. The reality part has been my big problem. It didn't fit to the fantasy part perfectly. To me it felt, like the movie was trying to "explain fantasy". But isn't fantasy fantasy because it can't be explained? - The cheesy ending destroyed every potential the story had left. Yes, the whole plot didn't convince me.
Ewan McGregor and the beautiful visuals still saved the movie. I just hope John August will never again write the screenplay for Tim Burton movies. I absolutely hate how he dismembered Charly and the Chocolate Factory. He did it almost as bad with the Big Fish novel.