Nowhere near as good as the Original

Rating: 2/10 (15 July 2007)

I share Gene Wilder's sentiment on this one. "Hey, let's see if we can make more money off of Willy Wonka" I hate to cut down a movie like this but it's in my all time top 5 bad ones.
Why? Bad, Bad Bad! I Don't know where to start, they really flushed this one down the toilet. I like Tim Burton, I like Johnny Depp, I've liked everything I've seen Christopher Lee in also but this, eeek! First of all what is with the face make-up? This is Willy Wonka Folks, Not Michael Jackson.
He just wasn't likable either! The character development on him didn't work, it was several minutes of un-needed film. It didn't help the movie.
His bit about cannibalism: Not Funny His bit about his old factory employees: Not Funny I may as well prepare myself for this one because I know that someone out there is reading this comment and thinking "But, they tried to follow the book with this one".
Okay, they did the chocolate palace and the squirrel bit and therefore they get credit for "following the book". The movie still sucks! They took a classic, a family-oriented masterpiece and royally messed it up. I don't care what they "followed" it just wasn't good this time around.
Johnny Depp should have quit after reading the script to this, I've seen him do so much better before.
While we're at it why don't we re-do the Sound of Music with Brittney Spears as Maria von Trapp. Wait, never mind, forget I mentioned that. Just my luck, someone will probably do that.
Gotta give this one a 2 0ut of 10 just for casting, the kids good performance and for a few funny bits. The rest of it is really painful to watch.