Loads of Fun

Rating: 9/10 (29 July 2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 9/10
When I first started hearing about this remake about 6 months ago I was very skeptical. The Johnny Depp image just didn't seem to fit the Willy Wonka character. Now I still agree somewhat with my original thought but instead Depp and Burton created a whole new level of Willy Wanka and made what is about as perfect of a "remake" as possible. Beside Highnmore and Depp the cast was forgettable. They were not terrible but I found them more obnoxios than the original characters in the 70's.
Since everyone knows the story I ill ay I liked the more emotional Wonka in the elevator at the end of the original but I liked the Oompah's even more in this movie. It was just so darn fun.
Go see it!