I thought this movie was fabulous

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2005)

Now first I'll have to say I was pretty loyal to the first movie so I wasn't really looking forward to seeing this new rendition. I loved the book as well and I just got used to the differences between the Gene Wilder version and the book, I guess. Anyway, as the movie started I was cringing and at first I thought Willy Wonka was retarded! LOL However, it only took about 10 minutes before I Depp's Willy Wonka really grew on me. After that I couldn't stop smiling and laughing throughout the whole movie. It does keep to the book (almost faithfully) and the addition of a side plot didn't take anything away from the movie for me. However, I wouldn't say that really added anything to the movie either...it was just sort of there. I was really afraid that Depp was going to be "over the top" like Jim Carrey (sp) and thankfully he wasn't. I thought he was just silly enough to be funny and he was serious enough to get the message across. Where Gene Wilder used a lot of words to get his message across in the old movie, Depp does the same thing with facial expressions that I found just hilarious. The children in the theater didn't seem to find it very funny. Strangely enough, only 3 of us adults laughed a lot too. I thought it was a perfect balance and I can't wait to see it again!