Run Away From This Remake

Rating: 1/10 (15 July 2005)

I just got out of this movie and have to say some things. First of all, for those who read the book, get into the 21st century will you. No one should base their opinion of a movie off of a book. So what if he is closer to the book than the older movie. What kind of biased opinion is that. If you like the book so much go ahead and read it and quit saying the movie is good because it goes with the book. Anyway, just judging this movie off of it's pure entertainment value it sucks. The acting and wooden dialog sunk it. The character development was nil. The sound editing was terrible (I couldn't understand a word the oompa loompa's were singing). There wasn't any emotional investment in any other characters except for Charlie and Wonka. I had no feelings for any of them. It was lacking in humor. So what kind of movie was it? A bad one. Most of the critics out there are blinded by Tim Burton and his "artistic" viewpoint. I don't want art. I want entertainment. I feel sorry for the real lessons that could be learned about the kids in this movie. Most of it was really glossed over and their bad habits were less than side stories. The search for the golden ticket wasn't that good either. It was very rushed and each kid got 1 minute to show that they had bad habits. For you book people, I think Charlie's father is actually missing in the book but yet somehow he is alive this whole movie. The original Wonka, the original movie will be forever enshrined in history. This was just awful.