Tim Burton - Strong as Ever

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2006)

The last Tim Burton movie I saw was that mess about monkeys, a planet, and an astronaut who needed flying lessons. Yuck. 1/10. But with this movie Mr. Burton has returned to the inventive, and singularly genius vision that is uniquely his. Wonderful.
What added to his great vision is the cast! All exceptional. There was one miss - Helena Bonham Carter* as Mrs. Bucket. I knew she didn't fit. The rest of the family seemed so warm and charming, yet Ms. Carter so harsh cold and distant. But she had a very small part and hurt the movie only slightly.
Deep Roy was wonderful - he played his part according to the direction - perfectly. Mr. Burton's decision to "clone" Mr. Roy as all of the Oompa Loompa was a great idea, and the tunes were really wonderful. (I hated the original "Wonka" movie - it was so annoying and "old.") But I really enjoyed these dance numbers performed by the "cloned" Mr. Roy.
As I have always said, to make a great movie, everything has to be great - crew cast director and production.
Here's a big kudo out to the cast - if I could Iwould throw them all a big cast party! :)
Christopher Lee .... Dr. Wonka
Johnny Depp .... Willy Wonka
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Deep Roy .... Oompa Loompa
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Freddie Highmore.... Charlie Bucket
David Kelly .... Grandpa Joe
*Helena Bonham Carter .... Mrs. Bucket
Noah Taylor .... Mr. Bucket
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Franziska Troegner .... Mrs. Gloop
Philip Wiegratz .... Augustus Gloop
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Missi Pyle .... Mrs. Beauregarde
AnnaSophia Robb .... Violet Beauregarde
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James Fox .... Mr. Salt
Julia Winter .... Veruca Salt
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Adam Godley .... Mr. Teavee
Jordan Fry .... Mike Teavee
-Zafoid