Absolutely awful film

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2005)

*** Possible spoilers *** I took my two teenage nieces to see this movie and we all absolutely hated this movie with a passion. I can not see how people say this is not a remake of the first. Almost everything is exactly the same with exception to the beginning and the end.
Sure, this movie adds more history to what made Wonka the way he is, but at the same time that's all this movie is about is Wonka. The children and parents in this movie were horrid, their acting was terrible. Now I know it's not the children themselves, but rather the directing and script, which is sad. This movie could have been so much more than it was.
The Oompa Loompa was down right disgusting. The stupid songs trying to be cool where nothing more than pathetic and annoying. I was not put off by the new look of the Oompa Loompa, but just rather the singing bits which again were stupid.
Johnny Depp playing Willy Wonka... well, at first I didn't like the way he looked or talked, but by the end of the movie I thought it sort of fit the part, especially with the new background of his childhood. He was however still too creepy and weird and should have been a little more Gene Wilderish at times. I think somewhere between the two character portrayals is the way Wonka should be, sort of strange, yet mysterious and spooky.
They should have focused just a little more on Charle and his grandfather. I sort of felt cheated with regards to them. I thought the little boy who played Charlie was really good when he was on screen. He really did make a good Charlie and I did like how he was so loyal towards his family, which is something Wonka didn't have nor could understand.
At times the CGI was okay, but other times it made you want to throw your popcorn at the screen hoping to make it look better. I did however like the room with the chocolate waterfall. I think Burton did a great job with that and the boat ride was okay, sort of dead though after the kooky one from the first movie.
If it weren't for my two nieces I would have probably walked out on this movie. It is really not worth your time nor money to go see. It's so bad I wouldn't even wait for it to come out on DVD to rent. This is a pretty harsh movie to watch and coming from me its even more difficult to speak about. I usually enjoy all movies and rarely will I get the disgusted, hateful feeling I did while seeing this movie. I wouldn't call it trash, but rather a HUGE disappointment that Tim Burton should be ashamed of.
But hey, to each his/her own. Each person is different, perhaps you will enjoy it and think its great, but I know we all thought it was terrible.