Rich in Chocolate, Sweet with Characters

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2005)

My friends took me out to see this on the IMAX screen. I really fell in love with this film. It started out greatly and ended up with a wonderful heart warming story. It is also a fantastic remake of the original Willy Wonka. Tim Burton is back to his form of fantasy direction, like Big Fish, Batman, Beetlejuice etc. He has a terrific eye on visuals and screen compositions.
The film started out like his previous ones, with superb music by Danny Elfman and great Sets. It is the story of Charlie Bucket, who is a poor kid and would want to visit the Chocolate Factory to meet the great creator. He gets his chance with five other kids, and embarks on Chocolate Adventure of his life. The Characters are great, each and everyone from Charlie's Grandpa to the five kids listed in the film. The best character to come so far is Willy Wonka played by Johnny Depp. He does his characterization beautifully and you think he is actually playing this rock-star type character. He is totally twisted, dark and humorous. Even the small role given to Christopher Lee is good, it starts out very evil and come out good.
The Sets in the factory are amazing, they totally catch your imagination in the film. The Music delivered by Danny Elfman was fabulous, it was like watching Edward Scissorhands again. Watching it on the IMAX format made me fascinate the film even more as the film looked more life like. The Visuals are also terrific, you could not tell them apart from the rest of the movie.
In the end, this is a fabulous film made for the whole family to watch and a great film to view again. I do hope Johnny Depp gets a nomination for this film, he is too perfect in the film. One of the Best summer films of this year. I rate it 10/10. A Choco Treat for all.