You know what? I liked it!

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2010)

I think that compared to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, then yeah, this is nothing. Willy Wonka can never be beaten. But let's not think of this as a remake of the movie, but more as a adaptation of the book. It follows the book really well with a subplot thrown here and there so there's a little something we haven't already seen. Everyone says that this movie has no imagination compared to the other movie, but I think it has plenty of imagination! It's Tim freaking Burton! The factory looks like another world (and plus the chocolate river actually looks like chocolate and not colored water)! That, and the children and parents are good actors/actresses as well, they play their parts perfectly. And even though people say Johnny Depp was creepy in this movie, well I would only say his acting was less creepy than his make up and hairdo. Other than that, I didn't think he was that bad. Of course, no one can beat Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka no matter who is acting. But I think a lot of credit goes to Danny Elfman, who did the music for the movie. The actual music (and some songs) in the original is a lot better, but I think that the songs here(mainly the oompah-loompah songs) are better in this movie. They aren't just the same song/tune with a couple lyrics changed. They actually have new tunes and lyrics (that follow the book's lyrics a lot better as well). Sure, the original's were catchy, but these made the other characters they were sung to seem more as individuals and not just the uniform "bad people" that we know will get their comeuppance in the end, as in the original the others all got the same song with a couple different lines. Now again, nothing will ever beat the original Willy Wonka, but looking at this movie as just a movie (or adaptation of the book) and not a remake, it's pretty darn good and will probably make you hungry for chocolate by the end of the film...