An Easter Classic..

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2020)

If you are a fan of the original, you will probably not like this film that much, but if you view it through the lens of entertainment, visuals and you loved the book and weren't too much of a fan of the original you will love this movie, same goes for me. To start off with, this movie has a magic, beautiful score composed by Danny Elfman, the chocolate makes me starved everytime I watch it. It has amazing visuals, a very strong cast, and unlike some child performances, Highmore was not annoying at all, Johnny Depp of course steals the show as always.
It starts off with Grandpa Joe telling a story of Willy Wonka building a chocolate palace for an Indian, but it melted one day and fell down on top of them. Willy Wonka was facing problems of people stealing his ingredients and the way that he did things so he decided to close down the factory. The story and film is so close to the book that I nerded out in multiple scenes! It was dark and gritty, hilarious, as is always the case with a Tim Burton film, everything about this film made me feel proud (as a Roald Dahl and Tim Burton fan). Wonka decides to sell Wonka bars and only 5 people an get one and there are millions of people all over the world, so it is a bit unfair. Charlie ends up getting the last golden ticket, he runs home and tells his parents and grandparents that he found the final ticket. Grandpa Joe gets up and starts dancing because he is taking Charlie to the chocolate factory to meet the infamous Willy Wonka! Charlie says a lady at the store offered him $500 for the golden ticket and says somebody else would be able to offer more and they needed the money more than they needed the chocolate. His other grandfather, Grandpa George says there are only five golden tickets in the entire world and says money gets printed everyday, implying that going to the chocolate factory would be a one of a kind experience! George says if you don't go you are a dummy for giving up something that will only happen once in his entire life for money, Charlie ends up going with his Grandpa Joe to the marvellous extravaganza.
Before entering the chocolate factory they get a performance from moving dolls singing, Wonka gets introduced to the visitors and says how great the finale of the song was. "Good morning, starshine! The earth says hello!" this is when Johnny Depp's brilliant sense of humour comes into the mix. People say he talks a bit too much like Michael Jackson and I am starting to get a bit of it, that does not excuse his tremendously hilarious performance.