Harken back to the days of Beetlejuice

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2005)

Well now you see that Johnny Depp wont just stagger around looking interestingly attractive to the female audiences. He actually doesn't seem to care for some of his own self-created image of the melancholy yet charismatic goof-ball. Instead he decides (or it was decided) that he could play a role similar to Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice ---by that I mean slightly annoying and uncomfortable--- lets not forget some of the common elements of Burton films--- when he is making one for the fans and when he is making one for himself--- i think that this falls in the latter category.
Did i find that this movie was good? Well his modern adaption and the depiction of characters went fairly well but in general it didn't jive all the way with a sense of charm or original material--- most of it was the set/props and the look--- the interactions of the characters was fairly diluted and --- yes there was some good flashback scenes of W. Wonka that I felt J. Depp excelled in--- overall not the best--- somehow it just didn't come together.