I thought the movie was shameful

Rating: 1/10 (17 July 2005)

I regret going to this film, more so than when I went to see Spice World when I was 10. Shame! Shame on you Johnny Depp! Your face is on Hostess cupcakes now, and my dreams are ruined. Shame on you Tim Burton! I don't know what to say...man hath not created anything lamer, and I'm sure God sorely regrets having ever created man because of this. This is not blind criticism. Compare this to all the wonderful things Hollywood produced back in the day. Sunset Boulevard, 8 1/2, my God, Battleship Potemkin. And don't tell me about escapism, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers' mindless fluff had more wit than this. Escapism is not supposed to embarrass you, and this movie made me flush. Johnny Depp acted like an idiot. None of the kids had any personality or acting talent, the grown ups were cardboard, and the oompa loompas were one guy digitally made smaller (death to all things digital) and multiplied. Oh, and one had a baritone voice, how funny is that? How funny are inside Hollywood references and pop references? It is so embedded in the idiotic current ideology (parodies of pop culture, bad humor, political correctness up the ass), that it turns bland and one forgets it the next day. Who is going to remember this 20 years from now? No one. As far as all new movies go I am taking on a strictly Holden Caufield attitude. They are crummy. They suck. I hate it. I'm moving to Rwanda with a VCR and taped TCM tapes. And Tim Burton should be made to visit R.D.'s grave and place a letter of apologies on it.