Extremely Disappointing!!!!

Rating: 3/10 (18 July 2005)

As soon as I heard Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was being remade with Johnny Depp as Wonka and directed by Tim Burton I knew this movie wasn't going to be an actual remake and I could not wait to see Burton's view of this film.
The excitement I felt for this movie was so overwhelming that my friends knew better then to say no to seeing it with me. Being a huge fan of the original, I used to skip school to go with my mom to the video store she worked at and watch it repeatedly, I was expecting something a little closer to the original just darker. What I got was a lot of boredom and a lot of dissatisfaction. Some of the better parts of the original were nowhere to be found in this one. When we first saw an Oompa-Loompa I thought hey they look good, until I realized all Ooompa Loompas were played by the same man, Deep Roy.
The scenery in the movie was quite nice, nothing great. The children's characters were well done and similar to the original so no disappointment there. The old people were lovable, you felt for Charlie's family and you also felt how much they wanted to give their little Charlie his dream of setting his foot into Mr. Wonka's Factory.
I gave this movie three stars because of Johnny Depps portrayal of Willy Wonka, he plays it in his usual dark Johnny way so he didn't disappoint at all. Two of the stars though go to Charlie, Freddie Highmore, he has got to be the cutest, most believable child actors I've seen in a long time.
Over all this movie sucked. I kept waiting for it to get better but I just got more bored and restless, I couldn't wait to see the credits. I would not recommend this movie to someone I hate and I'm going to be a little more hesitant about seeing anything remade by Tim Burton. Tim Burton this movie fell flat and I think you should give us all back our money for sitting through 2 hours of torture.