This chocolate ain't as sweet as the originals recipe

Rating: 2/10 (20 May 2006)

I don't understand it, why do people like Tim Burton? I mean, tell me a great film he did? He has done many good films including Edward Siccorhands and Big Fish. I guess people mistake his amazing artistic style with good directing, it is not. He has no sense of emotion in his films, no sense of pace, and no sense of musical style. Charlie and the chocolate factory had a brilliant artistic style except for his art direction in terms of the "oompa-lumpas," which were pitiful compared to the originals. The most glaring fault of the film and what ruined it for me were the horrendous songs, while the original had many tunes which have lived through the ages, this version tried to "modernize" these tunes with terrible results. Since this is the heart of the film it utterly ruins the entire experience. The only saving grace of this film is johnny Depp's performance, which manages to make laughs from terrible dialogue and keeps you interested through its sheer spontaneity. In short, an awful film with another showpiece performance by Johnny Depp.