If it Weren't for those horrid Oompa Loompas

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2005)

The Translation from book to movie was amazing...but it was too distracting seeing the same ugly, Witch-Doctor-Looking Oompa Loompa duplicated...I know many people disagree on that with me...Of course it's cliché to compare the roles of Wonka with that of the modern and original movie but they're two completely different wonkas...Gene Wilder's Wonka was Cynical, Sarcastic and whereas Johnny Depp's Wonka is devoid of emotional attachment as a child that was not taught to love, like he obviously is: a very mentally underdeveloped adult...but that childlike mentality is why Wonka had the imagination of a child...Tim Burton's film is excellent for keeping to the book but didn't roald dahl intend for the big screen version of his book to be otherwise? he did write the screenplay for the 1971 version...