Very disappointing! As overrated as Johnny Depp's face! I hate him!!!

Rating: 2/10 (15 January 2007)

I like the ending, very much indeed! At our local Odeon Cinema we went to see it and, although I though "oh what a nice ending! You just can't ask for a happier ending!", in spite of that part, I thought of this film as, if you like, very stale, soggy old sweets (long past its sell-by-date) when compared to the 1971-classic. Now that was a GREAT film and it's just a shame my 7-year-old step-brother (who will be 8 pretty soon) watches it non-stop, all-day, everyday! I'm not stopping him but, you know, it is quite annoying when you see the same film, the same music, the songs, the same actors, the same voices (that get irritating), the same picture, the same narrative, the same settings, the same introduction - OHH! It's VERY annoying but he is only 7 going 8, I suppose so he is still quite young. Perhaps he ain't too keen on the stupidity of this new updated version, either. I wouldn't blame him if he did because this is an hour and fifty minutes of absolutely idiotic dullness. What made Warner Bros. think that them pathetic songs would appeal to anyone, which (more fool them) people did like, especially my sister, Nat. The songs from the original like, "Pure Imagination", "The Candy Man Can", "The Oompa Loompa Theme" and more are classics and the new songs in this 2005-update are simply incompetent in comparison - they're poor, they're rubbish, they're irritating, they're not at all entertaining and worst of all, the acting! OH the acting! I hate it! Johnny Depp looks absolutely ridiculous as Willy Wonka not to mention girlie, he looks like he's a drag queen here and Veruca Salt lacks the attitude of a spoilt, bratty, I-Want-It-Right-Now kind of girl, she seems extremely rational, her voice is very dull, the boat-ride in the factory is totally unexciting, the factory-tour is dull, Grandpa Joe's performance irritates me and if there is any comedy all I can say is that it's unfunny and completely ridiculous. If this is what Roald Dahl would've wanted all this time then for one thing more fool him and for another thing I pity him! What kind of imagination did he have exactly? An unimpressive one by what it sounds! I'm no fan of his published works, to be honest!