Interesting Attempt; Nothing compared to the original

Rating: 6/10 (29 August 2005)

Went to see the film being very open minded. I tend to find that remakes of classic films never turn out to be nearly as good as the real thing. Depp plays a good part, and thankfully Burnton made the right choice in choosing his Wonka nd his Charlie for the movie.
Imagined that the film would be a lot more "Burton" but was strangely disappointed at things such as the oompa loompas, and their "jazzed up" songs. Good special effects used on them, but again lots of special effects in films aren't always a good thing. Certain points through the films you begin to wonder "just how tall ARE these oompa loompas" as throughout the film they appear to be a variety of sizes, although they are intended to be the same person.
Lacks the classic songs that Gene Wilder sings throughout the original, although the new Wonka has a certain darkness about him which is something that the charming smile of Wilder just didn't bring to the original.
Actually quite glad that I don't prefer the new remake to the original, and I feel as though I haven't let Gene down! Personally, I'm a big Tim Burton fan, and a HUGE Johnny Depp fan. I believed that any film that the two make together can NOT turn out bad. I'm a little less optimistic for the next time.