Awesome Opening Night

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2005)

Better than the first with an even better cast. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and David Kelly as Grandpa Joe. The three actors and their characters were so good together that I really felt a true realness about them. Stunning visuals of the grand chocolate room and the amazing boat ride sequence really started Willy Wonka's grand tour with a bang. One thing I could never have been aware for was the quirky Oompa Loompa songs. Original and yet modern, Danny Elfman is a genius. Along with the casting, all of this really made for a great movie. Hoorah for Tim Burton! It really felt like a Burton film and was done so as to feel like it really was coming out of a story book, which of course, it was. Tim Burton is either a genius or completely nuts but either way, he certainly knows how to put on a show. Go see it! Go see it!