A Sweet Success

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2005)

Willy Wonka can't stand kids. I love the way it shows wonka trying to keep his cool whilst surrounded by a bunch of spoilt brats, (well, except for Charlie).
Tim Burton and Mr. Depp portray this in dazzling manner. The film is very colourful and very Burton-ized. Just look at Charlie bucket's little house and you know Tim has something to do with it. The factory is amazing and, as you'd expect 30 something years later, full of special effects and more update machinery. And, i did think before watching this movie that i would get a bit bored as i already know what happens from the first one and it would just have a bit more polish to it. BUT, i was proved wrong because in a very clever way, Burton gives you the answers to questions you wondered in your head from the first film. "I wonder what oompa land looks like?" or "do you think Willy wonka has lived in the factory his whole live?". Well now i now oompa land has a lot of trees.
Well, now we know that this film contains a number of tree's, however, we also find out that this film contains Dads or father's or poppa's or whatever you call them. Well i call my male parent Dad so i will use this name. Anyway, this time around Charlie Bucket has a Dad. Now, as much i can recall i don't think we see Charlie's dad in the Gene Wilder wonka. So, Charlie's Dad works in a factory and earns a pittance of cash. Unlucky. Another Dad we see is actually Willy Wonka's. Well when i first heard that Wonka's dad was starring in the film i immediately thought of a crazy elder holding a candy cane as a walking stick but no Willy Wonka's dad is a dentist. Christopher Lee is the dentist and a pretty harsh dad. It goes back to Wonka's past and shows us his Dad's strict personality.
But all in all, this film is very eye catching, entertaining and humorous. Depp plays a good role as Willy Wonka but i still think Gene Wilder is the chocolate master. The kids suit the roles of the characters perfectly, (Augustus Gloop is very fat, for example). Emotion is also portrayed in this film too, as Wonka battles with his family issues past and present. Squeeze the whole film in a bar of chocolate and it would taste good, look good, and grab your attention in every bite you take.