Charlie and the Chocolate Factoy

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2005)

This movie is incredibly fantastic. Burton, Depp and Elfman, have done it again. I recently revisited the 1971 version, "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" since it had been so long. The first thing I would like to say, (as Tim Burton has said in similar words) This is not really a re-make. It's an original movie, that just happens to be similar to the other, since both of the movies ideas are based on the same book by Roald Dahl. I think people who liked the 1971 version can still enjoy this one, without feeling disloyal to the other. Nobody but Tim Burton could have done it well enough to be able to say there is room for two Willie Wonka movies. Absolutely no one could ever play Willie Wonka as great as Johnny Depp, he is a master. Freddie Highmore is an incredible Charlie Bucket, that kid is amazing and surely is going places(Very talented, may very well be the Johnny Depp of his generation) As for the rest of the cast, they were chosen equally as well. The visuals and musical score are phenomenal. I don't want to be critical of the movie critics, I have read their reviews, and I just don't understand. I learned a long time ago, if the trailers looked interesting to me, just go and see it. I have rarely been disappointed in my own judgment.