Big disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (13 August 2005)

I went to see this movie as soon is at came out in Turkey. I was more excited about this movie then any other because I had grown up watching the original and wanted to see what the great director Tim Burton and awesome actor Johnny Depp would add to this classic. To tell you the truth this duo in my opinion took all the things that made the movie amazing and turned it into a movie where its bizarre but lacking the amazement factor the original had.
First of all Johnny Depp turned out to be the most horrible Willy Wanka I could think of. The lovable, friendly and funny Willy Wanka had been substituted with a man which is just messed up and scared. I read that Burton had been inspired by Marilyn Manson while figuring out how his Wanka should be and it turned out to be a fiasco. The Umpa Lumpa were just weird all looking the same and ugly, with no cuteness or anything. The musics were very disappointing as well and I believe is a low point in one of the greatest soundtrack composers in the movie business, Danny Elfman.
The list could go on and on, the great scenes that were taken out turned the trip in the factory in a trap of eliminating children, and taking Slugworth out of the movie with his offer to all the kids killed the movies main message. Charlie ended up winning the prize because he did NOTHING. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. Charlie should have brought the EverlastingGobbStopper back to Wanka rather then turning it in to Slugworth for the money which was a virtue causing him to win the factory. The flashbacks even though gave some insight to Wanka's life, took us away from the factory and the magic of the place, if there was any left.
All and all except for the visual effects today's technology offers Tim Burton was not able to add anything to this movie and took out so much that made this movie the high point of my childhood. If you are a fan of the original movie be prepared to disappointed as I have been.