OK.. but not a patch on the gene wilder film

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2005)

Went to see Charlie and the Chocolate factory last night. And while it was good I had some problems with it. 1) They implied quite seriously that they were in England.. They constantly referred to sweets and chocolate as Candy. The money being referred to was at all times dollars. When Charlie found the money in the street it was not English money, This annoyed me. 2) The whole Wonka back story was terrible and should have been left alone.. or if they were going to do it they could at least have made it more realistic.. As in england there was no following of Halloween until the eighties.. and the chocolate and sweets in the flashback were clearly too modern (petty I know but still annoying). 3) I love Johnny Depp and thought he was good, but he was no gene wilder, his Willy wonka was difficult to like. Gene Wilder created a much more likable wonka. 4) the tunnel scene was crap.. I loved the original tunnel scene, it was dark and scary and perfect.. this wasn't. 5) the kids were cast perfectly as were their parents.. the oompa loompas were good if a little difficult to understand at times. and the last song was superb..
It was a good film but the original was far better..