Box office loser! Don't insult us

Rating: 1/10 (16 July 2005)

Gene Wilder is Right! Why remake a perfect movie? Money.
This movie is just an attempt to make money for the studio and the actors involved. This movie is in one word: insulting This movie ruins the image of Willy Wonka. He is no longer a weird, reclusive, lovable hero. Instead he is a weird distant drug user. Willy Wonka is suppose to be about imagination, hope, and mystery.
The music lyrics were inaudible at times and not in your face like the original.
There isn't any "oompa Loompa Doompa de do" with fun loving oompa lumpas. Instead the oompa lumpas are cold faced clones with a cheesy special effect. There isn't any personality to these little guys. And they certainly are not cute in anyway. They are suppose to be weird like cute helpers.
The theme of "Pure Imagination" has been removed and there is nothing to hold this film together. Apparently, imagination is lost.
There aren't any lovable characters to speak of.
The acting is good by most of the cast but goes no where. The special effects are very cheesy, a boat in one scene looks like a Disney ride then a model in another.
If you do see this movie, you won't want to see it again.
Another attempt to make money fails. I predict it fail at the box office after the 1st week, and maybe pull in $150 million by the time it hits video. For the $150 price tag, they will only make a few million dollars if they are lucky and they ruined Willy Wonka forever.
Stick with the imagination and hope of Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)