Charlie and chocolate factory

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2008)

Not intending to write a really long comment, but I loved the film, loved Johnny Depp - the original Willy Wonka seemed abit odd, like he didn't really fit in with the children unlike Johnny Depp does - I agree with other comments that his character did remind me of Michael Jackson abit but it went well in the film, HOWEVER I was REALLY quite annoyed at the fact American words like 'band-aid' and 'vacation' were used in a film derived from an English book - I understand it was made in America but why is it necessary to dumb down an English text like this, where words such as holiday are far more understandable than 'vacation' anyway. Was quite disappointed at this as we have to put up with many of our texts like Harry Potter and now this being dumbed down for certain audiences who would surely appreciate it being more realistic? Although apart form this minor factor I found the film AMAZING and I love it!