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willy wonka and the chocolate factory is a great movie that, as in the title, focuses on willy wonka. charlie and the chocolate factory, by tim burton, should focus on charlie as the title says. and it starts off that way but once willy wonka is introduced it becomes his story which does not work at all in this film.
i enjoyed and liked this film back when it came out in theatres. since then i've only heard bad things and very bad things about johnny depp's performance. i just watched it again and i agree with the bad things but not about depp.
i don't know what burton was thinking here but he misfires on almost every level. firstly the idea to make the focus on wonka was a bad idea as gene wilder owns the part and the audience will do nothing but compare the two. second, making wonka so weird and out there (with a strong performance from depp as a man-child wonka who had a terrible childhood and never really grew up) just doesn't work. this wonka is just too weird and strange to have the supposed effect he has on the people around him. i mean wonka is just weird for weird's sake with no reason behind it.
then there is the erratic and shifting tone of humour, heart and almost horror. it never works as it never focuses on one thing long enough. and don't get me started on the music. the score is great but the oompa loompa songs just don't work here as they are cheese. not just any cheese but processed american cheese from a can cheese. yes, that bad.
good production design and good acting though does not a good movie make. it does not save the movie here. there are moments that are disturbing (the squirrel sequence) and moments that are just plain dumb (the glass elevator destroying the very poor bucket families home and they don't even bat an eyelash). and in the end it ends up being quiet boring.
if you want to watch a movie based on this beloved roald dahl book then stick to the original with gene wilder. burton, how you have disappointed me here... i can't believe i liked this in the theatre those ten years ago?
production design: 8 out of 10
cinematography: 7 out of 10
re-playability: 3 out of 10
originality: 5 out of 10
costumes: 7 out of 10
directing: 6 out of 10
editing: 7 out of 10
acting: 7 out of 10
music: 4 out of 10
script: 4 out of 10
58/100
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