Friday, July 15, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

My review is a simple quote from the movie: "Eww."

This would have been a nice remake except for two things:
1) Depp's playing of Willie Wonka was as if he were drunk, high and/or just plain stupid. That doesn't make sense for the guy who designed that amazing factory. I liked Gene Wilder's smart, cynical Willie much much more.
2) Too close to the original. It could have used some modernizing to make it worth making a remake.

This is strike two for Tim Burton's remakes (#1 was Planet of the Apes).