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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This movie made me at turns both angry and sad.
To start with the pros: It did look fantastic. And the kids were all good, as were most of the grown-ups. (Yay for David Kelly) I especially liked the first section, before they entered the factory.
Then the cons: Johnny Depp was the main one. Gene Wilder was slightly creepy, but Depp crossed over the creepy line, coming off as seedy. And seriously, what was with the latex gloves? A little off-putting, to say the least. And he acted pretty much the entire thing with just his mouth, but not in a subtle way.
But my biggest problem was with the... backstory. They took all the mystery if the character of Wonka, and explained it with "Daddy was a dentist, wouldn't let me eat sweets." I mean, for feck's sake people, half of the greatness of the character was his sheer bizarreness. We didn't know why he started the factory, and we didn't need to know. Giving him a backstory, especially such a pedestrian one, ruins all of that. Don't even get me started on the ending.
Not that it was all bad. Some of the dialoge was great, the Oompa Loompa(s) were good, and it was a decent afternoon at the cinema. But I expected more from Tim Burton, frankly
To start with the pros: It did look fantastic. And the kids were all good, as were most of the grown-ups. (Yay for David Kelly) I especially liked the first section, before they entered the factory.
Then the cons: Johnny Depp was the main one. Gene Wilder was slightly creepy, but Depp crossed over the creepy line, coming off as seedy. And seriously, what was with the latex gloves? A little off-putting, to say the least. And he acted pretty much the entire thing with just his mouth, but not in a subtle way.
But my biggest problem was with the... backstory. They took all the mystery if the character of Wonka, and explained it with "Daddy was a dentist, wouldn't let me eat sweets." I mean, for feck's sake people, half of the greatness of the character was his sheer bizarreness. We didn't know why he started the factory, and we didn't need to know. Giving him a backstory, especially such a pedestrian one, ruins all of that. Don't even get me started on the ending.
Not that it was all bad. Some of the dialoge was great, the Oompa Loompa(s) were good, and it was a decent afternoon at the cinema. But I expected more from Tim Burton, frankly
the thing i liked about depp's performance is that for the most part he's like a big kid (you're all SHORT aren't you) but he is excessively creepy for snatches. just little snatches though, almost like you think you were imagining him being creepy. the time i can think of most strongly is after he greets them and they're first walking down the entrance hallway. very eerie.
i didn't see any more mouth acting than he normally does, can you possibly elaborate?
i agree that parts of the backstory were a bit weird, but i liked it in general. because it's just sort of neat that you see a reason for an obsession. most obsessions have some sort of reason.
And I prefered not knowing his motivation.