Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) by Beth W — 01 Jan 2016

Charlie and the Chocolate Facory is just an an and all strange movie. The movie, which stars the amazing Freddie Highmore as the titular Charlie, and Johnny Depp as the haunting Willie Wonka. This Wonka is surely different from Gene Wilder's, For one, Depp is a much much darker version of the Wonka character. As a matter of fact, I kept comparing him to Michael Jackson, whenever he was on screen. Obsessed with little people, total disdain for adults, and in his own dreamworld. I don't know, because of this, I was just slightly creeped out by this and really couldn't get into the movie as much as I should have. But, I REALLY loved the first part of the movie, with Charlie's life and the discovery of the gold tickets and what not, it's just when we get to the factory, it sort of goes off for me.

Rewatch notes:Interesting review. Since this time, I have watched the original, and, although I like the original better, this version is still very good. Depp's rendition is quite strange and wonderful, and the factory scenes are quite surreally beautiful.