Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (IMDB:7.5|Rot:82%)
Finally went to see Charlie at The Strand. Quite good, but it made me want to watch the original again. I think I prefer Gene Wilder's quiet malice to Johnny Depp's china doll creepiness. (As an aside, is there any movie that Helena Bonham Carter isn't in?)
With Edward Scissorhands-style flashbacks to Wonka's youth, songs by Danny Elfman and Roald Dahl, Bollywood dance numbers with Oompa Loompas, and kids who get what they deserve… what's not to like? Well worth the $5 ticket price. Go ahead— splurge on a Wonka bar at the concession stand.
Posted by rv at October 12, 2005 12:05 AM to movie