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]]> By: DrSpengler http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-review/comment-page-1/#comment-26 DrSpengler Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:19:06 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-review/#comment-26 This was one of those rare movies that left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. And I didn't mind. It's one of those movies that hooks you from the beginning and keeps you immersed in the experience all the way through. From the opening sequence where we see Willy Wonka's chocolate being packaged in a wacky Rube Golburg device that's entertaining, clever and appropriate, to that very last line of narration which sums up the movie so perfectly; the entire movie was just so very satisfying. Especially when all the kids start getting brutalized. Now that's the best kind of way to get a warm and fuzzy-feeling. Depp's "Come suckle my lolly pops, children" approach to the character of Wonka was...different, but with a purpose, as it shows just how out of touch with reality Wonka was (even if he did mirror a certain unscrupulous celebrity). And besides, Would you really want to see him trying to copy Wilder's version of the character? And that's one thing that made this version so great. It's similar enough to the original to keep things recognizable all the way through, but different enough so as not to feel like you've seen it all before. It's like watching the original movie through a different, perhaps darker, pair of glasses. And, if that didn't peak your interest, you get to see what happened to all the kids AFTER they met their gruesome fates. Very..."surreal". And it has that guy from the Neverending Story in it! You know!? The midget with the racing snail? Yeah, Deep Roy. Except this time he isn't dubbed over by some guy from California. Oh, and there's, like, 90 of him and they're all skilled in interpretive dance. I think the only thing that bugged me about the movie were the Oompa Loomp songs. Elfman's score was fantastic and eerie like all his others, but the Oompa Loomp songs were all just a tad lack-luster and forgettable. I know I shouldn't be comparing them to the originals, but they just set the bar so high. I can't say I remember the tunes to any of these new ones. The movie's a B+ at worst and I'm hard-pressed to think of any reason why people (capable of differentiating between the old and new movies) wouldn't enjoy the film on some level. This was one of those rare movies that left me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. And I didn’t mind.

It’s one of those movies that hooks you from the beginning and keeps you immersed in the experience all the way through. From the opening sequence where we see Willy Wonka’s chocolate being packaged in a wacky Rube Golburg device that’s entertaining, clever and appropriate, to that very last line of narration which sums up the movie so perfectly; the entire movie was just so very satisfying.

Especially when all the kids start getting brutalized. Now that’s the best kind of way to get a warm and fuzzy-feeling.

Depp’s “Come suckle my lolly pops, children” approach to the character of Wonka was…different, but with a purpose, as it shows just how out of touch with reality Wonka was (even if he did mirror a certain unscrupulous celebrity). And besides, Would you really want to see him trying to copy Wilder’s version of the character?

And that’s one thing that made this version so great. It’s similar enough to the original to keep things recognizable all the way through, but different enough so as not to feel like you’ve seen it all before. It’s like watching the original movie through a different, perhaps darker, pair of glasses.

And, if that didn’t peak your interest, you get to see what happened to all the kids AFTER they met their gruesome fates. Very…”surreal”.

And it has that guy from the Neverending Story in it! You know!? The midget with the racing snail? Yeah, Deep Roy. Except this time he isn’t dubbed over by some guy from California. Oh, and there’s, like, 90 of him and they’re all skilled in interpretive dance.

I think the only thing that bugged me about the movie were the Oompa Loomp songs. Elfman’s score was fantastic and eerie like all his others, but the Oompa Loomp songs were all just a tad lack-luster and forgettable. I know I shouldn’t be comparing them to the originals, but they just set the bar so high. I can’t say I remember the tunes to any of these new ones.

The movie’s a B+ at worst and I’m hard-pressed to think of any reason why people (capable of differentiating between the old and new movies) wouldn’t enjoy the film on some level.

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