Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Darryl Jason It's taken me 13 years to properly sit down & watch this remake. Having not really been a fan of Johnny Depp over the years, I have to say that this film really doesn't suit him. I don't think he was right for the role at all. But then again, who else would be perfect other than the original Gene Wilder. I've given this one a chance now & finally watched it (right now in 2018) & I just can't get over how bizarre Depp plays the role: creepy, wooden, sarcastically annoying to the children in the film. His laugh is horrendous & his head-bopping to the Oompa Loompas songs & dances. It's like he's at a concert & he's enjoying it more than the children. The child actors - I don't recognise one single one & can't say I've seen any of them in anything else. Since this movie was made in 2005 I don't think this film has given them any recognition since we're now in 2018 & you never see or hear of any of them. Whereas the 1971 classic is still there in people's hearts (including mine). The original movie with Gene Wilder still holds conventions around the world where the original actors (Peter Ostrum, Julie Dawn Cole) attend for photo signings but I have to say; just what recognition can one give this 2005 remake. The children in this film also show no excitement - no emotion - no laughs or thrills considering they're in a chocolate factory. There's just no engagement & I have to agree with one of the other reviewers on here; watch for the scene when they're in the river boat tearing down at fast speed: the children make no noise of excitement, no screams, no joys. Nothing. I think the most impressive part of the movie is with the squirrels. I'll give this one credit cause it actually quite impressed me the effects of it. & I think it's trying to show you that squirrels can be quite scary (imagine approaching one yourself & it pouncing on you for attack!)Can't say I think much of the Oompa Loompas. Never really thought much of Deep Roy (who plays the duplicated Oompa Loompas). I met him once at a convention here in the UK & the guy looked miserable as sin, he looked like he didn't want to be there. Most probably because there was nobody at his table wanting an autograph. I tried to say hello but he just barely said one word back. I'm not gonna say I dislike this movie nor did I enjoy it. I've just got no feeling to want to watch it again. But the original 1971 is always a classic and when it comes to a good egg, I'll be cracking open the dvd to the original anytime!

maxastree Tim Burton has a heart of cardboard - can his friend Johnny Depp save him in this "dark" children's remake about consumerism? Dunno bro, ask Batman!! That sucked too, especially in the "plot" department. This movie is worth seeing for some attractive set design, ostentatious costumes and Danny Elfman's energetic, whimsical-yet-gothic musical approach. Parts of this film break down in to MTV style music video montage, which is another sign of how shallow and distracting Burton is as a creative force, and storyteller. He has made some SOME great films, but this is like half of one, in a sense. I enjoyed the CG furry animals though!

areatw I might be in a tiny minority here, but I actually prefer 2005's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' to the original 'Willy Wonka' film from the 70s. Yes, the original is considered a classic and rightly so, but there is something about this version that I love that just isn't found in the original. It remains loyal to the book whilst adding the odd new element to give it a fresh feel.I've seen this version a few times now and always enjoy it immensely. I particularly like how we learn more about the mysterious Willy Wonka character as we're taken back to his childhood. Johnny Depp is brilliant as Wonka, delivering a truly captivating performance and giving his own take on the character. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' turned out as well as it could have for me. It was never going to please everyone, but I think this is a brilliant remake.

TheBlueHairedLawyer This film was released in 2005, when I was in the 2nd grade, and my father took me to the army base theatre in my neighbourhood to watch it. It was targeted at children, but I just didn't get it and still don't get it even today. It was heavily predictable for one thing; Burton casts Depp in everything and as usual Depp comes off as a creepy freak who would be better as a pedophilic mime in a back-alley somewhere waiting to pop out from behind a dumpster, than a lovable and eccentric factory owner. He terrified the hell out of me as a child and still makes me cringe even today. The CGI is incredibly tacky. To be fair most of the child actors did a good job, but their scenes are always overshadowed by Depp's annoying and sometimes cruel behaviour towards the characters. He loves children a little too much at times, other times he seems repulsed by them. His mood swings implied a mental illness, not creativity or genius. And as usual, Burton never passes up a chance to slip his wife, Helena Carter, into a role, also very predictable and obvious. Many of Burton's actors are very typecast.By far aside from Depp as Wonka, what irked me the most was the godawful musical numbers. Cross Lady Gaga with Michael Jackson, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, American Horror Story's "Freak Show" (Season 4), and Stephen King's It from the 1990's, and this film is about what you'd get. It was corny, bizarre, like the worst acid trip available. There's also a backstory thrown in for no apparent reason, maybe just as filler, which tries to give Wonka a tragic backstory of child abuse. This just comes off as incredibly silly. He acts like he has PTSD over something traumatic, but when it's revealed that his father loved him but was a dentist and simply didn't want Wonka to eat candy because he was wearing a retainer, it just makes Wonka's character seem even more spoiled and intolerable. I mean, he freakin' runs away from home over his father not letting him eat a Halloween chocolate ball? Somebody needs to grow the f*ck up in this film, and it's certainly not the kids or their parents. Actually despite the parents portrayed as meek enablers and bumbling bumpkins, they were all very likable for the most part. Their parenting skills may have been questionable but none of them seemed particularly bad, whereas Wonka sings and dances cheerfully as a little girl is shoved down a rubbish chute with a rotten fish skeleton? What the hell? Oh, and let's not forget the vulgar humour slipped into this film aimed at child viewers as well, with lines such as "don't touch those squirrel's nuts!" ...Ugh, that's just stupid.All in all, I hated this film as a kid and I hate it even more today. I've found though that it does serve at least one purpose... ever play the Willy Wonka Drinking Game? You pop this film into your VHS or DVD player, you gather up a group of friends and some vodka and shot glasses, and throughout the film, each time a person says "what the f*ck?" while viewing, they have to drink a shot. Otherwise, this film, at least in my humble opinion, is good for nothing but landfill stuffer.