No, really, this movie was excruciatingly bad. It was Tim Burton at his worst; imagery without story. Johnny Depp got Willie Wonka so completely wrong (and of course, Gene Wilder got him so right), but even that wasn't what sunk the movie. The music was terrible and unintelligible, plot lines from the original movie were dropped (and whether Slugworth was an invention of Mel Stuart or Roald Dahl, I don't know or care) taking with them all motivation for the characters, and all warmth and charm was surgically extracted from this film.
Don't be fooled by the first few minutes, which are playful and fun. Once we get to the factory itself, there's no movie, just a tedious wait for the end credits. Don't even rent this film.
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My girlfriend and I did like this movie. The acting was pretty good, and we thought that Johnny Depp did a perfect job.
However, the missing Slugworth plotline did make the movie feel like incomplete. I really felt that the invention stealing factory workers was cut-off.
Probably it will be featured again in the extended DVD edition?
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