You hear the idea - a remake of Willy Wonka from Tim Burton with Johnny Depp - and think "great"... as did large slabs of the film going public who pushed this to a big gross. Some great production designs but Depp's Wonka is a bit creepy and the script makes two bad alterations from the original - adding a back story for Wonka (as if anyone cares - and yawn snore he had troubles with his father... Hollywood filmmakers love putting these plots in they all must have problems with their father),and removing the subplot about the mysterious man who tries to get Charlie to betray Wonka. Why remove this? It added suspense. So the story gets repetitive after a while - one kid disappears, then another, then another - with no build of suspense. Tremendous production design.
The pacing is a little off too. The acting not as good as the original. Nice tunes.
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