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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
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"Even if you love the original Escape to Witch Mountain, you have to welcome a remake. The 1975 sci-fi Disney film has some very dated special effects — though the visible wires used to “levitate” a handgun and a harmonica give it a campy charm — and it’s not exactly the well-respected classic that The Black Hole or Old Yeller is, anyway. So, better a remake (or “modern re-imagining”) of a slightly beloved movie, which has already been redone once, to give The Rock another fulfillment of his Disney contract and utilize all the “perfect” digital effects now available. While it seems that eventually all Dis "
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"I was morbidly curious about this re-imagining by Tim Burton, considering I can't get certain songs from the original out of my head no matter how much I try. "Cheer Up Charlie", "The Candyman Can" and "Pure Imagination" are the highpoints to the original film, along with the first glimpse of the chocolate room we get. Willy Wonka is not a family film; it's dark, it's potentially scary, it promotes bad behavior. But it is a staple of television. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory still isn't a family material. It's supposedly closer to the novel, but in this case, I don't think it's better. To be sure, I think the original movie has zero flaws, no reason to remake it. This seems like Burton threw everything in the same pot just because he could with little regard as to whether he should. Johnny Depp, one of the truly great actors of our time, plays the candy maker so completely over the top that everyone else has to run to keep up. Not just the actors, but also the set designers, ... "
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"MTV asks the question: Who is the next Dakota Fanning? Because now that the Princess of Precociousness is growing older (she recently turned 14), we apparently need to find a little girl to fill her old kid-size shoes. The most obvious suggestion is Dakota’s little sister, Elle, but MTV also mentions Little Miss Sunshine’s Abigail Breslin and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s AnnaSophia Robb as possible contenders. However, considering that Robb is actually a couple months older than Dakota, she makes the least amount of sense. The truth is, the next “Dakota Fanning” (or “Jodie Foster” or “Drew Barrymore” or “Shirley Temple”) will come along when we aren’t necessarily looking, just as Dakota did with I Am Sam. But that is mostly a moot point anyway, because the conclusion of this MTV story is that Dakota hasn’t actually gone away — she is, herself, the new Dakota Fanning, or at least still the same old Dakota Fanning, alive and acting. Whil "
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The Nines': Know thyself
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"A brief, deliberately vague review of 'The Nines' I have always been interested in this philosophical concept, as well as Plato's 'Cave Parable, 'which has been worked into some of my most re-watched cinematic outings of the past few years (The Matrix, Fight Club, Old School -- OK, maybe not that last one).As a writer, I love the kind of Charlie Kauffman-lite vibe this film has going for it, much like 'Stranger Than Fiction,' but I think much more complex. Ryan Reynolds, who I know many are hot-and-cold over, really displays some heretofore untapped range in three separate roles. Hope Davis is always a welcome addition to any film, but --wow -- where did Melissa McCarthy come from? Have not seen a "
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"This was a very well done movie that succeeded just right in approaching the beloved original without forcing a viewer to constantly compare new to old. Yes, it is essentially the same story as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory but the additional plot elements thrown in that really change the focus of the film so that, paradoxically, this movie is much more about Willy Wonka. Also, Johnny Depp's portrayal of Willa Wonka is very, very different from Gene Wilder's (incidentally, too many people forget the air of crazed malice that Wilder's Wonka evidenced several times in the original) and isn't nearly as creepy as it might appear from some of the trailers. Depp was absolutely fabulous. We took our 5 1/2 year olds and they loved it (there were a few brief "scary" moments for them, but not enough to detract from their enjoyment). "
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"This was just not worth my time, but of course the fact that it is a Tim Burton movie means that not only do I have the 2 disc edition of the DVD, but I have a bloody huge poster on my ceiling too. It also means that upon it's first day of release, I went to an old fashioned cinema, the closest to me at the time, and saw it at the first showing of the day in the midst of a large number of over excited, screaming children. I could have lived with that, had the film been enough to impress me. I know that this was not strictly speaking, a remake of the original film, rather a second adaptation of the book. I am also well aware that this film sticks far more closely to the book than the 1971 version ever did. But I still love that film and I still dislike this one. The film looked great, but I was expecting so much more from Burton especially seeing as he was working with Johnny Depp again, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands...these were such excellent films and then ... "
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"It had been well over 20 years since I saw a movie this many times at the cinema at full price. I realize most kids probably wanted to be Charlie but I want(ed) to be Willy. It's impossible to say Depp or Wilder play the character better. Wilder's portrayal was certainly mischevious and mysterious but Depp's downright naughty - almost malevolent and sadistic in a way that borders on Hannibal Lecter ... another character we somehow root for. Like the original, this is a masterpiece. It is not a remake, however, so if whether you loved or hated the version with Gene Wilder, you still want to give this a try. This totally redeemed Tim Burton for that Planet of the Apes piece of shit. Last, but certainly not least, this is the latest in a recent streak of greatness for Christopher Lee. I hope that doesn't mean he's going to die soon. He's certainly a national treasure (yes, I'm claiming him for the USA). "
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"By Tricia Olszewski A story in which kids are sucked up pipes and torpedoed down to incinerators sounded like the perfect project for Tim Burton and his frequent freak collaborator, Johnny Depp. But the trailers and entertainment-mag hype pieces for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory weren’t so promising. The Oompa-Loompas looked all too human. And Depp seemed kind of effete, even when you couldn’t hear his squeaky-voiced delivery. Nothing about this adaptation of the 1964 Roald Dahl novel seemed terribly unsettling—which was, well, unsettling. It doesn’t take long, however, for the film to reassure that it’s not another toothless Big Fish. There’s Danny Elfman’s anxious, Hitchcockian opening music, for one. And the cold saucer eyes of the rotten children—excepting, of course, warm, lovable Charlie—who get their grubby hands on golden tickets. And better still is the greeting Willy Wonka (Depp) gives visitors before they enter ... "
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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"Tasty little film 7/10 I didn't have any high hopes after seeing the film's trailer, but once I sat down and the opening titles ran (those were damn impressive, Elfman at his best) it had me. It's a movie that can clearly be divided into two parts : before the factory and in the factory. I actually liked the part before the factory better. The crooked little house was a great set and Freddie Highmore (Charlie) was enchanting. Once they're in the factory it all turns into the Johnny Depp show, and even though if there's someone out there who could carry his own show, it's Johnny Depp, it was a bit of a bummer to see the other characters disappear into the background. The Oompa Loompas have some great moments and the chocolate river with the boat ride is a joy to watch, but the other factory sets didn't really amaze me as much as I had hoped they would. They all look nice and original, but just didn't really blow me away like Burton sets usually do. The squirrel room was just a round ... "
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