I think if you put Michael Jackson in charge of a candy company the outcome would be fairly similar to this “re-imagining” of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story.
Johnny Depp is known for playing some really out-there characters (Ed Wood anybody?), but his abuse of creative liberty as Willy Wonka is downright creepy, looking and acting like a child molester.
Evidently Roald Dahl wasn’t fond of the now-classic 1971 musical version of his story and sold the rights to have it remade shortly before he died. His surviving family allegedly oversaw every aspect of the production and all creative decisions that went into this flick.
I realize now that this means that Dahl’s family realized that they could make serious cash off of the remake because everyone would pique their interests in what the remake was like. Director Tim Burton floods the film with his standard lot of unnecessary imagery, set designs and camera work. It’s also got a minor Gothic aftertaste that Burton seems to command.
Burton claims it's not a remake, but I’ve got news for you- once a film based on a book or other source material has been made, any other “versions” that come after it are remakes. And remakes almost always pale in comparison to the original. This one sure does.
I think if you put Michael Jackson in charge of a candy company the outcome would be fairly similar to this “re-imagining” of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story.
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