Movie reviews

[ayoub]

First, Goblet of Fire:

Once you accept that the movie isn't going to contain all of the book, you can accept that what they did put in was done well.
A thrilling film which showcased how well the kids are maturing into actors :D

Second, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Once you can ignore Johnny Depp trying to be Michael Jackson, the movie is visually stunning. Although hearing English accents referring to chocolate as "candy" does grate on the nerves quite a bit. The original is still a million times better...
Tim Burton made the movie a little darker than it should have been, and Danny Elfman's music reminded me a little too much of their collaboration in Batman to put things into the right mood for a kids movie.

Tonight, War of the Worlds :D

Comments

[kay.livejournal.com]

I was really annoyed with Depp ... he made it into such a strange and annoying character ... having read the book a gazillion times I simply couldn't relate to the Willy Wonka he played, felt more like he was doing the whole 'fear and loathing in Las Vegas' trick all over again.

But have to admit I was also very visually dissapointed. I expected more of it, no clue why they remade it.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

I thought the visuals and the effects were good, and the kid that played Charlie did very well...

[kay.livejournal.com]

I just think that when you remake such a movie anno 2005 you gotta do a kick ass job on it or don't do it all .. I guess I expected more than what was showed. I liked the waterfall, tho. The rest of the cast was brilliant, too! I still prefer the original movie .. to me, that came closest to what I had in mind when I read the book.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

The original was far superior, definitely. I still haven't read the book though