In my earlier review of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," I promised to offer further thoughts and insights about the movie.
While the film was, indeed, visually striking and entertaining, it also contained some sarcastic, sinister undertones.
For example, Willy Wonka's Johnny Depp is a curious mix. He's unbalanced, unstable and almost Michael Jackson-ish on the one hand and yet completely uncaring and insensitive when child after child falls to a frightening fate.
Even so, Depp's character has a sweet underside, too. His development has been stalled, in large part, because his famous dentist dad wasn't doting enough.
But, come on, his father's big sin was throwing out his child's Halloween candy and not being supportive of his love for chocolate? (Gimme a break! That's rather sad to equate chocolate deprivation with withholding love.)
In my earlier review of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," I promised to offer further thoughts and insights about the movie.
While the film was, indeed, visually striking and entertaining, it also contained some sarcastic, sinister undertones.
For example, Willy Wonka's Johnny Depp is a curious mix. He's unbalanced, unstable and almost Michael Jackson-ish on the one hand and yet completely uncaring and insensitive when child after child falls to a frightening fate.
Even so, Depp's character has a sweet underside, too. His development has been stalled, in large part, because his famous dentist dad wasn't doting enough.
But, come on, his father's big sin was throwing out his child's Halloween candy and not being supportive of his love for chocolate? (Gimme a break! That's rather sad to equate chocolate deprivation with withholding love.)