Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roger Ebert says Johnny Depp channeled Michael Jackson in this flick. Disconcerting. Damned disconcerting. And I can’t say I disagree.

That is not to say I didn’t like the film. I certainly didn’t get the willies like I did from the 1970s version. The Oompa Loompas were probably the best characters in the film rather than the number-one reason never to see the film again. Still, I wonder if there are certain books that simply cannot translate onto the screen. Nothing the movies produce can match the Willy Wonka in my head, or the sight of the chocolate waterfall.

So, meh. Wake me when they ditch the idiotic backstory with the wanna-be Sith Lord, give Willy his whiskers back and get ready to make the Great Glass Elevator.