We’ve caught several movies recently, including last night Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. None of us cared for it, but probably because we compared it too much to the original movie. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 83% so the critics seemed to enjoy this one. We didn’t like the modernized Oompa Loompa songs, Johnny Depp’s portrayal of the eccentric Wonka, the child actors or the ending. MIA is the bubble lift incident with Grandpa Joe and Charlie, but there are other scenes. We did like the squirrel scene which replaced the golden goose from the original. I enjoyed reading Dahl as a kid — especially his twist ending short stories like Lamb to the Slaughter — and this movie is darker and more ironic like Dahl’s many stories, but it was just too weird and Michael Jacksonesq for me. I probably would have enjoyed it much more if I didn’t compare it to the original which is a timeless classic. I wish they’d stop remaking classics. Miracle on 34th Street sucked as a remake too. Grade: D

On the other hand, we all liked Fantastic Four. It’s clobberin’ time! This is post #13 in the vacation 2005 series.

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