Re: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
 

I had 2 big problems with it - big enough to really overshadow everything that was wonderful about it. And there was quite a bit wonderful about it.

The first problem - the girl who played Veruca Salt was terrible. Veruca was always my favorite of the kids, and whoever played her in this one simply wasn't up to snuff. She was a terrible whiner - and since that's was Veruca does, it's quite unfortunate.

Even worse - what the hell was up with the ending? I'll give them putting in the flashbacks and backstory for Wonka [though there was one of those that really didn't make any sense], but the ending was simply atrocious.

I love the book, love the original movie, but I wasn't going into this thinking about how my childhood memories were going to be dirtied. If anyone can make a good Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, it'll be Tim Burton. But, goddammit, I fucking hated that ending and as a result won't bother seeing it again.

*Sigh*