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Yep, though this movie was released in 2005, I only saw it two nights ago on TV he he he…For some weird reason, I thought it would be boring. I’m glad I was wrong. It’s actually pretty fascinating and interesting to see. I’ve never read Roald Dahl’s books, so I knew nothing about the story. For the imaginative world created in the movie and the WONDERFUL performance7.1 stars by Johnny Depp, I’ll give this movie a out of 10.

The Story:

Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor child with a good heart. He lives with his parents and two sets of grandparents. One grandpa once worked in The Chocolate Factory, the biggest chocolate factory in the world. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) is the man who owned the factory. Willy Wonka creates many different kinds of best-selling chocolate that his competitors get jealous. They send spies to the factory to steal his recipes. After a while, other factories start selling chocolate using his recipes and Willie Wonka decides to close his factory forever.

However, a few years has passed and there’s been some activity in the factory, though nobody has been seen entering or coming out of the place. Then Willy Wonka decides to give 5 lucky kids a chance to get inside his factory and one of them is promised a GRAND PRIZE. 

Charlie is lucky enough to be one of them. Each child has to be escorted by an adult and Charlie is escorted by his grandpa who once worked in the factory. Other children who get the golden ticket are: Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiergratz), and Violet Beuragarde (AnnaSophia Robb). All the other kids are “brats”. Veruca is totally spoiled by her parents, Mike loves playing video games and he’s obnoxious, Augustus loves eating too much sweet stuff, whereas Violet is a nasty girl who loves chewing gum and hates losing. 

When Willy Wonka takes them inside the factory, they see a whole new world inside. The kind of world that looks like in a fairy tale. There’s a HUGE chocolate waterfall and everything in the beautiful garden-like world can be eaten, including the grass. One by one the kids are challenged to beat their weaknesses as they’re taken into a tour around the factory. In the factory there’s also the cute Oompa-Loompas (tiny fellows who work in the factory). 

I bet you know who the winner of the grand prize is, but what is the grand prize? What kind of challenges are there in the factory?

Here’s the trailer:

Notes:

1. It’s hard to describe the kind of factory it is, but I LOVE the fantasy world created in the movie, so this movie is recommended if you want to watch a family/fantasy movie. 

2. I was TOTALLY impressed by Johnny Depp in this movie. It’s as if I saw somebody else as Willy Wonka. He plays his character VERY well. Applause for him!!!

3. I took a peek at the ending of Roald Dahl’s novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and found some differences from the movie. I guess it’s just normal as many movies aren’t portrayed exactly the same as the original books/stories.