Wonka's Magic

I watched the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" last night. We rented it from netflix and got it the day of it's release. I hadn't seen it yet and so I was pretty excited. The original Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder is up there on my list of movies. The music is that kind of music, at least for me, that sticks with you. I find myself singing "cheer up Charlie" to my husband whenever he's not feeling so well. I hadn't received the greatest reviews from my friends for this new movie. I heard several people tell me that it was not near as good as the original and that they didn't particularly like Johnny Depp's portrayal of Wonka.
First off, I have to say that I think Johnny Depp is a brilliant actor. Every movie I have seen him in, especially this last year, I am so impressed with his acting. But that's the thing about acting, if someone does that good of a job you forget that they are acting and begin to believe that this character is actually a real person. He does that for me every time. He was amazing in "Pirates of the Carribean" but he blew me away in "Finding Neverland", that was a beautiful movie and he was incredible.
Ok, so I'm veerying off topic. Yes. Willy Wonka. Ok, I really liked this movie! It was very similar to the original in many ways but added a few extra things to it that the original did not have. I thought that Depp's interpretation of Willy Wonka was perfect. Kind of child-like with this wide-eyed innocence that made you just want to hug him! It takes quite a bit to make me laugh out loud in movies or t.v shows but there were multiple times that his character got me.
The oompa-loompas were a little annoying though. They tried to modernize their songs a bit too much. I wish they could have just had them sing some happy jingle everytime like the old ones did instead of trying to make them 21st century. I suppose I'm biased because I hate mainstream music and anything that has to do with....but that's a whole other blog...
Anyway, if you haven't seen it go out and get it!