Sim1You lose, good day Sir!
January 9th 2010 19:34
Happy New Year to you, my dear readers.
As promised, here is my first ‘Music-by-Danny-Elfman’-film review of 2010. And I am sad to report that it was completely and utterly rubbish.
Sure, the music was unmistakably Danny, very reminiscient in parts of Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. But disappointingly the main character was made to portray a complete freak and with his white make up looked like the dying Freddie Mercury in the last Queen videos ‘I’m Going Slighty Mad’ and ‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’.
I am fully aware that Tim Burton likes to be freaky at times- Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas pay testament to that. And often he likes to cast Johnny Depp as chief freak, Edward Scissorhands, for example. However, if freakiness is all that Tim Burton is good at, he should have stayed well away from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
It is a heart-warming, child-friendly story, and that’s due to Roald Dahl. Yet Burton turned the whole thing into a frightening ghost train ride.
The side story of Willy Wonka growing up with his evil dentist father was unnecessary and quite frankly those all-face-encompassing dental braces were just ludicrous. Why the adult Willy Wonka then wears a woman’s wig is beyond my comprehension.
At least Freddie Highmore, the kid who plays Charlie, is very cute and I’ll be sure to take him down the pub as soon as he turns 18. (Having just checked imdb.com, I realise that will be in a mere couple of weeks. Valentine’s Day this year, to be precise.)
But why oh why was Willy Wonka made into a socially-awkward lunatic with a nervous giggle?
Very disappointing! If you haven’t seen the movie, rest assured you haven’t missed anything. Give me the old Gene Wilder version any day.
Now Tim Burton is currently trying his hand on turning Alice in Wonderland into a film. I dread to think what that’ll be like. It has Johnny Depp in it again. And of course, Danny Elfman will be providing the music. So I guess you can expect a review here on Fish on Film, even if it turns out as dire as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
As promised, here is my first ‘Music-by-Danny-Elfman’-film review of 2010. And I am sad to report that it was completely and utterly rubbish.
Sure, the music was unmistakably Danny, very reminiscient in parts of Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare Before Christmas. But disappointingly the main character was made to portray a complete freak and with his white make up looked like the dying Freddie Mercury in the last Queen videos ‘I’m Going Slighty Mad’ and ‘These Are the Days of Our Lives’.
I am fully aware that Tim Burton likes to be freaky at times- Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas pay testament to that. And often he likes to cast Johnny Depp as chief freak, Edward Scissorhands, for example. However, if freakiness is all that Tim Burton is good at, he should have stayed well away from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The side story of Willy Wonka growing up with his evil dentist father was unnecessary and quite frankly those all-face-encompassing dental braces were just ludicrous. Why the adult Willy Wonka then wears a woman’s wig is beyond my comprehension.
At least Freddie Highmore, the kid who plays Charlie, is very cute and I’ll be sure to take him down the pub as soon as he turns 18. (Having just checked imdb.com, I realise that will be in a mere couple of weeks. Valentine’s Day this year, to be precise.)
But why oh why was Willy Wonka made into a socially-awkward lunatic with a nervous giggle?
Very disappointing! If you haven’t seen the movie, rest assured you haven’t missed anything. Give me the old Gene Wilder version any day.
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