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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Just not right...
I'm not sure if this is a SPOILER or not, but my opinion. I was really looking forward to seeing this. I like Johnny Depp and I loved the original. I was very disappointed in this for several reasons. 1) I thought it was going to be a Part II and not a remake. Why remake something that was already great? Why not make a movie as Charlie himself grown up and running the factory. 2) Depp is quirky in a freaky, irritating kind of way, often resembling Michael Jackson in a strange way. 3) They ruined all the great songs that were in the original, with completely new, completely irritating, please turn the *@#$ off, it's killing me, kind of songs. 4) Kudos to the one guy who played ALL the oompa loompas.... again pretty strange looking and very digitized.... i like the originals much better instead of exact clone of one. 5) They changed the idea of a lot of the scenes completely... no bad/golden egg for example, no everlasting gobstoppers. 6) My kids didn't like it much either and looked kind of disturbed after the show.
Taken (2002)
Excellent
I really loved this mini series and couldn't wait for each new episode. Some characters were liked more than others, but the story was very intriguing and held my interest all the way through. The only thing I didn't like was the climax and final episode was a bit weak. I was expecting something more. It was also a bit hokey that people all over with trailers were coming to save the world with their shotguns and somehow arrived before the military and fbi was able to. Otherwise, I highly recommend.