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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A horrific waste of time; extremely poorly executed...
My seven-year-old daughter and I watched this movie today and she was very disappointed. The music was extremely forgettable and it was downright creepy and inappropriate in many scenes. For example, the little girl that swelled into a huge, grape.... Willy Wonka suggested popping her like a, "small pimple?" Really, an appropriate term in a candy factory? Further, Johnny Depp's portrayal of Wonka suggested a real-life, demented, perverted, abused childhood, etc. Not what I was expecting in a remake of the 1971 Gene Wilder film. Lastly, and importantly to me, my daughter and I found the remake to be absolutely lacking in the "magic" that made the original such a classic. After watching the movie I convinced my daughter to watch the original the next day. Her comment? She thought the remake awful while the original was, "really fun." Johnny Depp: you owe me and my daughter a couple wasted hours of our life. You could cut our grass, clean up the dog mess in the backyard, etc., to make up for it if you'd like......
Believe (2014)
Absolutely, laughably horrid
I made the mistake of reading the reviews on IMDb for "Believe" and thought I'd give it a try because it had an overall score of 7.8. Big mistake. Obviously, those ratings are phony because the show is horrid in almost every way. First, the action scenes are not even equal to those of the 1950s. Next, the acting, or over-acting I should say, reminds me of what a show would be like if you randomly selected people off the street to make a show. I wasted an hour of my life and simply could not believe how horrible this show was. IMDb should do a better job of screening for people associated with the show writing phony reviews. Don't believe me? Waste an hour of your life watching the first show and see how far off the mark I am.