Reviews

Finally I brought myself to watch the classic to understand what others love and hate so much about this movie. And I've seen exactly what I expected: Entertainment, Cheesiness and purposefully stereotypical characters who are fun to watch. It's definitely not a bad movie and fulfills its purpose, perfect if you want uncomplicated entertainment.

Still I don't see a point in setting my standards differently for this movie, just because it's a classic and a fairytale and I assume nostalgia is the main reason why the overall rating here on IMDb is so high. First of all I don't think Cinderella's character is well written. Her actions often don't make any sense and she falls in love in a ridiculously short time. It also seemed like the writers tried to make her sassy and sarcastic, which is fine, but in this case, I didn't buy it. It's also unrealistic that an actual sassy person would put up with their stepfamily's entitlement, but I see this is of course required for the movie, so the plot needs to deliver reasons why a sassy and confident person is in such a situation. Because of that and some other situations her sassiness seemed inconsistent while there weren't any explanations for this inconsistency.

Also, the first time she sees the prince he behaves in a disgusting way and she's still falling for him immediately. He literally calls her a little girl, which somehow implies that he sees her as a child. I found this dynamic at the beginning really problematic. It gets better as the plot moves forward and I see there was not much awareness for such things in the 70s, still I think that this problem needs to be addressed, especially since the movie is still perceived as a completely innocent and pure movie.

That being said, not every movie needs to have deep and complex characters and solve philosophical problems and this movie achieves its own goal. I don't think the haters hate it for the same reasons I criticized the movie, more because of its cheesiness and frequency it is shown in the TV, which is a disadvantageous combination.

First of all: I didn't read the book, neither did I watch the Original Movie so I can't compare it to anything. I found this on one hand fun and creative but on the other macabre and creepy concept extraordinary and interesting.

While the children seemed more like caricatures than actual human beings (which made sense and was fun within the movie's over the top humor) Wonka was a really unique and mysterious character. He works perfect as a villain and that's the way I interpreted him. His Appearance as well as his way to talk and behave imply heavily that this is his role in the movie. The ending however really confused me, because it made me think that making him the villain wasn't the intention of this movie, more like he was a misunderstood and hurt weirdo, but that's really not the vibe I felt from the beginning and those few minutes at the end who make him develop his character a little bit can't make up for everything he said and did before. He is an incredible character and incredibly acted, but he doesn't work as the character I assume the movie wants me to think he is. He only works as a villain.

Still I enjoyed this movie for its uniqueness and creativity, it was really pleasant to see something totally different than other movies, even though the ending didn't make sense to me.