Sunil Bhanot

Even though there is a lot of buzz about this movie all around, it disappointed me a little.
Maybe because I was comparing it to the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. That was a classic.
Johnny Depp has done a great job, just as expected, playing the role of Willy Wonka. But I would have liked it if they would have shown him a little less demented (atleast I thought he acted like one). The Oompa Loompas were adorable (even though they all looked alike )). The movie as a whole was naratted pretty well, but what disappointed me was:
1. Depp acting a little demented. Although he did put up a great attitude that goes with the Willy Wonka character.
2. The way Willy Wonka tells Charlie that he is going to be the hier to his Chocolate factory.
In the classic original movie the climax is brought out really well when Willy Wonka tells Charlie and his GrandPa that Charlie is going to get the chocolate factory after him. The new one didn’t really have it, and that to me was a very important part of the movie.
If you ask me, I’d say go and see it atleast once in the theatre even if you have seen the classic. For those who haven’t…order it on NetFlix or get it from BlockBuster TODAY !!
And YES do eat a chocolate bar after the movie. I was craving for one at the end of the movie.

I have seen a lot of the Fantastic 4 cartoons and enjoyed them. The movie making effort was always going to be challenging; but I think they did a decent job. Nothing great, but definately above average.
It all starts with a freak accident at a space station. Everyone aboard gets exposed to the radiations from a space storm and their DNA undergoes some changes to give them all super powers. You have Mr Fantastic who is flexible like rubber, The Invisible Girl, The Human Torch and The THING ( the one most affected, because unlike the others he always looks UGLY ). The Evil owner of the space station, Van Doom also get exposed to the radiations and gets transformed into some hard, magnetic metal; he is capable of absorbing any kind of electric power and use it against his enemy.
So starts the battle between Good and Evil. You do learn some Science 101 too .
You should watch it atleast once in the theatres. On the TV at home, I am not sure you’ll feel the same effect.

Audio-Visually very good. Great effects. But the story is very weak, really lame. Tom Cruise plays the role of an irresponsible father, who realizes the importance of his children after Aliens From Another World attack Earth (if you think about it, it seems so ridiculous that it took such a massive event to make a father realize his responsibilities, but what the hell, this is the Movie World). The story doesn’t really have anything spectacular to write about, its all about the effects. And I must agree they are really good.
Tom Cruise has acted just fine, but the little girl, Dakota Fanning who plays the role of Tom’s daughter, according to me stole the show.
I did see one of the live sets used in the movie, that of the plane crash at Universal Studios, and it looked pretty neat both on and off the screen.
A one time watch, I suggest.
But don’t think too much while watching the movie.
Shut your brain and watch the drain.