A3) Helena Bonham Carter> 8 of

Being a musical, this film, no doubt will become better with each viewing, but definitely has a strange target audience. Those fans of Depp and Burton may be put off with this being a musical and musical fans may be put off because of it?s dark violent tendancies.

The look of the film is visually stunning, with a gloomy cloud hanging over Victorian London, which sets the mood of this piece perfectly, the enhancement of colours at moments of intensity work well and also the brighter flashback scenes.

Both Depp and Bonham-Carter were perfect for the main roles and even Sacha Cohen Baron makes an interesting appearance. I now can?t imagine another Director being able to bring this story to life the way Tim Burton has done.

If you watch this on dvd and have the special edition, there is a huge amount of background information to this tale on the Special Features and anyone with an interest should definitely take a look.

Fincher's 'Fight Club' rightly takes it's place in popular film history as a classic must see. It had many levels and layers to it and some impressive graphic and camerwork.



The twisted plot gives first time viewers unpredictability and multiple viewers a sense of familiarity even though I can still pick up on something different each time.



There is a certain sense beneath the chaso in this film and a sense of irony in trying to be an individual.



My favourite quote of the film: "It's only when we've lost everything, we are free to do anything'.

Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in this screen adaption of Mary Shelly?s Frankenstein, very fitting roles for both Brannagh and Helena Bonham Carter, who both suit the era and the mood of the piece well. For those who are watching this film as a Robert De Niro film (as I did first time around) there may well be some disappointment as (let?s say) he doesn?t reach his acting potential here.

Much of the story is a symbolic gesture and asks as a good metaphoric tale, put together well with the scientific and medical knowledge for authenticity. Perhaps with the most poigment moment being with the blind man scene. Which creates the heart of the story.

A fantastic adventure story, a truly beautiful film. I just love Albert Finney in this role and Ewan McGreggor too. This is an easy watching kind of ?moral to the story? type film, one that can be enjoyed at any age and watched over and over again, a real modern day fairy tale.

Fantastic animation, an enjoyable film

Much more colour and obviously being an updated version, it has much better graphics than the original. It has it?s good moments, but I think I?m inclined to agree with the majority here and prefer the original.

The songs were definitely better in the original and despite loving Johnny Depp, Gene Wilder was also the better Willy Wonka.

This version did provide more of a back story to Willy Wonka and had little chops and changes from the original film throughout.

I?m sure to the younger generation it keeps the story alive and for that reason, worth while as a remake.

This part in the series, really ups it?s game, with some pretty impressive special effects and a much better storyline than the last part. I feel more could have been made of the character played by Helena Bonham Carter as she is so suited to this type of film.

Great entertainment.

Rec by Deano, Brian, Martin

Rec by Annelies