I agree, when Augustus got sucked up I kept thinking “already?” even though I knew it was going to happen.

Their setups were great. The only one that went overboard, I thought, was the constant cutting of the camera back to Violet’s mom. That was just… a little much. Very, very funny, but she totally stole the scene, where the kids are supposed to have the focus.

And Wonka was a little too childish. “I’m Veruca Salt!” “I don’t care!” From the book I never got the feeling that Wonka was acting like a petulant child; he was crazy, yeah, but always in control of the situation, and I never got the feeling that he was “buggering” them off on purpose. They were sad coincidences that the kids brought upon themselves. Like in the book did the other kids ask “how did the oompa loompas already know our names?” and guess that WW had planned for their eliminations? Maybe I just missed it or something and it was obvious that WW had planned them and i was just too naive.

Hahahhahaa, loved the bracers. They stretched that one out so well… naming the kids one by one… lifting the sheet to create expecation… and little WW gives such a huge, mangled smile… ahahhaha….