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I'm really looking forward to this. I hope to be able to judge it on its own merit.

I hated the father/son reunion sappiness in Charlie. Visually it was fantastic but there was something missing, a heart, I guess. Charlie was more than a little unfocused. There were moments when he "woke up" but on the whole he was wandering more than I thought he should. He made himself a weird persona, and it was great. Then he blows it by being so out of control. Charlie should control every aspect of his factory- the kids are out of that control, but even then, they are dealt with in appropriate ways. Sort of. I get the sense that everything is choreographed carefully, then he drops into that hurt, child memory thing and I completely lose interest. Bring back the freaks!!!