While visually entertaining (average CGI), the movie suffers from the same thing all Hollywood big budget movies do. It's almost unnecessary to say it at this point, but: A completely and disappointingly predictable script, and enough of the accompaning plot holes to sink an aircraft carrier. The characters were shallow, paper-thin cliches, including Wonka himself. And worst of all, the movie doesn't do the one thing an origin story needed to do: Explain where Wonka's magical power came from. It's clear from the movie that he is not the only one with access to magical items, but the story does nothing at all to advanced this idea through world building. In fact, we learn nothing about the world at all.