The rest of the cast is great, too — especially Catherine Zeta-Jones and Luis Guzmán as Morticia and Gomez. Emmy Myers provides a great contrast to Wednesday as Enid, and most of the kids overall actually look like teenagers, which is refreshing after so many teen dramas where all the teenagers look like adults Overall, the characters are way too old, and Grover and Annabeth do not come across as lovable and capable as they do in the books. The adult casting is just strange — who thought Pierce Brosnan would make a good Chiron? And in what world is Sean Bean a good Zeus? Honestly, they could’ve switched those two roles and it would’ve been better (though still not great). I did, however, like Meryl Streep as Aunt Josephine, but then, I like Meryl Streep in anything. My only small gripe here is Neil Patrick Harris as Olaf. He wasn’t bad — and he certainly had a tough job — but I actually wish he’d been a tiny bit more fun and charismatic, and a little bit less slimy. My dream Olaf is somewhere between Jim Carrey’s and Neil Patrick Harris’ interpretations. Chris Pratt…not so much. His Mario voice leaves something to be desired, to say the least. And the rest of the cast…well, they’ve already faced criticism for being too white and no one being Italian. Anya Taylor-Joy feels too young and understated to play the caricature that is Peach, and Seth Rogen is all wrong for Donkey Kong. But the number one issue is, of course, Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. He’s beyond creepy, without any of the understated zany charm Gene Wilder imbued the character with. Without that, all the messed-up things that happen in the story just feel sort of…dark and messed up, and it really begins to feel like a horror film. Bad, bad, bad!
