A must see for all Gen Xers!

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2005)

I just had to attend this movie at a midnight screening the day before the official release. For me it was a must see. The viewing that I saw did not have a black and white start or Deep Roy playing both shrink and patient so I am not sure if they made changes since the pre-screening.
Regardless, the movie was incredible!!!! Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are an amazing pairing and this movie continues to prove it.
The storyline was very much the same as the original with a few alterations that for me, did not hurt the story or change it into something other than the classic tale.
Freddie Highmore was amazing as Charlie. He reminded me of the soft spoken Charlie of the original.
I was a bit disappointed by the Oompa Loompas. While I enjoyed the new songs, I still missed the original Oompa Loompa song. I would have liked to have seen them do a revamped version of that one. I was however, pleasantly surprised when they ran the credits and found out that Roald Dahl wrote the lyrics for the new songs. Seems he approved of Tim's stylings.
All in all, a must see for all of us who grew up with the Gene Wilder rendition. You know who you are!