Why was this remake made?

Rating: 5/10 (14 November 2005)

The original flick from 1971 is exactly the same, except for maybe 2 points: Willy Wonka's flashback to his childhood and the intermissions where the Umpa-Lumpa('s?) demonstrate a more modern style of singing.
For the rest both movies are interchangeable. So it's not bad, but lacks originality compared to the first one, doesn't add any new dimension to Mel Stuart's version with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and therefor makes you wonder why someone thought that people were waiting for this remake....
For the rest, the atmosphere of the Charlie's poor family, the characters of the other winners to amy visit the Chocolate Factory, the colourfull fantasy-interior of the factory: it's great, captured perfectly from Roald Dahl's novel. But also as already seen before....