Watch it!!!

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2005)

I watched this movie today, thinking that it was going to be pretty good, truer to the book, well acted, nice visuals, thinking that I had set my expectations too high, and guess what: It filled all my expectations!!! This movie is so true to the book, and is jet fresh and new.
Me being a big fan of Rhoald Dhal and his book, I always thought that the Gene Wilder version was a little bit too detached from the great book version. I prefer this movie over 71 movie.
Don't get me wrong! I really, really like the movie with Gene Wilder (a role he did great), but I love this movie.
So, even if you're very fond of the old one, try watching this movie with a fresh mind, and if you're a fan of Rhoald Dhal, this movie is all you ever wished for.
That's also why I believed this is (hopefully) the last version of this. There's a rumor of a sequel, (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) which I hope they will make and I will definitely watch.
Johnny Depp gives us a great Wonka, Freddie Highmore is just the one as Charlie.
The parents, grandma's and grandpa's all do it great.
All the kids really are great, especially Jordan Fry as Mike Teevee. Julia Winter is more 'spoiled' instead of 'bratty' than Julie Dawn Cole in the first version. Philip Wiegratz is just it as Augustus Gloop, and finally Annasophia Robb does it amazingly well as the always winning chewer.
The oompa loompa's are alway's fun. The music fit's every moment and has this such great visuals.
This movie is a must see, even if you liked the older version. I did, and I still do.