Any self-respecting Movie Fan should see this.

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2005)

WARNING: May Contain Spoilers Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which I will go on record as saying that it is the Best Movie of the Year so Far. Of course, it's still a smidge under the original, but I must say that Johnny Depp is perfect as Willy Wonka, playing it like a 10-year-old trapped in a 40-year-old's body. You get a nice back story of WHY and HOW he started the chocolate shop way back when. And Christopher Lee, from Star Wars (Darth Tyranus) and LOTR (The evil dude) plays a good role as Dr. Wilbur Wonka, a candy-hating dentist and Willy's father, a character made specifically for the film. This Movie is surprisingly MORE true to the book than the 1971 version, which was written by the books author, Roald Dahl. Why is this? Well, the director of that one hired a "Ghost Writer" to change the script. This movie is timely to today while remaining true to Dahl's vision of the Factory. This is Tim Burton's Masterpiece, his definitive work. Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Big Fish, all excellent movies. But this one Tops them all. The kids are phenomenal, giving off snappy one-liners like they've been professional comedians for years, and this includes Depp, who is just like a kid in this one. But the true highlight of this movie is... the Oompa-Loompas. Actor Deep Roy, who has collaborated with Burton before and will again in the upcoming Corpse Bride, also starring Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter (Charlie's mother), was digitized 100,000 different ways, allowing EVERY Oompa-Loompa to be played by one actor. This movie also lets you see how Wonka discovered the Oompa-Loompas. The Odd thing is that Depp's Wonka never seems to age, as you see in flashbacks. In fact, no one else seems to age either... Christopher Lee's character should, by all means, be DEAD by the time of this movie's setting. Anyway, any problems with this movie are minor. I have no choice but to give it a perfect score of 10/10.