Great "ORIGINAL"! Not remake!

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2005)

This should be considered the "ORIGINAL" version of the book. Although the 1971 version was very entertaining, it was lacking the "flavor" of one of Roald Dahl's best works. Tim Burton did an excellent job recreating the book to the silver screen in what I consider to be a "video" version of the book! CHEERS!!!! The wonderfully strange Johnny Depp portrayed Wonka much like the book had described him. Don't be "stuck" on the Gene Wilder Version as it did not do justice to the story. Mostly Hollywood Hype & glitz & glamour was the selling point for the old version of this film. When you do decide to see this film, scrap all the ideas of it being like the 1971 version. Enjoy the film & consider it as a nice "Stocking Stuffer" for the upcoming Christmas season.