another classic but not as good

Rating: 7/10 (12 October 2005)

This movie I thought was another Tim Burton Classic. But, it did leave some to be desired I think. I did like how in the movie it showed Charlie as a boy who was down on his luck but was dealing with it one day at a time and family oriented. As for Wonka it seemed like he just got out of an insane asylum on a temporally leave of absence.
If you watch the original version (1971) and compare it to the current version it did leave a lot to compare, such as: in the 71 version Wonka seemed like a normal person who was a bit rude at times but an overall nice guy. In this version it seemed like he was a jerk from the beginning and only in the last 10 to 15 minutes of the movie he seemed to turn around, AFTER dealing with his sociological father complex he had developed as a child. If you were looking for a halfway musical like in the first one DO NOT expect one in this one. In the 71 version the Umpa Lumpas are actually midgets when in the new version the Umpa Lumpa(s) are a regular person just computer copied and shrunken on screen.
Some of better parts of the movie were the visual effects and the glass Wonkavator.
After watching this version once I might think of watching it one more time but when the 71 version comes on I would turn to that one instead in a heartbeat.