This isn't a remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2005)

First of all, i'd like to say that i'm really irritated by people who are not willing to give this movie a chance because it is a "remake" of another film. It is NOT a remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In order to consider it a remake, the people who made it would have to be making some effort to remake that movie. It is a movie based on a book.
That being said, i really enjoyed the way Tim Burton made this film. He kept all the darkness and humor of the book, and still kept the little moral at the end. The four other children were just as wretched and rotten as in the book, and Charlie was just as lovable. I also sort of liked the twist with Willy's crazy dentist father.
I would recommend this movie to anyone who has read the book. I'd also advise people not to immediately write it off just because it isn't exactly like the old movie based on the same book.