Loved it- different from the first, but still good.

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2005)

I really loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". It was Tim Burton "dark" in places, but it wasn't too dark. My 8 year old and I saw it today and thought that it was different enough from the original that they can compliment each other well, but be judged on their own merit. The characters were true to the original for the most part, with a few small changes. The situations were a little different, some were a little funnier I thought. Willie Wonka revealed a little more of himself in this movie. The oompah loompahs are funkier and we find out more about where they originated. They all are identical this time, but they weren't in the first one, I don't think. Check the credits this time- I think there was only one! Aren't computer graphics wonderful?!! Go see this movie...it's worth the time and money.