Little too sweet...but tasty...

I have no clue why this movie was made other than possibly the fact that Tim Burton's a creepy, creepy guy. And Johnny Depp's a perfect foil for Burton's madness (as shown in weirdly five films now - including Corpse Bride which I'm gonna check out this fall.)

There's nothing wrong with this movie (well, other than maybe the vocals being a little low on a couple of those songs throughouts) at all. The set designs and imagry are really cool. The characters are pretty spot on in their foibles, and even Charlie's family's kinda interesting. It gets rid of the weaknesses of the older Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with the first forty five minutes not being nearly so much of a downer as that film was. And for some reason the film left me cold. Maybe it's the forced family dynamic between the two Wonka generations, maybe it's the too perfectly done sets. I dunno...it's okay...and it's neat and all, but I'll take the older version with Gene Wilder...