I bought both, the original (Willi Wonka 1971) and now Charlie and the Choc (2005). I found this 2005 movie different enough to be interesting, worth the purchase, but there is no emotion.
The songs in the 2005 version are crap, run of the mill MTV cheezy rap-crappy song writing. In the 1971, the songs Candy Man, Imagination and even the Lumpa song, were exceptional. I was really disappointed they did not use these original (1971) songs. Also Johnny Dep has a weird "Michael Jackson the Pedo" feel about him.
I liked how Gene Wilder, in the original, played with the kid until the kid gave him back the ever lasting gob stopper, then said "You Won Charlie", with the elevator blasting off - that really got to me. The "you are the only one left so I guess you won" in the 2005 version didn't work. Also in the 2005 version, Johnny Dep cruising around town in a glass elevator, for 10 minutes, just didn't do it.
The sets are way better in the 2005 version, there is just no emotion like the original.
The songs in the 2005 version are crap, run of the mill MTV cheezy rap-crappy song writing. In the 1971, the songs Candy Man, Imagination and even the Lumpa song, were exceptional. I was really disappointed they did not use these original (1971) songs. Also Johnny Dep has a weird "Michael Jackson the Pedo" feel about him.
I liked how Gene Wilder, in the original, played with the kid until the kid gave him back the ever lasting gob stopper, then said "You Won Charlie", with the elevator blasting off - that really got to me. The "you are the only one left so I guess you won" in the 2005 version didn't work. Also in the 2005 version, Johnny Dep cruising around town in a glass elevator, for 10 minutes, just didn't do it.
The sets are way better in the 2005 version, there is just no emotion like the original.