Hadn't seen this one in many years, maybe last time was back in high school 20+ years ago. Delightful musical-comedy featuring the great Gene Wilder and deadpan, sarcastic humor that I immensely loved. Also the production design was excellent and musical numbers, including the catchy Oompa songs were wonderful. **4.25/5**

Yeah, it's a lot better than the Johnny Depp version isn't it? Probably because this one is fun and entertaining and the Depp one was was a Tim Burton film and felt kind of pretentious didn't it? Clearly this version doesn't look as visually pleasing, but it makes up for that in earnest heart, a few good tunes, and a titular character that is always delightfully entertaining to watch. Gene Wilder really sells…

**Much better than the 2005 film, but I still think it would be more interesting as an animated film.** When I saw the 2005 film, starring Johnny Depp, I was not satisfied at all: the film seemed more effective as an animation than as a conventional CGI loaded film. However, I was unfamiliar with this one, I didn't know the original book, by Roald Dahl and I only realized all this when I was writing my review of…

"Charlie" lives in one room with his mother and four grandparents all sharing the same bed and sustained on a diet of cabbage soup! Then the eponymous chocolatier announces a chance of a lifetime. In only five of the tens of millions of bars of chocolate they produce, there will be hidden a golden ticket. Find the ticket and you win a trip around the factory. Now his family clearly don't have much money so his…