Well, here's my review, for the couple that are interested. I need to watch the original again, as an adult, it's been a very long time. I know I always hated the Oompa-Loompas in the original film. That much I remember. But, as for the book, it's a children's book, so, it was easy as pie to read. Fairly large print and a quick read, nothing too hard (a much needed reading vacation, considering I was just last week reading "Crime and Punishment", yikes). The book is really funny, I definitely liked it.

The new movie is, in a lot of ways SPOT ON with the book, I think Roald Dahl would have liked this new movie. Johnny Depp did a great job as Willy Wonka, with the high voice and the silliness and and weirdness. Willy in the book is really bouncy, he skips everywhere, he talks in a high voice, is easily excitable, etc. There are a lot of things taken straight out of the book. The Oompa-Loompas were very small, like in the book.....I was kinda hoping they'd dress them in loin cloth, jungle clothes like the book, but, they did do all the songs verbatim from the book, each time a child was lost.

the ending is, at first, different, and, i was going to be seriously bummed if that didn't change. But, it did, and, I was once again, HAPPY!!! They delve into Willy's past, which is a totally untouched subject, and, is a new twist, it was cool, though.

I thought the movie was excellent, Johnny Depp is absolutely mesmerizing, that man can play any role! But, the movie really is about Charlie, and, that Hightower (I think that's his name) from Finding Neverland, is just perfect. All the other kids are great as their awful characters, too. It's a visually stimulating movie, and, was so much fun to watch.

I saw a preview for Tim Burton's next film, The Corpse Bride! It looks great, too. Another claymation film, like The Nightmare Before Christmas, I think it's coming out in September or December....I can't remember, there were so many previews.