Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

This version stars Johhny Depp and was made by Tim Burton whose previous collaborations with Depp include Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas to name but a few. Other worthy credits for Burton alone include 2 Batman movies and Beetlejuice (with Michael Keaton who was considered for the role of Willy Wonka along with Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Christopher Walken and Nicolas Cage before it was awarded to Johhny Depp. The film score was done by Danny Elfman who interesting enough was the singing voice (according to the credits) for the Oompa-loompas (again forgive the spelling!) who amazingly all looked the same! Overall the film was very well done, Depp has a great way of becoming a character with a certain quirky charm and the supporting cast were excellent also. The role of Charlie was played by Freddie Highmore who played alongside Depp in the role of Peter in Finding Neverland (bugged us for the first 10-minutes of the movie until I remember it). As with all of Tim Burton's creations, the movie was colourful (note the spelling! ha!) and original. The only deviation of note was the ending which Burton clearly made his own and the introduction of Doctor Wonka (Willy's Father) played by Christopher Lee. Overall I really enjoyed it and I'd give it a rating of 8 out of 10. Definitely worth watching!