Which film adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory do you prefer?

[Sylar]

I guess I prefer the Gene Wilder movie but I don't like either of them. The first is a musical which I hate and strayed too far from the book, but as a plus it has some charm.

The newer movie is closer to the book which is a plus, but on the other hand it has Tim Burton and Johnny Depp and I can't stand those people. I don't think I'll ever see any of them again but I have seen the Wilder version more than once so it wins.

 

[Mia]

I'd probably vote for the original version with Gene Wilder, although it was silly and odd. But the idea of a chocolate lake and candy mushrooms, and lollipop trees really appealed when I was a child. Think that Depp did a decent job of being a weirded- out and reclusive son of the scary dentist.

 

[NovaScotia Aspie]

The Gene Wilder movie .