In the book (as told to me from an 11 year olds POV) Willy Wonka is not a very nice person, especially to kids, because of his childhood. They touch on Wonka's life from childhood a bit ore in this movie, and there are some different characters and such. IMO, Wilder was what I remember this movie for, and Depp, as good as he is, does not hit that same mark...Depp is almost a little bit mousy and kinda queer (in the movie that is). I personally did not like the Oompa Loompa as one character, and he didn't even sing the song they are so famous for. I could ramble on, I suppose...it is worth seeing, the kids enjoyed it quite a bit since they haven't seen the old one yet. I'd check it out on DVD if I could (hind sight 20/20).
