Stephanie Cake

So I took Connor to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this past weekend. I was skeptical because the Baltimore Sun had published a review that wasn't particularly flattering. I should have known better.... it was awesome! Totally creepy. Much closer to the novel than the Gene Wilder version although screenwriters took some artistic license w/ a back story and additional stuff at the end.
Unfortunately, I can't find an online version of the review to link to but I think I remember the writer slamming on the trippy overproduction of the factory scenes w/ the Oompa-Loompas (creepily portrayed by a single actor - Deep Roy) and the weird persona Johnny Depp gave Willy Wonka.... its sad that entertainment writers don't bother to become well read or do any research into their subjects. I think Tim Burton did a brilliant job with the movie and totally captured the intentions of Roald Dahl.
Roald Dahl's adult fiction is filled with all kinds of sexual perversion and misogyny - I think its highly ironic that Depp's portrayal of the amazing chocolatier has been compared to a caricature of Michael Jackson.