[quote name='corrosivefrost']Not for me, it doesn't. I hate the original movie, almost solely because of Gene Wilder. I much preferred Burton's take.[/QUOTE]
Really? I loved Wilder's shift back and forth the from the sometimes pedantic/condescending/comedic character to the maniacal/sinister/ almost bi-polar Wonka. It seemed very consistent with the typical tone of "Dahl." Depp's stunted child take was brutal to watch and I think Elfman phoned it in. It was visually stunning comparatively but (to me) that is more of a function of the tools available today.
The new version of Mike TV was great. However, the rest of the kids pale by comparison.
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That said, your statement on Burton's stuff is relatively accurate. I'm not getting a good feeling about AiW... and everytime I think of Burton outside of claymation type stuff (or CatCF), I think of Batman Returns with Danny Devito and Christopher Walken. That was a terrible film. (Though not the worst live action Batman film -- Schumaker took care of that with B&R...)[/QUOTE]
I just hope it's not like the Planet of the Apes remake; Which despite looking beautiful was just bad on an epic scale.
Of course the Rotten Tomatoes crowd and IMDB reviewers will rate it highly, regardless- as per most Burton titles- since nearly every web review of his work products seem like acts of mutual fellation there.