"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) Directed by Tim Burton

The third remake (or re imaging) in Tim Burton’s cannon of work and based on the original book of the same name by Roald Dahl. This is an entirely new take on the 1971 original. And save your is it better/worse than the original, please! Accompanying Danny Elfman’s sublime musical score, a brief narration follows the opening credits and straight into a short backstory on the history of Willy Wonka and his world famous chocolate. The premise is well known: Five Golden Tickets have been inserted into Wonka chocolate bars, with the resultant winners granted a tour of the most famous chocolate factory in the world. Now mainly sealed from the outside world, both the factory itself and a reclusive Willy Wonka, the competition to find the golden tickets seem to be the ultimate prize.

Immediately you’re drawn into Tim Burton’s world, from the saturated grey colour of present day, to the full colour of the numerous flashbacks and especially when inside the chocolate factory itself. Both worlds are distinct from each other, the cold, grey dilapidated home Charlie shares with his family which extends into the outside world, to the zesty colours and opulence of living within the factory. Both worlds are equally as bizarre and surreal as each other, and the juxtaposition between the locations is key. A house riddled with holes and seemingly on the verge of collapse is set against a towering factory, of chocolate rivers, endless chocolate and a maze of delights and treats.

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my spoiler free review of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" penned and published over a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site and which can now be read in full and for free via my career long and huge opus blog article on the films of Tim Burton below:

https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/the-magic-of-tim-burton-680403373369

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