the only beef i had with wonka is that the kids get buggered off far too quickly. there’s not much in between or suspense there. other parts were done too slowly, so the timing was off.

i guess my thing was that i wanted to see burton’s interpretation of the factory as a whole, and you only get to see a small part of things as you whiz on by. also, charlie’s little boy angst in the first was cut out in order to put in wonka’s bit. quite an interesting trade-off.

that said, the oompa loompas were fantastic, i loved the sick, sick puppets in the beginning, the braces, the squirrels and the boat and the eyewear throughout.