Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I decided to watch this film with an open mind given I love the original and wondered why anyone could think it needed to be updated. My children and I know the original pretty well so we all sat down and watched this one together. Needless to say, by the end of the movie each of us preferred the earlier version for different reasons. Yet we were all disappointed at the modernisation of the Oompa Loompas - the classic song was gone and replaced with some kind of strange hip hop chorus line. Despite expectations being dampened, it is still an interesting perspective on the classic tale and you do get to find out a lot more about how it is Willy Wonka came to make the best chocolate in the world.