Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

The new movie starring Johnny Depp is quite off the deep end. Not to say I wouldn't see it again, but it's a whole lot different than either the first movie or the book.
There is a whole subplot surrounding Willy Wonka's relationship with his parents that Roald Dahl never wrote about. It was implied that Willy's father was a horribly cruel dentist in that he never allowed his son to eat chocolate so Willy runs away from his father and when he returns home the house is gone. At the end of the movie when Willy Wonka gives the chocolate factory to Charlie, Charlie asks if his family can come with him and Willy says no because he thinks family stifles creativity. Charlie goes with him to see his father who apologizes for being such a brute and then Willy allows the family to live at the factory. It's all very odd, none of it happened.
The movie itself is quite cool, it is very computer-generated at times though, the great glass elevator scenes are well done, there are tubes that speed them through the factory. Also the nut sorting room, wherein this version Veruca meets her end in the incinerator (don't worry she's not really hurt) is neat, all the squirrels are computer generated but they look very lifelike.
The songs the Oompa Loompas sing throughout the movie are the original chants Dahl had written for each character, not the Disney-fixed ones from the previous movie, but other than them and one song about Willy Wonka there is no singing in the movie which is a bit of a disappointment.
The whole movie feels as though the plot travels faster than in the previous movie, although it is 2 hours long, it doesn't seem as in depth as the last one.
The character of Willy Wonka himself seems very mentally deranged and possibly gay, not that there is anything wrong with that, it's just an interesting choice. He has long curled under hair and lots of eyeliner, as well as large dimples and a high girly voice. He also is very pale and there is a slight resemblance to Michael Jackson that I am unsure was intended or not. Willy Wonka also seems to be not all there, more so than in the previous movie, he looks off into space and makes odd comments at odd times, he carried cue cards to ensure he says things properly in speeches and all in all he seems very un self-assured and I find that a shame as the other Willy Wonka was so confident and almost cocky.
Despite all its quirks as a movie it was quite well made, not near as terrifying as I've found some Tim Burton movies to be, and Danny Elfman does the music so you know it's gotta be good! (He also did music for Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Spider-man, Men in Black, the Simpson and many other great shows)