So other than the case, are there any differences between this widescreen release and the last one? I hate snappers, but that may not be enough.

I think this is what ROBERTCOP34 was trying to say:
"And, by the way, I saw the trailer for 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I'm sorry - I think it is not very good. I will stick with this one. I love Tim Burton & Johnny Depp, but they are not getting my money on this not very good movie."
It's amazing what punctuation, proper grammar and spelling, and pronouns can do to make a sentence understandable.

yah it looks like the same disc...think MXNW re-release...very similar with small changes to artwork...

i'll check the upc and get back with you later tonight

Per DVD Empire, the UPC of the original (snapper) WS SE is 085392229123. The new (keepcase) WS SE is 085393893422, according to Empire. Not surprisingly, they are different.

UPC's

Snapper
FS 085391898122
WS 085392229123

Keep Case
FS 012569714229
WS 085393893422

Target will have the new version for 7.50 next week...so grab it

When it came out this past Tuesday my Target only had FS in stock with no shelf sticker for the WS so I hope they decide to stock both for the sale.

If not just price match it somewhere else.

Are they the same disc?

Actually, the first film is a reimagining of the book. The new film is supposed to be more faithful to the book.

That being said... while I'm giving the movie a chance, I'm sitting here opening a case of the trading cards, and I have a feeling that no matter how much more this one stays faithful to the book, it's not going to be as good as the Gene Wilder movie.

at a pre-release screening of "Big Fish" producer Richard D. Zanuck, mentioned that "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was met with great disapproval by the Dahl estate and that indeed this will be more faithful than "Willy Wonka"

Has anyone actually read this book recently? I read it again last week, and I have to say that the 1970s movie was pretty damn faithful, both in terms of actual plot and in 'spirit'.

Sure a few things were changed (only 1 parent per kid in the factory, no Charlie's father, geese instead of squirrels, addition of fizzy lifting sequence)... but none of that was detrimental to the story. In fact, I think some of the stuff in the movie worked better than in the book.

Burton's film may be fantastic (although I have my doubts)... but this attempt I've been seeing lately in the press to brand the first film as "unfaithful" is just silly.

I may be mistaken, but I think it's more the fact that Roald Dahl himself didn't like the 70s movie than that it was "unfaithful" to the book.

Still, it's not surprising that Zanuck et al are claiming superiority to the 70s film. If they said, "Yeah, the original film was great and awesome, and so is ours," it may be a bit "nicer," but it's not going to convince people to see the new one.

I have reread the book recently - and the simple fact that the squirrel scene is now back in the movie as well as the happy ending - the trailer indicate that this inclusion has been reinstated - seem to suggest that all the scenes present in the book are on screen now.

I went to Target to grab Wonka for $7.50, and they were totally out of stock.

I did a price match at Best Buy. Their regular price is $14.99, so its a roughly 50 percent savings! I was able to get a widescreen version, but full screen at Best Buy outnumbered widescreen by 2-1, or maybe even 3-1.

Target only carries the FS