The original gets my vote in both movie and character.

Depp's

I agree with this..... I was a big fan of the books as a child, and although I grew up watching the 71 film dozens of times......Gene Wilder was never creepy enough in the role for me. I thought Depp was much creepier and darker. Wonka was a sadistic bastard.......he's not meant to loveable, at least that's how I always read him as in the novel. so I really don't understand people's complaints in the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" thread about Depp's Wonka not being likeable. He's not supposed to be likeable, at least not in any real way........but Depp's Wonka was a lot funnier.....and that's enough for me!

Wilder and the old version, it's not even a contest imho.

I think that the new film is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I liked nothing about it. I thought it was creepy, and strange for the sake of being strange. Easily in my bottom 5 movies of all time. I hae disliked many movies in the past, but could see why someone liked it. I am totally baffled by anyone liking this completely awful film.

The new ones aweful compared to the wilder one. I could'nt stand ANY of the songs in the new one, and the umpa loompa in the new one, um ok. I almost go as far as the poster right before me.

ok.....but hello "Young Frankenstein"

I haven't seen the new one simply because of how irritating Depp seemed in all the scenes. I'll still buy it when it comes out and see it then, but I figured I'd hedge my $15 bet and wait until the DVD release.

6 years later it is still Gene Wilder , I saw it again recently and Depp ruined the whole film

I can't believe 43 people voted for Depp.

I just stopped by to post this exact sentence.

seen both and I pick original!

I still can't believe the Depp version made almost half a billion dollars at the box office.

I can't believe a six year old thread got resurrected.

With that said, I'll say what I have always believed. Wilder IS Wonka. And I say that as a huge Johnny Depp fan.

I never got the complaint with Johnny Depp towards the film. Yeah he was creepy but he was supposed that's what he was hired for. The remake was awful because its one the biggest pieces of visual diarrehea ever and the special effects looked awful especially 1 guy playing all the oompa loompas. I have nothing against modern CGI effects but if you can spot them easily as effects you don't get lost in a story as much.

Wilder - Perfect movie.

May not be just like the book, but it is a movie and all movies are different from the book.

Yep 45 people need bitch slapped

The original is a load better and Wilder is better but imo Depp didn't ruin the movie, the background story with his dad and using Deep Roy as every single Oompa Loompa was far worse.

Wilder all the way, Deep's Wonka looked like a child rapist

I was just surprised to not see "twikoff" as an option in the poll.

Definitely Gene Wilder.

That entire movie was a disaster. That includes Depp's turn as Wonka. There was nothing even remotely human about Depp's Wonka. He was like a creepy android pretending to be human. Wilder's Wonka was funny, smart, sarcastic and slightly sinister. .

Looking at these polls results, it appears 46 people need to be smacked upside the head.

Exactly. Willy Wonka isn't supposed to be creepy he's just supposed to be slightly "off" from spending years alone in his factory with no one but the oompa loompas. Wilder played that perfectly, sarcastic and funny while looking to weed out everyone but his heir.

I have no idea what the hell Johnny Depp was going for with his version of wonka.