Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Though I understand this is an adaptation from the book, not a simple remake of the film, I felt the original film was a better expression of the story. In particular, too much time is spent on analyzing Wonka. Essentially, Charlie is the most compelling and empathetic character (and I actually really like Highmore's performance), it's wonderful to see this world of wonder through his innocent and naive perspective. Wonka is an interesting character, but he's best left as a mystery.

Another totally uninspired Tim Burton CGI-fest with a truly bizarre(not in a good way) performance by Johnny Depp that manges to lose all the heart that the original had.

Tim Burton's remakes are very different without any improvement or creative effort. He just pulls out his book of antonyms.

For a long time Tim Burton would simply call up Johnny Depp and say, "Can you do weird?" and Johnny would say, "Well, yes, I can do weird," and the world was a better place for it. Not so much anymore.

First of all, Dahl's story is just plain fascism. Moreover, the old adaptation, with Gene Wilder et al, was definitely better than Burton's empty, uninvolving one.