Agree with all this. The only bit where I thought the Wilder version was better was the very spooky poem in the boat on the chocolate river, which is missing from this one (though Depp's Willy Wonka is more childlike and less menacing than Wilder so I think it's fair):
There's no earthly way of knowing / Which direction we are going / There's no knowing where we're rowing / Or which way the river's flowing / Is it raining? / Is it snowing? / Is a hurricane a-blowing? / Not a speck of light is showing / So the danger must be growing / Are the fires of hell a-glowing? / Is the grisly reaper mowing? / Yes, the danger must be growing / 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing / And they're certainly not showing / Any signs that they are slowing.
