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I gotta say, I was disappointed. I thought they were remaking it for one of these two reasons, maybe both:

1. to make it more creepy and slightly disturbing, but still to maintain the fun childlike innocence.

2. to make it more like the book (see above)

but it did neither of these things. there were just as many, if not more, differences between the new one and the book. and it was actually LESS creepy than the original. Depp got on my nerves several times, too. he kept looking like someone who was pretending to be disturbed, rather than someone who had actual problems. and the music, although it used the lyrics straight from the book, was definitely not up to a standard set by Danny Elfman himself, imo.

overall, I liked it, but it definitely could have been better. I'm still going to be waiting for the remake that perfectly captures Roald Dahl's undercurrent of creepiness.