However, while Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory has Gene Wilder’s lovable madman and the more memorable songs, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory maintained some of Dahl’s darker tones, and in a more modern setting.
The confusion of which version of Roald Dahl’s infinitely witty children’s book is the better cinematic experience might seem like a no-brainer to most fans.
The poll in the Independent says Charlie, but in our hearts, we know folks had to have been thinking of the 1971 classic when they submitted their result, so advantage Wilder.