Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory (1971) or Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005) which is better?

Willy Wonka has much more imagination with its being made prior to the advent of computer generated technology. I like Burton & Depp, but the preference for Gene Wilder is enough to o.d. on snozzberries over.

the original. i prefer the all knowing quirky willy wonka in the first to the clueless, phobic ridden, daffy one of the second. the subplot about wonka's father added nothing to the plot. i also didn't like the neon color scheme or the music of the second movie. the kids and their families in both movies were great.

1971 version, the other is just too creepy, and the oompa loompa's, all the same person!

The former.
I saw them both as an adult so its not childhood sentimentality playing into my answer.

Im just sick to death of Tim Burton as a director.

The book is better than the movies.

2005