Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is great. It's a great christmas film, so go now!
Spot on to say that he peaked too early. Batman seemed kinda good at the time, but really when you compare it to Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, it's like flicking through someone's homemade comic book (this sounds like I'm goading Woebot, I'm not, you know what I mean). If he settled for making more mainstream films, he'd probably end up doing stronger work.