Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Review - Page 3

Reef · #21 07-16-2005, 01:00 AM

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They made WW a rambling idiot. No uniqueness that Gene Wilder had. Wilder's Wonka was clever and witty. Depp's is a [censored] idiot.

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Depp had the same unique nuttiness as Gene Wiler had. It felt different, of course, but it wasn't bad.

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You can't say "same unique." Unique means one of a kind. If something is the same as something else, it's not unique.

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same difference

what I meant was both Wilder and Depp's character's were always in their own little worlds. But it worked so well for the movies

Reef · #22 07-16-2005, 01:03 AM

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SIDEBAR: how did the dahl book become nearly as famous as it did anyway? its just some random, pretty good kiddy story. i dont see anything so amazing about it that it deserves 2 movies and a threadslot on OOT.

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James and the Giant Peach. Nuf said, but there were others equally as gifted.

TT

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Matilda and BFG were pretty good too

Pocket Trips · #23 07-19-2005, 12:35 PM

I am a huge Tim Burton and Johnny Depp fan but this movie was the worst piece of crap I have seen in a long time.

I knew I was in trouble just from the opening music by Danny Elfman.. It had such a sinister sound to it you just knew Burton was gonna fuk this up.

The movie looks like Burton got really stoned one night and thought "Hey lets make a movie that is a cross-between Willy Wonka and The Rocky Horror Picture show." Every time Depp was onscreen I expected to hear the time warp song kick in.

The whole side-plot of Willy Wanker and his father was just an example of the crap that had no place in this movie. Yes I understand that he is supposed to be a socially awkward genius looking for an heir, but some things are better left to the imagination.

Cutting the scene where Charlie and grandpa joe narly get caught in the fan is also inexcusable... that was a scene that could've benefited from the better film-making technology available today but it was completely missing.

I highly recommend never watching this P.O.S. if you grew up watching and loving the original as I did.

Dynasty · #24 07-19-2005, 12:37 PM

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I am a huge Tim Burton and Johnny Depp fan but this movie was the worst piece of crap I have seen in a long time.

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It's got a very high 7.8/10 rating on IMDB right now.

sfer · #25 07-19-2005, 12:42 PM

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SIDEBAR: how did the dahl book become nearly as famous as it did anyway? its just some random, pretty good kiddy story. i dont see anything so amazing about it that it deserves 2 movies and a threadslot on OOT.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a terrific book.

Eegs · #26 07-19-2005, 12:55 PM

Ehh...I thought it was alright...

Wedding Crasher> Chocolate factory

Vish · #27 07-19-2005, 01:10 PM

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Cutting the scene where Charlie and grandpa joe narly get caught in the fan is also inexcusable... that was a scene that could've benefited from the better film-making technology available today but it was completely missing.

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You seem to be completely oblivious of the fact that Burton's movie is based on Dahl's book, NOT the movie with Gene Wilder. The scene with the fan doesn't happen in the book, any more than the scene with Wonka's father does. If you must compare the new movie with something, compare it to the book, not the old movie. But even this shouldn't be done carelessly, as film and fiction are two very different artistic media.

-Skeme- · #28 07-19-2005, 04:22 PM

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It's got a very high 7.8/10 rating on IMDB right now.

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Most new movies do. Star Wars 3 was like #32 in the top 250 for a while. Give it a few weeks and they'll come down some.

gorie · #29 07-24-2005, 01:11 AM

i just saw this movie... it was ok just for the sake of seeing it. the original is far superior.

what really ruined it for me was the oompa loompa songs. terrible!!! i miss the orange oompa loompas. at least they could sing [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Pocket Trips · #30 07-24-2005, 01:17 AM

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i just saw this movie... it was ok just for the sake of seeing it. the original is far superior.

what really ruined it for me was the oompa loompa songs. terrible!!! i miss the orange oompa loompas. at least they could sing [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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nice cheap way for the studio to save $$$ using the one guy as all the oompa loompas .. about the only thing i liked about the oompa loompa songs was depp's reaction to them. the way he was dancing and singing along while everyone else was horrified over what had happened to the kids