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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Kaili
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08-31-2000

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am so excited already. This one is based more on the book. I guess Ron Dahl & family hated the original film version.

wonka


Release Date: July 15th, 2005!!!!

See the trailer!!

Depp to terrify kids as Willy Wonka
Sunday, February 13 2005, 12:10 GMT -- by Daniel Kilkelly


Johnny Depp's performance as Willy Wonka in the latest adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is set to terrify youngsters.

Annasophia Robb, who plays Violet in the film, has revealed that Depp was extremely friendly on set, but terrifying once he got in front of the cameras.

"His character is very creepy from any other Willy Wonka you've seen," Robb is quoted by Femalefirst.co.uk as saying. "I'm not allowed to say very much about that movie.

"He's such a normal guy, he treats everyone with the same amount of respect. He invites us to his trailer to make us feel more comfortable with him."

Depp recently revealed that he is basing the character of Willy Wonka on Marilyn Manson.


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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am looking forward to this but I loved the first one so I hope I like this one. That doesn't even look like Depp!

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 3:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
from that description i am not looking forward to this - i love depp and love the story but the fact that he based his character on marilyn manson just creeps me out big time.

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yikes,he does look different! Depp is so strange, what's with basing his characters on musicians' personas? lol

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That trailer is so creepy, lol ... should be fun

Neko
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08-03-2001

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm thinking I'll like this one...

It's weird, to watch the trailer, and you can associate every scene to one that happened in the old Chocolate Factory film....

I'm guessing Johnny Depp's going to creep me out though, cause it looks like he's wearing lipstick through the whole movie, and that's creepy enough

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 6:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Roald Dahl was creepy himself and quite sadistic. I know he was married to actress Patricia Neal, whom he regularly beat, even after her serious stroke. I'm sure a biopic of his life would be interesting because of his creepy behavior, but it can't get made because his heirs are so protective of his memory because it is their fortune.

I'm sure I'll like this film, though, cause I love JD and Tim Burton.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 7:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tish! go to your folder

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll see "Kevin & the Ketchup Factory" instead :-)

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL!!!

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, March 13, 2005 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think he looks like Audrey Tatou from the movie Amelie in that picture. Johnny Depp creeps me out in real life, so I don't think this will be an acting stretch for him. *shudder*

Yes, I realize insulting JD is Hollywood blasphemy. But I still don't like him.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, March 14, 2005 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the original movie so much that I am going to go see this new one with a perspective of it being a completely different movie and not a replacement for the one we so dearly love.

I adore Tim Burton and Depp so am looking forward to seeing this film. I never did like the book that much because it was different from the first movie. I guess we will finally get to see the room with squares that look round (if I remember right...)


Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Monday, March 14, 2005 - 3:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I absolutely adored the original movie and can't really even visualize anyone but Gene Wilder as Willie Wonka. In fact, I thought all the characters were well cast. A friend has the DVD and it was fun watching the extras and seeing some of the child actors all grown up and talking about their Willie Wonka experience.

I haven't read the book since I was a kid, but I do vaguely remember that they were different. I loved the book and loved the first movie in spite of the differences. Loving the whole story as I do, I am sure that I will see this new one and love it, too....esp. with the talent involved. But it can't replace the old one for me...that one is part of my history and will always have a special place in my heart. I won't love it more, I won't!



Kaili
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08-31-2000

Monday, March 14, 2005 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved the original too- I just checked out the book on tape at the library (as well as the great glass evevator one but that was dumb and i stopped halfway through it) and listened to it since I haven't read it since I was a kid. The original did change a lot, but it was a good adaptation. A few big differences that I can think of:
1. No Slugworth in the book
2. Charlie and his grandpa didn't drink the floaty stuff in the book
3. There weren't golden eggs in the book, they were squirrels (which I saw in the trailer for the new version)
4. The order of a few things was off- like when they had the flavored wallpaper
5. Charlie found a dollar and got the last golden ticket, but no one beforehand had faked finding one in the book.
6. The ending was different- in the book they didn't just fly over the city- they crashed into Charlie's house and gathered the family to move
7. The book explained more about the Oompa Loompas and where they came from
8. There were no school scenes in the book where the teacher asked how many Wonka bars every kid had bought like the scene in the movie.
9. I don't think the book had that contract they signed, and I think there was an extra parent or two in the book. One or two of the kids brought both parents.

But the original movie had a lot from the book. I could picture a lot of the movie as I listened to it.

I think the plan isn't to redo the original movie- it's a new version. I'm looking forward to it. The book wasn't all that dark or scary I didn't think, so I think this will be an adaptation in a different direction. I loved the Oopma Loompa songs soooo much in the original, and I loved the song in the tunnel too that Willy sang. Gene Wilder was so perfect for that part. Love him!

I hope i'm not disappointed, but I think the key thing will be to try not too get too hung up with differences from the original movie.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Monday, March 14, 2005 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cool info Kaili Thanks!

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 6:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the original movie. My kids love it too. Oddly though my boss told me it terrified him as a child. He thought it was creepy and it gave him nightmares :-)

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The song in the tunnel ("there's no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going- is it raining, is it snowing, is a hurricane a blowing....") was creepy with the lighting on his face while he sang it.

Can you tell I'm obsessed with the movie? LOL I know all the words to the songs.

I also love movies where they can make references and imply stuff that kids won't quite ctach but parents will- like how the movie just rips on the other kids and what brats they are through cute Oompa Loompa songs.



Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We used to call fat boys 'Augustus'. I know we were evil:-)

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This movie was on USA Today's list of the five most anticipated blockbusters for 2005 (not including the final Star Wars flick). Guess it should be a little depressing that three of the five are remakes while another is a prequel to a fizzled franchise but I have to admit I'm looking forward to most of them. Maybe all of them.

The others on the list were:
War of the Worlds (June 29th)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (December 9th)
King Kong (December 14th)
Batman Begins (June 17th)

*Although last year I read a Neil Gaiman short story that revealed what happens at the end of this series and I lost my heart to finish the books. I've read four of them.