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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
DH and I took the little guy (4 1/2) to see this much-anticipated and long-awaited (in our house) film today. LOVED IT! DS was mesmerized the whole 2 hours, and DH was laughing out loud. Johnny Depp is brilliant! I loved the Oompa Loompas in this version (computer-generated replicas of a single actor). They were much cuter than the creepy orange-faced, green-haired ones in the 1971 version. It was a little edgy and there were times I had to remind DS that it was only pretend and everyone was really safe, but it was really a lot of fun. When was the last time you saw a movie where the audience applauded at the end of the film? I highly recommend it.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Ditto!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Depp wasn't too creepy?

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Saw this and Wedding Crasher today. This is a very good film. Willie Wonka as Michael Jackson. Very good film, nothing but a confection. Excellent art direction.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 12:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
Just got back from watching it. Even though the film got cut off 20 minutes in and we had to switch theaters and start all over I still LOVED it....DD watched the older movie the other day and read the book in preperation for this one. She said this was WAY better. We laughed over and over again. It was hard not to compare or think about the older movie, but I got over it real quick because this one had so much more. Again, I may be very biased as I love Tim Burton and Johnny Depps work.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 7:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
No, KL, I didn't think Depp was creepy. He was hysterical! He was so funny! "Excuse me, little girl . . ." Best lines were when people tried to tell him their names and he just said, "I can't imagine why it would matter." Also whenever Mike Teevee was being annoyingly know-it-all, Wonka would say, "You're mumbling again. I can't understand a word you're saying." DH says he's going to use start using that one when people annoy him! Have never really been much of a Johnny Depp fan, but he was awesome in this. He did remind me of Michael Jackson at first, but then I got over it.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
'You're weird!' Loved that line. My daughter and I have used it several times today.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    


Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 10:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
AMAZING movie! i loved how true it was to the book, and how burton tried to huminize willy wonka with the addition of family. it was so much what i had imagined it to be from when i read the book as a child.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I heard an interview with Depp this morning. He is famous for throwing in ad libs during scenes. When he first said to one of the kids, 'Slip me some skin.', the kids said, 'Hey, that's not in the script.'.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, July 18, 2005 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
No real spoilers...

Saw this Saturday. I went reluctantly as I just wasn't in the mood for a movie - especially a comedy - but have to admit that I lol throughout most of this flick.

I loved most of the music, especially the Bollywood number and the sunny, trippy, 60's pop song. The set designs were astonishing.

But as expected, the highlight of the movie was Johnny Depp's fearlessly strange performance. He was hilarious, frightening, and even heartbreaking in turn. And sometimes all at once. I loved his riffs on everything from "Papa?" to the "Slip me some skin" routine. Honestly, I think I'll have to watch this again to fully appreciate all his remarks. Oh and I loved that little nod to Edward Scissorhands when he cut the ribbon!

At the show we were at, the little kids behaved far better than did the girls from the Paris Hilton generation who felt the need to repeat every one of Depp's lines.

My grade: ½

Movie Trailers: March of the Penguins; The Greatest Game Ever Played; and something else I'm blanking on right now.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Monday, July 18, 2005 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
The other trailer was Ice Age 2.

I enjoyed it. I liked the many nods at the original too (as they went into the tunnel, he says "There's no way of knowing where we're going"- the start of the song Gebne Wilder sung. The kids had a few lines from the original too. I loved Violet Beauregarde's mom....

I'd like to see it again to soak in more of it, but I had a lot of good laughs.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, July 18, 2005 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Just got back from seeing it and absolutely, positively loved it! I am a huge fan of the Gene Wilder version (just read my profile!) but this was just as good. Offbeat and how can you now love anything that Johnny does?! I said 2 thumbs up and the 10 and 8 year olds that I took said 2 thumbs way up!

Faerygdds
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08-29-2000

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Faerygdds a private message Print Post    
ok... I have remained quiet for far too long. I went to go see this with my husband at the IMAX. It was phenomenal! Depp was fantastic! I loved the way they explained why Wonka was the way he was...

I loved the oompa loompa... I loved the squirells! I just loved it. Four stars here... 2 thumbs way up!

And I OWN the 1971 DVD.

Preview: Goblet of Fire & that 10 minute little "this is how IMAX works" thing.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Oh yeah- they also previewed The Corpse Bride when I went- the upcoming Burton/Depp movie- more like the style of The Nightmare Before Christmas with the animation.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Faerygdds, we own the 1971 DVD, too, so DS was already familiar with the story. Couldn't help compare this one with the older version. Though I still love Gene Wilder, I LOVED Johnny's version of Willie Wonka.

Can't wait to see it in 3D! Our local IMAX theater (Sacramento) is cheap/poor, and they never get the 3D version until it's been out for a few weeks. We also saw Polar Express at IMAX (several weeks after seeing it in the "regular" theater) and it was awesome!

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Wednesday, July 20, 2005 - 5:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
Went last night with my 6 year old daughter and she giggled and laughed thru the whole thing... me too. I loved it. The mumbling lines cracked me up as well as the "your weird" ones. Worth the $$.

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Friday, July 22, 2005 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
absolutely wonderful! I felt like a kid- I was just staring at the screen with a smile on my face the whole time.

I won't compare it to the first because I think they truly both can stand on their own. I want to see it again!

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I am going again next weekend and taking my daughter, my two nieces visiting from Wisconsin and my sister and her two kids. I can't wait to see it yet again!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I quite enjoyed it :-)

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Glad you liked it, KL!

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
Knew going in it wouldn't replace the old one for me (Gene Wilder has my heart), but still I thought they did a good interpretation. My nieces (ages 7, 9 and 11) all enjoyed it and it kept their attention. I loved the book as a child, so am probably an easy audience.

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 12:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
Loved it! All my faves in one movie! Willy Wonka, Tim Burton, And Johnny Depp.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Since seeing this movie a couple of weeks ago, my DS (4 1/2) has told me he no longer likes the DVD (with Gene Wilder) that we have of this movie. Says it has the "wrong" people in it. He had the same reaction when I showed him the original "Love Bug" (Dean Jones, Michelle Lee and Buddy Hackett). He kept asking, "Where's Lindsey Lohan?"

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, August 01, 2005 - 3:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Saw this last night with a bunch of friends. Really enjoyed it. There were a few things that I didn't like here and there, but overall I likey. I think Freddie Highmore is a stupendous actor -- so rare to see a child actor who does as much with the silences as with the more emotional/boisterous readings...

Terolyn
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05-06-2004

Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Terolyn a private message Print Post    
My DD and I really enjoyed this, but could anyone understand the lyrics that the oompa loompas were singing?



Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Those were the lyrics from the original book written by Roald Dahl. I was in the bookstore the other day and read them, very clever. I'm sure you can do a 'search' and find them on the internet.