Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[miss.myra]

A few points:

1. Tim Burton still is, and will always be my hero.

2. Johnny Depp is excellently creepy, and portrays Dahl's wonka much truer than in the previous version (although wilder did do a great job!)

3. AMAZING casting, violet, augustus, veruca and mike were all actually very very close to the original characters in the movies


4. stays truer to the book than the original movie! the squirrels are baaack



GO SEE IT!~@$!@#$@#

[LeeBrat]

OMG OMG OMG thats out now :) i have to see this soon

[charly]

ahh i want to see this so badly!!

[miss.myra]

goooo seeeeee iiiiiiit!

[charly]

i know! SO EXCITED!$#%#!

[Tea]

"Daddy, i want another pony"

I really enjoyed this movie....and so did my three little female and one male cousins.

Some hot hits ...like "chewing...chewing...chewing"

One personal fault: i'm just not in love with that dude who plays charlie, after finding neverland...i dunno ...i just dont like him despite how well he fit the part. And i did miss my favorite track from the older version, "cheer up charlie."

All in All..Tim Burton and Depp always go well together!!

LOVED IT

Just wish i had my own glass elevator...

[Pennywise]

LUCK YYYYYYYY
Im gonna go see this very soon

[LLaaUUrrYYn]

Originally Posted by Tea

"Daddy, i want another pony"
One personal fault: i'm just not in love with that dude who plays charlie, after finding neverland...i dunno ...i just dont like him despite how well he fit the part. And i did miss my favorite track from the older version, "cheer up charlie."

THANKYOU!!! It was driving me crazy trying to remember where I've seen that kid before!

I saw it yesterday at the imax with my 3 year old nephew (whos age i lied about to get him in free.. is that bad? $13.75 for a 3 year old is crazy!!)

It was EXCELLENT. I wasnt crazy about the oompa loompas but either way.. still an outstanding movie. ;D

[Ree Fresh]

Myra can be my chocolate factory ;)

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by Pennywise

LUCK YYYYYYYY
Im gonna go see this very soon

What are you up to on Tuesday afternoon-ish?
I'm gonna be in Van and I am just dying to see this.

[Pennywise]

i work !!

monday-friday!
and then i get 2 WEEKS off!!! woooottt:sixpak:

[baby-phat]

^^ Aw poo. Cuz on my days off I'll be in Van.. and kinda wanna see ya. What time do you get off work then?

[Lady Dame]

Saw this last night in 3D imax with George and Carlos...the introduction to Jonny Depp, before he says anything, the silence of the audience and screen...George blurts out "omg, its Micheal Jackson!" EVERYONE laughed.
it was gold.

i love how all the umpa lumpas were the same face.
*sooo creepy.

"im sorry, i was just having a flashback."
"does those happen offten?"
"no, just today."


Bwahaha, and you can take that to the bank!

[sidekick]

what a fucking awesome film! i just saw it last night and was a little nervous going into it (though Burton is my favourite director and rarely disappoints).

it was a different feel than the first movie, but i think this one definitly explored the book better than the first film. depp's wonka is more of a child-like socially inept and deeply harmed character, while wilder's wonka was more of the eccentric scientist character. both were great.

the movie looked absolutely amazing. the sets were burton's usual twisty, creepy and other-worldly sets and the script was witty and really funny.

the one thing that bothers me was the portrayal of the oompa-loompa's as a small brown man. why did they have to bring race into this? they could have made them orange or blue or another colour just like in the first film to avoid any resemblance to a real race on earth. i keep imagining kids pointing at short brown men on the street and going, "look mommy! an oompa-loompa!"

4/5

can't wait to see it again.

Best Date Ever Myra!

[Josie]

Originally Posted by Angel

"im sorry, i was just having a flashback."
"does those happen offten?"
"no, just today."

that was funny lol...he was so creepy but it was good. i really liked the movie i really dont think its meant for like little kids tho...did anyone else notice that everyone had blue eyes?....that tripped me out.

well tim burtons movies are always a pleasure to see..i cant wait for the corpse bride to come out and i heard hes remaking alice and wonderland...

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

the one thing that bothers me was the portrayal of the oompa-loompa's as a small brown man. why did they have to bring race into this? they could have made them orange or blue or another colour just like in the first film to avoid any resemblance to a real race on earth. i keep imagining kids pointing at short brown men on the street and going, "look mommy! an oompa-loompa!"
.

haha wtf! that is so out of left field jake...

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

haha wtf! that is so out of left field jake...

not really. the person i went to see the movie with thought the exact same thing. in the first movie the oompa-loompas didn't resemble any person you'd come across in real life...they had orange skin. yeah, these guys are tiny, but the close-up shots of them just look like some brown guy. i dunno, i thought they should have stuck to something that didn't look like any person in real life.

Dahl had issues with that in his book, too. i heard he actually had to re-write parts that dealt with the oompa-loompas because there were complaints that it was too close to slavery and such.

edit: i don't mean to say that they did this intentionally at all. just saying that i think it would have been better had they been blue or green or another colour that humans don't usually come in.

[Pennywise]

i going out on friday to see this movie

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

not really. the person i went to see the movie with thought the exact same thing. in the first movie the oompa-loompas didn't resemble any person you'd come across in real life...they had orange skin. yeah, these guys are tiny, but the close-up shots of them just look like some brown guy. i dunno, i thought they should have stuck to something that didn't look like any person in real life.

Dahl had issues with that in his book, too. i heard he actually had to re-write parts that dealt with the oompa-loompas because there were complaints that it was too close to slavery and such.

edit: i don't mean to say that they did this intentionally at all. just saying that i think it would have been better had they been blue or green or another colour that humans don't usually come in.

actually they looked more polynesian to me..and from what I remember in the book and the way they are described is that they seemed to fit dahl's actual description much closer than the original. Remember, they are supposed to be actual beings from a place in the world that actually apparently exists, I think putting something that looks more like a real person than a real person with caked on orange makeup makes it seem more like that.

[Lady Dame]

Tim Burton HAS to remake Alice in Wonderland..there is no other "eye" i could see making that one.


and the new Corpse Bride movie is going to KILL.

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by Angel

Saw this last night in 3D imax with George and Carlos...the introduction to Jonny Depp, before he says anything, the silence of the audience and screen...George blurts out "omg, its Micheal Jackson!" EVERYONE laughed.
it was gold.

i love how all the umpa lumpas were the same face.
*sooo creepy.

"im sorry, i was just having a flashback."
"does those happen offten?"
"no, just today."


Bwahaha, and you can take that to the bank!

Johnny Depp denied rumours that he based some of his character on Michael Jackson, altho the plot of the movie does kinda flow like a day at Neverland ranch. Depp did an awesome job playing Wonka, much better than the original fo sho.

"I can't hear what your saying over all the mumbling!"

Great movie.. go see it!

[miss.myra]

actually i can see willy wonka in this movie being more based on marilyn manson...

[frogprincess]

watching it right now!

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

actually i can see willy wonka in this movie being more based on marilyn manson...

Depp wasn't that creepy.