Commercial<Charlie/Chocolate Factory

[Patti Feinberg]

This a.m. before work, I saw my first commercial for the new "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory".

They said the line
Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!

Wouldn't you say  this line is one of the most memorable from the orig. film?

That was neat!!

I just realized, for some of our newbies, who are young, you may not realize that Denise Nickerson was in the orig. movie "Willie Wonka".
Patti

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!

Wouldn't you say  this line is one of the most memorable from the orig. film?

I wouldn't know. Believe it or not, I've never seen Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And whenever I tell someone that, they look at me like I'd missed one of the greatest childhood experiences that has ever been - like I've never seen The Wizard of Oz or something.  :-

[LdyAnne]

I wouldn't know. Believe it or not, I've never seen Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And whenever I tell someone that, they look at me like I'd missed one of the greatest childhood experiences that has ever been - like I've never seen The Wizard of Oz or something.  :- 

  Well good Gawd! isn't there a Video store near you? 

LdyAnne

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Well good Gawd! isn't there a Video store near you?

Dozens, but I've never really had the inclination to watch it. 

[JennieSim80]

I've seen the original and really loved it. I'm wondering what Tim Burton's interpretation will be like; I'm a huge fan of Burton and Johnny Depp. It seems that Gene Wilder is really against the new film though, so I hope it stays true to the original.

[Barnabas'sBride]

I didn't see the original Willy Wonka until a couple of years ago when I worked in a video store, because they played it a lot. I'm not very fond of it. I honestly would have no interest whatsoever in the remake if Depp wasn't starring and Burton wasn't directing. I can't pass up a Depp/Burton movie.

[CyrusL]

I tend to find Tim Burton's work always interesting, if not always successful. I think you all have hit on the answer that his work with Johnny Depp is better than his work without him. For example, "Ed Wood" is a much better film than "Mars Attacks." I never saw the original in the theatre, I had the flu the week it played in my hometime as a kid. I finally caught it years later and I've grwon to really love it. I like Gene Wilder's very edgy performance, he's quite a radical and seemingly dangerous character for a kid's film, especially as he is essentially the adult hero/role model. Generally, only the villains are allowed to be such a lose cannon in kid's films. I was aware Deniece was in the film as a kid, which made me feel all the wrse for missing it at the time. I love the DVD release with the documentary and you must get the "Widescreen" to truly enjoy it, that version was scrace for a while. I do plan on seeing the new one. Is Johnny chaneling Louise Brooks in that black bob this time?

By the way, is it me, or is there some kinda resemblence of the old "orange" Ooompa Loompas and Gerard Styles? They defintely have the same hair stylist. 

Michael

"I gotta golden ticket..."

[arashi]

Personally I'm hoping Tim Burton stays a little closer to Roald Dahl's original. (Roald Dahl was my FAVORITE childhood author). From what I've seen in the commercials probably not, but I love both Johnny Depp and Tim Burton so I can't pass it up. I'm more excited to see the Corpse Bride though.

[Gothick]

In the books, from what *I* recall, Wonka was this little old gnome who had a very tricksterish flair and was more than a little dangerous--the sort of being that only a little boy could really love (think the Psammead in Five Children and It--hmmm, I'm sure Dahl was an E Nesbit fan...).

From the stills I have seen, the remake appears to be more an embroidery upon the Seventies film, rather than a revisiting of the Dahl texts.  I've asked repeatedly whether the songs are included in the new flick, but nobody seems to know.  It will really be a crashing bore without the songs... I agree with whoever said the Seventies oompa-loompas looked like Gerard Stiles...

btw, did anybody out there ever read those Joan Aiken books about Dido Twite and her friends and foes--Wolves of Willoughby Chase; Nightbirds in Nantucket; Black Hearts in Battersea, etc.?  Apparently the final book in the series is being published posthumously (Dame Joan went to her reward, aged 80-something, last year, it seems), and it sounds juicy.  The word Witch is in the title--always a good sign.

Steve

[Patti Feinberg]

It will really be a crashing bore without the songs..

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Had to!!! I concur with Gothick

Patti

[Heather]

In the books, from what *I* recall, Wonka was this little old gnome who had a very tricksterish flair and was more than a little dangerous--the sort of being that only a little boy could really love (think the Psammead in Five Children and It--hmmm, I'm sure Dahl was an E Nesbit fan...).

I've read the book too...you're right on the money.

From the stills I have seen, the remake appears to be more an embroidery upon the Seventies film, rather than a revisiting of the Dahl texts. I've asked repeatedly whether the songs are included in the new flick, but nobody seems to know. It will really be a crashing bore without the songs...

Sigh...yeah, the songs and witty/silly sayings make that film, IMO.

-Heather (love the original, but shall wait and see I guess...)

[Gothick]

The other thing that's a hoot about the name Willy Wonka is that if Roald Dahl had been writing in American, the old dear would have been called Master Baitor...

G.

[PennyDreadful]

The other thing that's a hoot about the name Willy Wonka is that if Roald Dahl had been writing in American, the old dear would have been called Master Baitor...

LMAO!  That's rich!

[Heather]

the old dear would have been called Master Baitor...

Precisely, dahling...