[Forest]

Yeah, I know I am probably known npw for starting up strange and
unusual threads, and this is no exception!

I just watched "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" with a friend who said that when she first saw it at primary school, it freaked her out. Now, after watching it again, she loves it! Go figure lol!

Anyway, I was just wondering if

a) Anyone else has seen this film and if so

b) What opinions do you have on it?

Personally, I love this story both because of its fantasy elements
and also its moral teachings for children. I also really like the
character of Wonka and IMHO Gene Wilder IS Willy Wonka. It's like I
couldn't imagine anyone else apart from Johnny Depp playing Jack
Sparrow - same difference.

Over to the rest of you!

~Forest

[BittenBuggy]

That was just too freaky for me. Same with Alice in Wonderland - those kinds of stories just give me the creeps.

That... and anything to do with gremlins

[Aerin]

I was a Rhold Dahl nerd. I loved it, but, the singing orange oompa loompas do freak me out a bit now...as for Mr. Depp, he is kinda strange and might make a fair Willy Wonka.

This version, is horribly dated, I tend to like Tim Burton, thou would not want to be alone with the man for any ammount of time...Scary! hides with BB.

[Forest]

[NancyBrooke]

That movie came out when I was seven, and I have always loved it; thinking about getting the DVD.

Did you know Roald Dahl wrote the sceen play? And several books of really delighfully twisted stories.

[Amlee]

I can't say I liked the movie. Those Umpa's(sp) (Great now I will be singing that song for the rest of the day! ) scared the heck out of me as a kid.

BUT

I am really looking forward to Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's verison. It's going to be amazing!

[Aerin]

Actually both are Scary.

Hey Amlee, Avvie *thud* *drool*

[Amlee]

Burton isn't scary. Just dark and strange. very strange, but you have to look for that hidden meaning he puts in his movies. He makes you look for them.


LOL Thanks. Mora did it for me. I had the pic's but didn't know what to do with them.

[Forest]

LOL My friends think I'm mad, but personally I find Gene/Wonka quite cute!

~Forest

~*If you want to view paradise....simply look around and view it*~

[Yavanie]

Okay, I'm a sucker for those movies we watched as kids.

Loved Willy Wonka, and can't imagine anyone but Gene Wilder in the role.

do I understand from these posts they are remaking it?

I hesitate to be elated, it will probably be great or really be bad.

[Aerin]

I knew I would catch it for being scared of Tim Burton, I think he is an amazing director, just would not choose to have tea with him. Now Cameron Crowe, he is more my speed.

[Amlee]

Yes Tim Burton is remaking this movie. It's to be called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It's set to star Depp as Wonka. They are set to start filming the end of this year. It is suppose to be release sometime next summer. He is still in the process of finishing the casting. He has all of the children cast and the grandfather. Nothing else has been released as of yet.

LOL your not catching it at all. Many of Burtons movies are creepy. Nightmare Before Christmas is one that I have never seen and more than likely will never see. It's just to creepy for me.

He has done the best Batman movie ever made. Big Fish is an amazing movie that I enjoyed very much. Sleepy Hallow was dark, yet a very good movie.

[Ellbee]

I loved the old movie, but I'm certainly looking forward to the delicious Mr. Depp giving it a try. I love Dahl anyway. Hey, didn't I read a not-childrens-book Dahl story about this man and woman who had a sex potion, and the woman had sex with all these famous men to get their sperm? Or am I insane, and my dirty mind has completely taken over my senses?

-Ell

[Viv]

Johnny Depp and chocolate. Um, I'm just going to go off here and have profane thoughts, thanks.