Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

viv · #1 08-01-2005, 06:23 AM

this came out in the UK this weekend and i really enjoyed it. It had me laughing, flinching (i was slightly scared at some points), and i LOVED the squirrels.
I liked the fact the changed things. I've always felt that because there was a second book, the ending of chocolate factory was pretty anti-climatic. but despite that it was pretty true to the spirit of the book in storyline, diaglogue and characters.

Animal Boything · #2 08-04-2005, 07:33 PM

I haven't seen this yet but my brother said he saw a Reuters headline that said "Depp's Chocolate Factory Has Tasty Opening" and we were laughing about that for DAYS.

lukeyd · #3 08-08-2005, 02:48 PM

just got back from seeing this. it really really dragged in some points, but other parts were complete genius.

wonka throwing mr salts business card over his shoulder-perfect. the "wooden doll hospital", and the pink sheep that he'd rather not talk about, and the whole 2001 reference - classic.

and yes, deep roy stole the show.

brokenhanger · #4 08-10-2005, 07:57 PM

I had 2 big problems with it - big enough to really overshadow everything that was wonderful about it. And there was quite a bit wonderful about it.

The first problem - the girl who played Veruca Salt was terrible. Veruca was always my favorite of the kids, and whoever played her in this one simply wasn't up to snuff. She was a terrible whiner - and since that's was Veruca does, it's quite unfortunate.

Even worse - what the hell was up with the ending? I'll give them putting in the flashbacks and backstory for Wonka [though there was one of those that really didn't make any sense], but the ending was simply atrocious.

I love the book, love the original movie, but I wasn't going into this thinking about how my childhood memories were going to be dirtied. If anyone can make a good Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie, it'll be Tim Burton. But, goddammit, I fucking hated that ending and as a result won't bother seeing it again.

*Sigh*