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April 14th, 2008 by
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To let five children into his secret chocolate factory, Willy Wonka makes five golden tickets. And when Charlie Bucket finds one of those winning tickets, he is in for the most fantastic day of his life. | ||||||||
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I was never really into the books of Roald Dahl, while they were pretty popular when I was young. And I wasn't a fan of Tim Burton either. So it came as quite a surprise when I enjoyed this movie. It wasn't until later that I realized how much I actually had enjoyed it.
I was going through some movies when I found 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' again. I knew it had entertained me, but I had to see it that second time to realize what an unique movie it was. It just proves again how movies don't have to be adult or children only. And how family movies don't have to be all nice and cuddly. That's probably the thing I like the most about the story. This big chocolate maker every child loves, isn't a lovely man at all. Played brilliantly by Johnny Depp. There's a fine balance between funny weird and just weird and he pretty much keeps it steady at the funny part. Another fun family movie to enjoy on this casual Monday. | ||||||||
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the original is one of my all time favs…..in the new on i did not like that the umpalumpas were all the same guy….
We liked this one for Johnny Depp’s performance. Our favorite line to quote is “You’re kinda weird.” We use that a lot.
Our girls liked it too (at least the 7 year old) and my wife is addicted to Johnny Depp. But even I enjoyed this one.
I think the original version gave me nightmares as a kid. This one was just fun.
–Fitz
If you’re not comparing it to the Gene Wilder version, you can thoroughly enjoy this movie. I think that too many people tried to do that comparison while watching this one and didn’t open their minds. It was fun in its own right.
I didn’t see the Gene Wilder version, so I got to enjoy this one for its own merits. Maybe I have to see it sometime, is it very dated?