Post #208,282
5/23/05 5:10:27 PM
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Prediction
I expect the visuals (and the acting, story, etc etc etc) will be much better in Willie Wonka, opening on my birthday ... IN FREAKING IMAX! WOO WOO!
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Post #208,329
5/23/05 10:38:01 PM
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You mean: Charley and the Chocolate Factory?
Remember Charley was the kind the won.
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Post #208,383
5/24/05 1:24:56 PM
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That's a movie I'm looking forward to seeing
We also have plans to see it at the IMAX. It was genious to cast Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. I think it's going to be a winner.
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Post #208,386
5/24/05 1:34:39 PM
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Same thing we thought
The original is my wife's favorite movie, and one of my favorites. When we heard they were remaiking we both thought they'd ruin it. Then we heard Tim Burton and Johnny Depp and thought, well maybe this won't suck.
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Post #208,389
5/24/05 1:38:31 PM
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The preview didn't answer any questions
I still don't know whether it is gonna suck or if those 2 can pull this one off.
It is also one of my favorites..top 5 all time.
Gene Wilder was BRILLIANT. He struck the perfect balance between eccentric and psycho.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #208,392
5/24/05 1:41:15 PM
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A few years ago I drove out to NJ
with the kids and they watched Willy Wonka the entire time- there and back. It never grows old! Gene Wilder was good in a creepy/psychotic way. I think Johnny Depp will bring some style and flamboyance to the role, a la Captain Jack Swann. What day is it opening?
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Post #208,409
5/24/05 2:19:10 PM
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July 15
Gotta check how far in advance the local IMAX will sell tickets.
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Post #208,398
5/24/05 1:54:13 PM
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Not Willy!!! Charley!
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Post #208,401
5/24/05 1:56:26 PM
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Johnny's gonna be Charley?
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Post #208,500
5/25/05 8:36:06 AM
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It is the continuation of the Story... from what I am told.
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Post #208,504
5/25/05 8:42:03 AM
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Ooh, good call ... a simple remake would have been tricky
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Post #208,510
5/25/05 8:51:59 AM
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We should've looked it up in the first place
It is a remake-
[link|http://chocolatefactorymovie.warnerbros.com/about.html|http://chocolatefact...os.com/about.html]
Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie (Freddie Highmore), a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story.
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Post #208,511
5/25/05 8:53:43 AM
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I see. So it is actually closer to the book than before.
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