Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Trailer!
04-14-05 | 07:08 PM
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Just an FYI, there are some cool new posters for the movie up on the Yahoo Movies page for the movie.
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id...419&cf=pstills
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id...419&cf=pstills
04-15-05 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by NitroJMS
Here's some higher-res versions of some of the Yahoo pics:
The dark twist to this movie should be really good and make this a great movie! Can't wait for it.
04-16-05 | 03:50 PM
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Holy crap. It looks like Burton is including a lot of the cooler stuff from the book.
Here's hoping he put in the Little Square Candies That Look Round.
Actually, those may be from the second book. I may have to reread them both now.
Here's hoping he put in the Little Square Candies That Look Round.
Actually, those may be from the second book. I may have to reread them both now.
04-17-05 | 01:38 PM
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I just re-read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and based on what I've seen of the trailer, this movie looks to be more accurate and faithful to the book than the original movie.
Facts for those who haven't read the book:
Oompah Loompah sing. They sing every time a kid gets knocked off. Their songs are pretty morbid. It looks like our friends are musical in this movie, as they were in the original movie. Check.
Oompah Loompahs are not little orange dudes with green hair. They are knee-high white dudes with brown hair. They wear loin cloths, not white jodphurs. In fact, the entire Oompah Loompa village lives in the factory, and they actually get to see the women and the little naked four inch tall children.
The boat is a giant hollowed out pink sugary sweet. It's described in the book as looking like a viking ship that has hundreds of Oompah Loompahs rowing the boat. We see this in the trailer. Check.
Willy Wonka is described as a little ageless man with a goatee. Based on all the drawings in the book, he *is* rather effeminate. Johnny doesn't sport a goatee, but his interpretation of the character is probably spot on. I will reserve judgement when I see the movie.
The squirrels were in the book. Veruca Salt never even meets a goose laying golden eggs.
A lot of the stuff in the original movie was not in the book. Spoilers for those who haven't read the book:
Gene Wilder did a wonderful job as Willy Wonka in the original film, but I think Johnny Depp will add a new dimension to the character. If Burton does things right, this movie will have a sarcastic wit and edge to it that the original lacked.
I can't wait to see it.
Facts for those who haven't read the book:
Oompah Loompah sing. They sing every time a kid gets knocked off. Their songs are pretty morbid. It looks like our friends are musical in this movie, as they were in the original movie. Check.
Oompah Loompahs are not little orange dudes with green hair. They are knee-high white dudes with brown hair. They wear loin cloths, not white jodphurs. In fact, the entire Oompah Loompa village lives in the factory, and they actually get to see the women and the little naked four inch tall children.
The boat is a giant hollowed out pink sugary sweet. It's described in the book as looking like a viking ship that has hundreds of Oompah Loompahs rowing the boat. We see this in the trailer. Check.
Willy Wonka is described as a little ageless man with a goatee. Based on all the drawings in the book, he *is* rather effeminate. Johnny doesn't sport a goatee, but his interpretation of the character is probably spot on. I will reserve judgement when I see the movie.
The squirrels were in the book. Veruca Salt never even meets a goose laying golden eggs.
A lot of the stuff in the original movie was not in the book. Spoilers for those who haven't read the book:
Spoiler:
Gene Wilder did a wonderful job as Willy Wonka in the original film, but I think Johnny Depp will add a new dimension to the character. If Burton does things right, this movie will have a sarcastic wit and edge to it that the original lacked.
I can't wait to see it.
07-05-05 | 04:10 PM
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Some highlights from this week's EW:
Also:
In the history of cinema. Right, Johnny.
Burton informed August (Big Fish) that he wanted their Charlie to come straight from the book. That meant scrapping several well-remembered scenes and introducing others that weren't in the original film. For example, Wonka doesn't sing in the new film (something Depp admits he's relieved about); the Oompa-Loompas are all played by one actor named Deep Roy, whose 4-foot-4-inch height is digitally shrunk to 30 inches; spoiled brat Veruca Salt is done in by nut-shelling squirrels instead of by a golden goose; and we get a glimpse of Wonka's tense childhood relationship with his domineering dentist father (played by Christopher Lee). According to Burton, that last one, which actually isn't in Dahl's book, was essential. ''You want a little bit of the flavor of why Wonka is the way he is,'' says Burton, ''Otherwise, what is he? He's just a weird guy.''
Whether or not 1971's Willy Wonka is a great film, or even a good film, is almost beside the point. Neither commercially nor critically successful at the time of its release, Wilder's film only later snowballed into a sort of camp classic. Now, three decades later, it's become a sugarcoated time capsule for a generation known for its nostalgic sweet tooth. On the set of Charlie, virtually everyone is careful to respectfully sing the praises of Wilder and his film, but that didn't stop Wilder from bad-mouthing the new Charlie, telling London's Daily Telegraph recently: ''It's all about money. It's just some people sitting around thinking 'How can we make some more money?' Why else would you remake Willy Wonka?'' Wilder declined to comment for this article.
Depp says he was taken aback when he heard Wilder's remarks. ''Hearing about that was disappointing,'' he says. ''But I can understand where he's coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn't understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying 'Well, they just did this for money.' Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn't they ever do anything for money? Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.''
Depp says he was taken aback when he heard Wilder's remarks. ''Hearing about that was disappointing,'' he says. ''But I can understand where he's coming from, I guess. The one thing I didn't understand was that apparently he was quoted as saying 'Well, they just did this for money.' Well, hey, man, where have you been? When didn't they ever do anything for money? Nobody's ever made a film in the history of cinema where they weren't expecting some return on their dough.''
07-05-05 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mllefoo
A lot of the stuff in the original movie was not in the book.
They made changes to the book to make it play on screen better. I have no problem with that. The film is entertaining and is a very faithful adaptation of the book.
Maybe this new version will be fantastic. Maybe not. But I have a real issue with Burton claiming that the original film was in some way "unfaithful" to the book -- especially with him going around adding a
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EVERY adaptation will make some changes here and there. That doesn't make it 'unfaithful'. I suspect that history will show that the 1970s version was 'closer' to the book. Even if it doesn't include the squirrels.
07-06-05 | 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bboisvert
But I have a real issue with Burton claiming that the original film was in some way "unfaithful" to the book -- especially with him going around adding a
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Yeah, that's a good way of putting it.
