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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 03:55 PM
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Poll question: You Decide: Better version of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 03:56 PM by LynneSin
This isn't Wilder vs. Depp. This is one entire movie vs. the other. For those who have seen both versions of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which was the better movie? BTW 2005 was NOT a remake of 1971 - both movies are based on the same book but both have very different intrepetations. From what I have read from IMDB website, many of the folks involved in the 2005 version never watched the 1971 version
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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:00 PM
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1. Personally I liked the first one.
I'm a huge fan of Johnny Depp and of Tim burton but I just didn't think the movie was that great.

Zak
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:02 PM
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2. I will always be a fan of the original Willy Wonka
grew up with the flick, you know?
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:05 PM
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3. I grew up with the book
Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 04:05 PM by LynneSin
When I saw the first movie all I could think was "What the F**K??!!!"
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:09 PM
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6. I have never read the book
but I have heard the film took a lot of liberties and was not a whole lot like the book
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-05 08:56 AM
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12. you should read the book
it has a very cool, wistful and yet biting quality.
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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:26 PM
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8. That's how I felt when I saw The Two Towers
Peter Jackson f-ed that one up royally.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:07 PM
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4. Big Roald Dahl fan here
Grew up reading all his books. But I am also a huge fan of the original movie...
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:08 PM
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5. Roald Dahl's wife said that he didn't like the first movie, and he would
have liked the new one MUCH better. Apparently he didn't agree with the decision to cast Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
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Ekirh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:09 PM
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7. Gotta go with the 1971 version
I think I'm in the minority of people who didn't think Charlie and the Chcolate Factory was really that great (Although Depp kicked ass of course)
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:34 PM
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9. I loved the new one...
The older one I could just never get into. There was just something off...especially after I read the book. Then I saw the new one, and there it was. I looooooooved JD as Willy Wonka, and I even loved the side tracks that weren't in the book. LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT!
Duckie
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:44 PM
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10. Did you get all emotional when Charlie found the ticket
Edited on Mon Jul-18-05 04:44 PM by LynneSin
I did!

I loved Freddie Highmore as Charlie - he totally ruled!
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 04:45 PM
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11. That little boy could make finding a brown paper bag exciting...
he's just FABULOUS!!
Duckie
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-05 09:25 AM
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13. I like the original 1971 Willy Wonka
the new remake seems like a real sham; how can you get better than the original?
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