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pimpo damn your extensive book list
i know....thats like remaking The Witches and have katie holmes play the grand high witch
pimpo damn your extensive book list
I saw it yesterday. I normally don't see these kinds of movies, but my girl wanted to go. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought Depp did a good job. His portrayal of Wonka was very eccentric. He was incredibly snide to the kids and their parents, which was funny.
It's not for everyone, but Wonka fans should enjoy it if they keep an open mind.
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Haven't seen it yet, but I intend to. Its being release in Brazil, I think, today. Maybe I'll check it out. The original was classic. But it'll be neat to see how better technology in cinematography will do.
I must say, I expected to dislike it, but I thought this movie was FANTASTIC.
Better than the original by a long shot. Really brought the books to life... Dahl and Burton are clearly kindred spirits.
His widow did an interview last night on BBC and said that Roald would have loved this film (since it is more true to the book) and specially Johnny Depp's performance.
I saw it today and loved it. Johnny is one of my favorite actors but I had heard from other Depp lovers that this performance hadn't really done it for them. I, too, loved the original and you can't escape the Wilder/Depp comparisons - I mean, whatever you think about the original, Wilder's performance is classic and so memorable. Johnny didn't do that bad at all! I loved the cannibalism joke most of all I think lol
I saw it tonight, and I was pleasantly surprised too. I was against it as well from the start. I would watch the trailers and just think it was gonna suck. But it really was a good film. How can you not love Johnny Depp. I loved him and the little boy who played Charlie in Finding Neverland and they again gave great performances in this one. The only thing that sucked were the oompa loompa songs, you can hardly understand what they are saying! Or at least I couldn't tell. But I would recommend it.
I saw it at the IMAX this week and highly recommend this version. Depp does a tremendous job as Willy Wonka, and Tim Burton is just twisted - the pink sheep sheering scene still has me cracking up.
I find Johnny Depp somewhat creepy. Not in the movie (haven't seen it yet), but just in general he bothers me for some unknown reason.
I want to see this movie but I don't like Depp at all so I know I won't go in with an open mind about it.
Johnny Depp was awesome in films like Edward Scissorhands & Don Juan DeMarco...But in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...I had trouble getting past that Michael Jackson outfit & make up...
i am boycotting this movie as i feel the oompa loompas are not getting paid fair wages.
actually, it's more for the reason that it won't score points with the wife (i.e. not a chick flick) and it does not look to have any of the action/comedy/sex genre combos that i see a movie for in the first place.
i've heard mixed reviews for the badnews bears, so i might consider that, although wifey wants to see 'must love dogs' which is sneak previewing tonight. the island also looks fun.
I just saw this and I thought the same thing you did
It was OK but the le threw me off
I wonder if they will attempt a sequel.
Charlie and the Glass Elevator maybe.
the original was way better. this new one is like a salad with too much ingredients.
Depp was great of course, what's new?
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This movie kicked ass, saw it twice in the theatre and a couple of times on DVD also, one of Burton's best efforts. I can't believe people were bashing this before they even saw it.
i wasn't a huge fan. i can't picture anyone doing a better job than wilder. that's probably a bit unfair of me, but ehh. i thought corpse bride was much better for a burton flick.
I always thought that Charlie and the Choclate fatory was soft core porn for pedaphiles. ..
There are only a couple of Burton movies that I enjoyed more than this one. Honestly I can only name 2 movies of his that are undoubtedly better than this one, Beetlejuice and Big Fish, after that I would say Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Batman. I need to watch Sleepy Hallow again, I haven't watched that since I saw it in the theatre. I just watched Pee Wee's Big Adventure a month or so ago, hilariously great flick.
James and the Giant Peach.
I wanted to eat that damn peach!
I've never seen that one, is it any good?
It's definitely behind Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for me, but it's still good. You should watch it. You'll want to eat the peach, too.
I'll defenitely check it out, I love Burton movies.
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