I SO agree with him on Depp's version of Willy Wonka (it was bad)
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JPSofCA — 12 years ago(June 16, 2013 02:06 PM)
I like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" much better than Burton's spin on the story as well. It is one of those films, like "The Wizard of Oz," which may have sequels or prequels that could respectfully compliment the work, but nothing can be made to take its place.
I watched "Charlie" and I did not intensely hate the movie, as it was fun to see attention given to the story, but that's not to say that I treasure the film in any way, as there is nothing to treasure about it. After the first song I quipped its predictability that a rap-song would be next, totally expecting it to try to cater to every crowd. I forget if there was a country song in there, but there may as well have been. The film lacked thought, and merely executed a quick, once-over screen-write of an otherwise classic story, as if whatever came out of the writers, without revision, seems like a "go." It was just another Burton film, where everything looks that familiarly certain way.
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nicolehering — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 02:32 AM)
I agree too. The remake is bad. Johnny Depp was hideous. He hated children! Why would Willy Wonka hate children when they're his top customers and he wanted a child to win the contest? That was stupid. Gene's Willy Wonka didn't hate children. He was polite to all of the children and their families even when they were rude. He was strange, but not psychologically scarred like Depp's Willy Wonka. Gene also has sweet, friendly, twinkling eyes that seemed perfect for the role. Depp was not meant for the role at ALL. It made me sick when I watched it. Burton and Depp should have stayed away from it. They could have adapted a different Dahl book instead. The Twits is good or George's Marvelous Medicine!
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dalbrech — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 01:11 PM)
Wilder is a far better Willy Wonka then Depp.
I liked a few things about the Burton version;it is closer to the book and darker then the 1971 film,and thanks to modern tech some things that could simply not be done in the 71 version could be donethe Squirrels and the fate of Veruca Salt for examplebut overall the 71 film is better. -
drunkbear — 9 years ago(September 01, 2016 02:18 PM)
I like both of their interpretations of Willy Wonka. Gene Wilder played it as more of a creative artist, while Depp played it as more of a grown-up manchild. Roald Dahl's characters tend to be a little bit disturbing, and I thought that Depp brought that disturbing element to the role better than Wilder.
I LOVE Gene Wilder, DGMW and, as stated, I love both his and Depp's interpretations of Willy Wonka pretty much equally. I think Wilder's is more heart-warming, while Depp's is closer to the weirdness intended by Roald Dahl.- What are you gonna do, when the world catches on?