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akuma587
@MagicalEddieTim Burton tried to be more faithful to the book and we saw how that turned out. Faithfulness to source material is not a criteria by which all film adaptations should be judged. Many should be taken on their own terms, since film is such a different medium and some aspects of a novel do not always translate well to film.
You could also say that the Burton film just blew its load on CGI-Indian oompa loompas.
Siskoid
As a tribute to Gene Wilder, we watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a film that while a perennial classic for many, somehow had passed me by until now. Well, it's a delightful piece of whimsy and given my only real knowledge coming in was a Futurama episode and a couple of pics overused in Internet memes, I was continually surprised at what was happening on screen. The story is really Charlie's, a sweet boy who is rewarded where the bad kids are not, and part of the success is the film is not feeling impatient that so much time is spent with him before Wilder's Wonka finally makes an appearance. Wilder is great, of course, a sad-happy, mean-nice, immortal-childish, fun-dangerous Time Lord of a man, pushing and pulling in at least two directions at once, imbuing the factory tour with something at once funny and sinister. Oompa-Loompas are keen. All the characters memorable. The design is fun. I've been a damn fool not watching this before.porscheguy19
The father of all traumatizing movies for early childhood.guilherme7
The most psychodelic childrem movie ever.Hippiemans
Gene Wilder is great as Willy Wonka. One of the most memorable figures of my childhood films.Big A2
@hurluberlue: The Thing? The Fly? Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Scarface? A Fistful of Dollars? The Maltese Falcon? The Departed? The Magnificent Seven?frankqb
Compared to its 2003 re-make, this film is filled with warmth, charm, and real imagination. A delight to watch - even if that tunnel was really freakin' weird.danisanna
Awesome.Loved the remake, love this one too!
aussieflickfan
Fond memories when recalling this film, although as others have mentioned the tunnel sequence is likely to be upsetting for children. You don't get to see Gene Wilder being that manic again until YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.DisneyStitch
Even though it really isn't a cult classic, I think that's how my nostalgic brain tends to look at it. I don't think it would be the same without Gene Wilder or the songs. Super quotable too, the dialog is witty and very memorable."The suspense is terrible... I hope it'll last."
Earring72
One of my favorite movies as a kid. NOw watching it again with my own. Still fun family movie. Great message, sweet songs and lots of excitementCMT
@MagicalEddie It sounds like Dahl wouldn't of liked Burton's either as it rewrote the story to give Willy an even bigger role with backstory taking up a large part of the plot.Samdurden
Awesome..better than the 2003 remake
ucuruju
I’m guessing the only reason people prefer this over the Burton remake is nostalgia. Everything after the tickets have been found falls a bit flat except for the tunnel sequence, which is as scary and psychedelic as advertised. Perhaps I would’ve loved it as a child (really small child) if I was born in the eighties but the truth is it feels dated in a way other oldish musicals don’t. Needed more Deep Roy.badblokebob
Ugh, it’s so Americanised. And almost all the songs are awful. We loved Dahl’s books in our house, so I can absolutely see why my parents put me off watching this as a kid, and why Tim Burton thought it was worth a remake. Heck, his version might even be better (I’ve not seen it for years so won’t fully commit to that opinion yet).Gene Wilder is really good, though. Shame it takes him almost half the movie to show up.
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