Willy Wonka?

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Has anyone read about the remaking of the classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Johnny Depp is supposed to Willy Wonka... but thats all I have heard. I like Depp as an actor, and was pretty please with his preformance in "Priates..." but do you think he can pull off willy wonka?

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whats to pull off. It was a really gay movie with hershey bars.. i think even gene Wilder cashed his check in secret.

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you really think it was a bad movie?

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I was not the target audience, Im sure. My choices are not meant, nor should never be used, to gage the goodness of a movie. there are some real stinkers out there that I loved. I like Ishtar, which was nominated as one of the top 5 worst movies of all time. I just thought it funny. Willie W, was, to me, something I wished that I had kids to take at the time. I was with this girl and felt like I was being watched and laughed at by all my school friends.

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Farmerman, I had fun at Ishtar as well. I don't admit it to a lot of people. I've walked out of movies and plays. Ishtar wasn't one of them.

I'm looking forward to the Johnny Depp version of Willy Wonka, but then I'd probably enjoy the Johnny Depp version of a reading of the New York phone book. Embarrassed

I think Johnny makes interesting film choices. I haven't been disappointed in him so far. (and he looks cute Embarrassed

in the pix I've seen from the filming).

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maybe thats whhy I cant get all excited about the new Mssr Wonka. I like Johhny Depp in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. That pirate thing just got me confused. It was trying to be and adventure, a comedy, and somethhing else. I think they were tyrying to make Depp into a kind of Errol Flynn. For one, hes a dwarf

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Depp's new film FINDING NEVERLAND opens next week and has gotten some great reviews. I guess one of the kids in this film will also be in WONKA.
I read that Dahl didn't like the original version because it wasn't dark enough. I intend on reading the book soon.

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i heard the same thing theif... funny eh...

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I love willy wonka and the chocolate factory, so let's just watch what we say it...hmmm....lol

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oooooooooh, I love the movie (not a great film, but a fun movie) and the actor. Can't wait to see it.

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Do you guys remember the part in the movie when they are on that little boat thing? Do you remember seeing horrible things on the walls of the cave as they were going through it? Such as cutting heads off chickens and stuff like that...if you don't beleive me...watch that part again closely!!

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StandUp - there's some kind of lizard in there as well! It was the most disturbing part of the film when I watched it as a kid.

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eeesh!

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The song he's singing is quite creepy as well. All off-key and weird lyrics.

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I think Johnny Depp is a very good character actor. He has played a lot of strange parts, why not Willy Wonka....I think he'll do a good job Smile

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i hope so... as for the scary parts... im gonna put it inthe dvd player and check it out

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Please do, let us know al the freaky happenings!!

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the JOBLO movie site has posted the poster for WONKA
Depp looks great!!

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Hey!
I loved Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I don't understand why they would want to make a new version. I hate when they do that. I really can't think of a re-make I liked. "Let well enough alone!" It really is terrible when they ruin a great piece of film with a remake. Take Planet of the Apes for example. Yuck! They totally butchered a classic.

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I know what you mean, Molly. More examples of this are remakes of two classic British films - The Italian Job and Alfie. There was no need to remake the originals - they were classics.

The only ones I can think of right now where I reckon it's been better the second time are The Thomas Crown Affair and Oceans Eleven.

And welcome to A2K!

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