Charlie and the chocolate factory

I absolutely love this movie.. I am saving it this Christmas waiting for my nephew (age 17) to watch it with me as we have done for the last 10 years or so. Plus wizard of oz!

Panthro wrote: »

That flipping boat ride is still bananas

One of the images that flashes up is a chicken being decapitated.

It gave rise to one of my favourite memes.

Valresnick wrote: »

I love Grandpa Joe, i forgave him for stealing the fizzy lifting drinks as he hadn’t been out and about for a while.

Cos he is a disability cheat.....

Love this movie, I thought I was the only one who felt this way about Granpa Joe!

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Is he the blonde kid who played Charlie?

Not surprised, he was a poor actor

No, his character was poor. That was all acting.

Deleted User wrote: »

My favourite Christmas film, I still get anxiety every time I watch it in case Charlie doesn't find a ticket. ☺️

i still get anxiety looking at the oompa loompas they used to freak me out as a kid:o

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I did not get to see this film until my teens because my sister, who is older, had seen it and was really freaked out by the bit where Augustus Gloop is sucked up the tube of chocolate. So we could never watch it. This film is pretty scary (and that’s what makes it great).

The ride on the boat is even more disturbing.

The film was released just before I was born. I probably saw it for the first time on TV around Christmas in the late 70s and it was a magical experience. You got to watch it year after year and only at Christmas until VHS came along and you could rent it. I loved everything about it and still do.

The chocolate room set was spectacular and in my early adult years, I discovered the film was made at Bavaria studios in Munich. In the late 1990s I had the good fortune of doing some work at the studios in a post production capacity. After about a week, I had the guts to ask a German colleague if she knew which stage the chocolate room set was built on. She hadn't a clue but after a bit of investigation she tracked down a lovely gentlemen who remembered working on the film. He brought me to the stage and to just stand in this huge empty space and see where this big set was built was a really great experience. He was even able to point out where different parts of the set were built. It was a real Hold your breath, make a wish, count to three moment for me.:D When all this Covid madness is over I'm bringing my 13 year old daughter to the studio as she still adores the film.

Homelander wrote: »

I actually never saw Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory as a kid, watched it for the first time as an adult and I didn't really like it all that much. I think with quite a few movies, nostalgia is a big factor in our adult perception of a lot of films.

Obviously some films are just great films regardless, but Willy Wonka just didn't resonate with me at all.

I did like the Johnny Depp version, saw that one in the cinema and thought it was a pretty good adapation.

I only read the book in the 80s along with the Glass lift follow up. The original book is a fabulous read and the narrative/similarities to the 1970 movie are still apparent in Dahl's script. I guess it being a musical and dumping wonka's back story separates it from the Burton/Depp version. But in the context of cinema the original production has stood the test of time because of what it did back then. Remember it was a box office failure for a variety of reasons and only achieved an iconic status many years later and IMO deserves it. I never judge on nostalgia. It is simply a very well made and great film in itself. It now stands apart from the book. The Burton/Depp version was a decent attempt at capturing the essence of the book, but won't be remembered due a completely different film making landscape in which it was made.

Love the original, my dad isn't as big a movie fan as I am, but this is the one movie he saw as a kid I was lucky enough to be shown and enjoyed myself. Also have the Blu-Ray and I pop it in whenever I want to go back to it.

I think the remake was fine, only watched it twice, once when it was released in theatres and then again on Netflix recently. I'm happy it exists for the book purists, although it's not one I'd feel compelled to revisit often, or indeed buy a copy.