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The Real Willy Wonka of The Chocolate World?

Thu, 25 Jul 2008 12:57:09 GMT

posted by wannabetvchef

*Firstly let me apologise for the long delay in finishing what has been for me a writing labour of love, I only hope by the time you have read and perhaps visited Zotter's site there is a link on the right you will understand the scale of this undertaking. I would like to stress most emphatically that I am not in any way receiving payment or goods for this review.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) PG - 3½ Stars

Fri, 3 May 2008 01:28:00 GMT

posted by Zola
Johnny Depp is Willy Wonka and his quirkiness is what makes this movie. We've seen this movie before as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Basically the same ideas as the original but with more effects and new fun characters.

Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), comes from a poor but loving family where there is no extra money to indulge in chocolate bars. They live next to Willy Wonkas factory and even though they have never seen anyone go in or out of the building, Charlie dreams of all the wonders that must be inside. The company offers 5 lucky children an opportunity to get inside to see the magic, if they can just find one of the golden tickets in the chocolate bars. Children all over the world begin to flock to stores to purchase their bars in hopes of finding one of the lucky five. Charlie's family can only afford to buy one bar a year for Charlies birthday but it unfortunately it's not the winning bar.

As news starts pouring in, four of the five tickets have been found. Charlie's dreams are soon fading until he finds money on the ground, buys his last chance Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight, and the golden ticket is produced. Charlie it going to the factory and Grandpa Joe (David Kelly), will go with him.

Charlie and his grandpa join the other winners, Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb), Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry) for their journey inside. From the crews of Oompa-Loompas, chocolate waterfall, and the seemingly impossible glass elevator, the children as fascinated to see almost everything is edible. These other four children turn out to be misbehaved and a bunch of rotten apples making Charlie stand out in a good way. Willy will wonder if he has found the child who could take over the factory.

2005 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Phoenix Film Critics Association - Best Performance by a Child Actor.

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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Psychotic Candymaker and the Factory from Hell

Fri, 14 Apr 2007 20:52:41 GMT

posted by The_Epinions_Community
rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Directed by Mel Stuart Rated G / Color / 1971 Back in the 1960s, people started taking elephant-sized dosages of illegal substances, because life sucked so badly that people wanted to escape...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Not The Same Old Wonka

Sun, 9 Apr 2007 23:07:33 GMT

posted by The_Epinions_Community
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author sumko - Who hasn't seen the film or read the book, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? It is safe to say that most are familiar with the story. It is the basic “poor child has his dreams come true” type story. Charlie, the impoverished boy, grows up...

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