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man, this film really is just around the corner

3 days

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*tick-tock*

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I could see it Thursday at work, but I'm going to Six Flags, so I won't see it until Friday.



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cant wait..cant wait..im seeing it next tuesday

its not getting released here until the start of august

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I'll probably have to wait to see it with my family. It looks really good. I always loved the books. That's amazing that they trained those squirrels.

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I won't get to see it until my boyfriend comes down! Hopefully within the next two weeks !We both can't wait to see it!

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whatever happens..if you go see a midnight screening..dont go to it..all the goth punks and drugos will be there

lol..if there was one..what i just said would be true

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whatever happens..if you go see a midnight screening..dont go to it..all the goth punks and drugos will be there

lol..if there was one..what i just said would be true

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Very positive reviews from the big press.

All readable at RT

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Very positive reviews from the big press.

All readable at RT

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man i wanna see this

NNNOOOWWWW

i havnt heard a bad one yet

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Arg! I want to see it!



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JUST GOT HOME!!!

Ok, first of all, it was absolutely gorgeous. Tim Burton is a genius. I think it's sad that Roald Dahl died before he could see how it turned out. I bet he'd have loved it.

The casting was genius. I honestly can't think of anyone I'd have changed, which is really rare for me. Deep Roy was amazing, as were all the children, but especially Freddie Highmore. I'd never seen anything else he's done, but I was very very impressed.

Johnny Depp... could have afforded to take himself a little more seriously... but the little backstory was interesting and explained a lot... and Christopher Lee is so amazing, I can't complain.

Grandma Georgina was hilarious, and not even overdone! Very refreshing.

The Oompa-Loompas were cool, although a little hard to understand at times. I have the songs memorized, and I was confused a time or two. If that was really Deep Roy narrating, did anyone else think he sounded like Fezzik from the Princess Bride?

Not so great things about the movie:
After the beginning, it sort of seemed like they'd forgotten about Charlie, and it might as well have been called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
The pacing got a little slow towards the middle. It felt very much like a real factory store, and people could get bored after the amazing beginning

All in all, I was quite satisfied, and considering how high my expectations were, that's saying something.


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good
"this has been the most emotional movie week of my life"


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brilliant, absolutly brilliant. Went last night, and I can't even begin to start on how well Burton did.

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I'm too lazy to write an entire review, so I'll just say that the music was the absolute best part, and Johnny did a fabulous job.



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well i havnt seen the film..but it rocked

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I enjoyed the movie....Tim Burton really brings things to life in a big big way. Johnny Depp was good and creepy at times too, but I have to say this....he is no Gene Wilder when it comes to being Willy Wonka. All in all not a bad movie.....

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Almost_Human said:

I enjoyed the movie....Tim Burton really brings things to life in a big big way. Johnny Depp was good and creepy at times too, but I have to say this....he is no Gene Wilder when it comes to being Willy Wonka. All in all not a bad movie.....


gene wilder is who in your mind has been picked as willy. because hes your first memory of what wonka looked like


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Managed to squeeze in a matinee. Other than some pacing problems, and a lot of emphasis on Wonka himself (Let's call it Willa Wonka and the Chocolate factory -- again) It was a colorful and funny ake on the book. It captured a lot more of the wackiness, although for me, it was just Mr. Depp doing a wacky variation of one of his characters he puts on.

I liked the picks of the kids, and the film itself was dripping with chocolate. I also liked that they did a lot of the scenes that were missed in the first movie

[SPOILER] (like the chocolate palace) [/SPOILER]

Overall, I give it three stars.

Worth a look, even if you've never read the book, or heard of Roald Dahl's work.

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Rostron2 said:

Managed to squeeze in a matinee. Other than some pacing problems, and a lot of emphasis on Wonka himself (Let's call it Willa Wonka and the Chocolate factory -- again) It was a colorful and funny ake on the book. It captured a lot more of the wackiness, although for me, it was just Mr. Depp doing a wacky variation of one of his characters he puts on.

I liked the picks of the kids, and the film itself was dripping with chocolate. I also liked that they did a lot of the scenes that were missed in the first movie

[SPOILER] (like the chocolate palace) [/SPOILER]

Overall, I give it three stars.

Worth a look, even if you've never read the book, or heard of Roald Dahl's work.




and remember this was a kids film

the IMDB liked it...7.9 which is pretty high..high enough to be on the top 250 list

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Well, I'd like to say right off the bat that I haven't read the book, as a kid or adult. I went into this movie only knowing the 1971 version with Gene Wilder, so I couldn't help but keep comparing the two films in my head while I was watching.

Overall, I thought this movie was good, but not as great as the old film. I don't think it will be as everlasting as the '71 version has been. I loved Depp's performance as Willy Wonka, but I thought he was a little too exaggerated in some parts. I liked how his backstory was unfolded and how he found the oompa-loompas.

That being said...I did not like the oompa-loompas at all. I did not like that they were played by only one ugly man and that their sequences were obviously computer generated. Good usage of CGI should not be obvious to the viewer; and a lot of the CGI in this film was definitely obvious. It took away from the fantasy if you ask me. And I didn't like the songs that the oompa-loompas sang either. They were just not as catchy as the songs from the '71 film.

Now speaking of the music, the rest of the score I really enjoyed. However, during the part where they were sailing down the chocolate river, I found myself leaning over to my sister and singing the song Gene Wilder sings from the old film:

There's no earthly way knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining? Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?

hehe I really missed that part when it came on. I didn't really expect Johnny Depp to break out into song or anything, but I did think he would be a little more animated.

It was a good film, but I'm still partial to the Gene Wilder version.

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yeah, i give it a 7.2, good film, im sorry but willy wonka.. i give him credit for trying to make his own version of wonka, but the film could have been an ace if he... ugh.. but if u look past the bad haircut and a creepy comparison to MJ, the charactors and the plot was wonderful! i hated the oompa loompa songs!! but overall a god movie! charlie was convincing, so i was not disappointed!!

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ususual..a film to be compared to the original this much

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ususual..a film to be compared to the original this much
yeah, just got finished watching the original, and for some reason appreciate it alot more, c'mon even if the 1971 version didn't existed i still wouldv'e disliked willy wonkas charactor and the stupid oompa loompa songs! how can u not!?

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ususual..a film to be compared to the original this much
yeah, just got finished watching the original, and for some reason appreciate it alot more, c'mon even if the 1971 version didn't existed i still wouldv'e disliked willy wonkas charactor and the stupid oompa loompa songs! how can u not!?


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im not good with reviews..never have been..lol


basactly the film was a heart warming film (not).

wonka was crazy and weird.

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I found the Oompa Loompa Songs to be really funny. I liked how each one sounded different from the last. I really enjoyed the songs.





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I found the Oompa Loompa Songs to be really funny. I liked how each one sounded different from the last. I really enjoyed the songs.


its weird to think that elfman did all the voices for the oompas....talented man

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