CHARLIE!!!
CHARLIE!!!
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
Eliza0114
Leading Actor Joined: 5/31/05
#2re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 1:40amI'm so there.
"you can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville out of the girl." ~Rent
Eliza0114
Leading Actor Joined: 5/31/05
#3re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 1:43amOH! and did you all see the special thing of VH1 today? *sighhhh* I love the team of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.
"you can take the girl out of Hicksville, but you can't take the Hicksville out of the girl." ~Rent
#4re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:23amLiz, I love how we are on opposite sides of the country, and still do the same things at the same time of day. I totally watched that on VH1 today. I LOVE YOU!!!
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#5re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:05pmI can't for another weekend...I'm going to be on vacation! GAH!
What the puck?!
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#6re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:53pmI'm seeing it tomorrow at 10 AM, before the local theatre opens to the public. Rock. On. I'm so excited.
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#7re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:54pmIs this that chocolate thing? It looks horrible to me. Why the excitement?
ConvinceMe2 is dead. Long live BrendanStryker!
#8re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:57pmI want to go but I hate seeing movies with a bunch of kids. Maybe I'll go to the late show.
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#9re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 2:58pm
Is this that chocolate thing? It looks horrible to me. Why the excitement?
Because I'm not you?
#10re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 3:01pmI'm one of the people who think this movie looks like crap. And this is someone who loves EVERYTHING Tim Burton has ever touched. It's not because I don't think it could compare with the original, if done right I'm sure it could, but this doesn't look like it's done right AT ALL.
ConvinceMe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/05
#11re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 3:04pmI have no point of comparison, as I've never seen the original film. But, I find it difficult to sit through the trailer. Can't imagine why anyone would want to see it, and haven't read anything here that explains why anyone would want to see it.
ConvinceMe2 is dead. Long live BrendanStryker!
#12re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:24pm
My favorite line(s):
Willy Wonka: This is a stick of the most amazing and most sensational gum in the WHOLE UNIVERSE!
Also...
Violet: Mr. Wonka, I'm Violet Beauregarde.
Willy: Oh... I don't care.
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#13re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:26pm
Is this that chocolate thing?
CM2, that is classic! (and I agree with you - Depp scares me in this one!)
"Not a day goes by..."
#14re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:28pmThe way Depp looks in this role he could easily be mistaken for Michael Jackson. Perhaps this is commentary on how creepy MJ come across. A man who lives alone except for some very small creepy man things inviting children to stay with him..hmmm
"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.
#15re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:39pm
Why would I see it? It's an adaptation of a great book by one of my favorite directors who's also working with the screenwriter of his last movie that I also really liked.
And it has horrible children in it being punished for being horrible.
You mileage, of course, may vary.
#16re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:42pmI do think it's cool that one guy plays all the Oompa-Loompas, and the Chocolate Room looks very cool, but I don't know if I can stomach watching Johnny the whole time (and I enjoy him and like most everything he's ever done, but this just looks a little too creepy).
"Not a day goes by..."
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#17re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:43pmI'm seeing a screening tonight. I shall write a review tomorrow, should the muse of criticism strike!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#18re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:45pm
Rotten Tomatoes has it at 88% Fresh (and 100% Fresh among the major critics). That's VERY high. I'm going tomorrow.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/charlie_and_the_chocolate_factory/
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Updated On: 7/14/05 at 04:45 PM
#19re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:49pmJeez, Margo, if you're going, I may just have to re-evaluate my position!
"Not a day goes by..."
#20re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:50pm
"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#22re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:54pm
Margo, I love you to death...but part of me would love to see you jump off a bridge just to see who might follow.
Decrease the surplus population and all that jazz.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#23re: CHARLIE!!!
Posted: 7/14/05 at 4:57pmI'll just be sure not to let you near my parachute before I jump, B*tch.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
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