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#1

CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:04pm

http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/charlieandthechocolatefactory.html

Well, my impression since I first saw some pictures has changed, now that I have seen this trailer.

It has potential. The next trailer should be able to tell me if its worth seeing or not. Til then, I cherise the original.

Gene Wilder -vs- Johnny Depp. Hmmm...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#3

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:11pm

I didn't think it was possible, but this looks even creepier than the original.
At the risk of being flayed alive, I have to say that I'm not a fan of the original. It scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
That said...there is a very good chance that I'm going to see this one. Here's why: A (Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore)+ B (Tim Burton)= C (Squee!)
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#4

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:11pm

Looks to be a fun movie with some amazing vignettes, like the original. But I don't think it has much of a chance of being replayed on television for decades like the Gene Wilder version. It's just clear from the trailer that this is version is nowhere near as lyrical as the original (even with its Oompa Loompa songs).
#5

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:13pm

This reminds me of the same type of humour as the recent CAT IN THE HAT with Mike Myers.

We'll see.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#8

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:44pm

TO me it does not look like it is going to live up to the original. I love Johnny and Tim Burton but come on. How can you remake a classic?
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#9

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 7:48pm

I didn't know the original was freaky....nothing will be better than it though!
"I've often said I should put sweets in my chair - they'd spend less time on my a** that way....." ~F.W.B.
#13

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 8:09pm

I always felt a disconnect with the fear factor of the film because I didn't see it until about 1990, by which time the technicolor already made me removed from it on that level. I was too busy having nightmares about Freddie Krueger attacking Johnny Depp anyway.

Updated On: 12/9/04 at 08:09 PM

#14

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 8:23pm

I don't see why it's such a stretch for people. Gene Wilder looks like a child molester in that movie anyway... I mean the way he looks at charile at the end... "it's yours charlie, it's all yours..." that always freaked me out... and anytime I say someone looks like a child molester my mom always yells at me saying "how can someone LOOK like a child molester???" and I say "Gene Wilder. Willy Wonka. Need I say more?"...
#15

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 8:44pm

I loved the trailer. I'll definitely go see this one. Johnny Depp/Tim Burton/Danny Elfman...my kind of creative team. re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!
Does anyone know if the kid playing Charlie is the same actor who played Peter in Finding Neverland? I just saw that movie this afternoon. If you haven't seen it...I highly recommend it.
"If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having." Henry Miller
#16

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 8:48pm

Wow, that is incredibly creepy.

Is it just me, or is Johnny Depp actually looking for roles in which he can act flambouyantly? Not that that's a bad thing, he's turned in some GREAT performances. Maybe he's trying to tell us something... lol
#18

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 9:06pm

Yes, that is Freddie Highmore who was "Peter" in FINDING NEVERLAND.

Depp liked him so much, he got him to audition for CHARLIE.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
#22

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 9:32pm

That was probably the worst news I've gotten all night. This was supposed to be a horror flick, not a kiddie flick.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#23

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 10:13pm

Since when does Willy Wonka look like a Bond Girl reject? Depp looks more like he's doing a production of The Boy Friend.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#25

re: CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online!

Posted: 12/9/04 at 11:35pm

Did anyone mention his teeth? His teeth are absolutely TERRIFYING!
I mean...I'm pretty sure one of the oompa loompas sang "willy wonka willy wonka his teeth are super sparkly"

TERRIFYINGLY WHITE! AAAAH!
(for those people who watch Friends, it reminds of when Ross left the whitening strips on too long for his date and they glowed in the black light)

...Johnny + Willy Wonka = SCARY! I can't wait!
"Better a witty fool than a foolish wit"

-Feste from "Twelfth Night"

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