CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Movie Trailer Now Online! — Page 2

Oh My God......that looks crazy. I hope they keep that part from the book when the squirrels try to crack open Veruca's skull but give up when they realize it's empty.

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"This reminds me of the same type of humour as the recent CAT IN THE HAT with Mike Myers."
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That's EXACTLY what I thought too. I saw Cat in the hat a few weeks ago and once you see it you understand why it bombed. This looks the same.

Was it just me or did Johnny Depp's makeup job remind you of Michael Jackson?

I FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!!!!

It's been bugging me as to who Depp reminded me of in this movie.

He looks like Velma from Scooby Doo (especially the 70's cartoon).

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Early "teasers" are no indication of what the final result will be. But I have faith in Depp and Burton. And the original never appealed to me anyway. So they'll be no love lost for me.

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Though "Willy Wonka..." is not entirely faithful to its source, I have to say that the screenplay is intelligent and witty, and it at least has a good handle on the dark Roald Dahl sensibility, despite Dahl and Dahl's widow's dislike of the movie. I was a huge fan of the Tim Burton-produced "James and the Giant Peach" which I know did please the Dahl widow, and my sense is that Burton would not create a film that would violate her faith in him, or stray too far from its source. But the trailer is indeed a little reminiscent of "Cat in the Hat" style frenzy and Hollywood bloat. I'm a little unsettled by it, but I am going to keep the faith.

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"which I know did please the Dahl widow"

Sounds so Dickensian.

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Oh, Gotham... I was born in the wrong era. And the wrong country.

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But the difference between having such elaborate production values for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and having them for The Cat in the Hat whould be obvious- the latter is a tiny Dr. Seuss book hardly suited to becoming a feature-length film. The former is a chapter book that mostly takes place in a bizarre and amazing factory. It's not the same.

WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH???

Grade-A crack, my friend.

If they wanted Jim Carey to do the movie, why didn't they just have Jim Carey do the movie?

He was busy with A Series of Unfortunate Events. And besides, Johnny Depp is Tim Burton's muse.

Also, what was with those teeth?

He was going for that stylish denture look.

WOW that was a 30-second acid trip!!! Unbelieveable. To be honest, I love the Gene Wilder version so much, I don't know if I can stomach what I just saw. I ADORE Johnny, but honestly, that hair...Willy Wonka isn't supposed to be so...flamboyent?

And to whoever mentioned Charlies dad: In the novel, Charlie DOES have both parents alive. I do love the book, so maybe i'll have tsee this movie just to compare. But wow, that was so trippy.

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No, Goth mentioned Willy Wonka's dad. Which I find a bit odd, myself.

I think the band you briefly see are Oompa Loompas. Danny Elfman's voicing them, so they're definitely in the film.

My God thats freaky!! Johnny looks really strange. I love how he crashes into the camera at the end and his "eww"