Willy Wonka......

[squitty]

Took DD to see this yesterday. I thought it was Ok, DD loved it. I love the original.

Yes Cath thats him....that is the first thing I said to DH when I got home, guess who plays Grandpa Joe.

 

[alisonbestford]

Yes Cath thats him....that is the first thing I said to DH when I got home, guess who plays Grandpa Joe.

.....and then we went on to rent a DVD at home - Finding Neverland
.
Johnny Depp was J R Barrie, 'Grandma Josephine' was in it and 'Charlie' was Peter!

Another fantastic movie. if a little sad

 

[Scottish_Maleficent]

Took DD to see this yesterday. I thought it was Ok, DD loved it. I love the original.

Yes Cath thats him....that is the first thing I said to DH when I got home, guess who plays Grandpa Joe.

I thought he was ancient back then......wonder what age he is???

Edited to add - born 1929!! He's only 76!
Albert Riddle was his name in Robin's Nest!!

 

[alisonbestford]

I thought he was ancient back then......wonder what age he is???

This is how sad I am.... ...just looked at the credits and he's 76.

Must have had a hard life....

 

[Scottish_Maleficent]

This is how sad I am.... ...just looked at the credits and he's 76.

Must have had a hard life....

Mean he must have been only in his fifties in Robin's Nest.........

Sad....no Alison.....I did the same!!!

 

[alisonbestford]

Mean he must have been only in his fifties in Robin's Nest.........

Sad....no Alison.....I did the same!!!

LOL

 

[mark&sue]

Really loved this film. DD has seen it three times now. Can't wait to see the Corpse Bride and the other two Pirates of the Carribean.

Charlie and the chocolate factory would make a great theme park rides says DD and I agree with her.

A must see film IMHO.



Susan

 

[pmcpmc]

during our recent stay at SSR

 

[Cyrano]

Booked UGC in Aberdeen tomorrow, so hopefully the troops will enjoy this.

Reid

 

[KayleeUK]

The Corpse Bride looks good too

 

[Tink78]

Saw this last night...WOW!!!

I loved it!

My absolute fave lines in the whole film are.....

when the lift crashes through their roof near the end and Grandma Georgina says 'I think someone's at the door'

(I laughed for about 5 mins at that comment!!)

and

when Willy Wonka says 'everything in the room is edible' and someone says 'what about the people' and he replied that 'some people call that canniblism!!'.

Soooooo funny.

And Johnny Depps face when the Oompa Loompa are singing and dancing, is soooo funny when he's smiling and dancing along with them!!!

Brilliant film.

I don't think I can wait until it comes out on DVD to see it again.

x

 

[Tink78]

The Corpse Bride looks good too

Yeah but what a weird name for a film??!!

And did you see the ad for the 'Sisterhood of the travelling pants'?

Another weird film title!!!!

 

[KayleeUK]

And did you see the ad for the 'Sisterhood of the travelling pants'?

Another weird film title!!!!

Nope but very strange

 

[carolfoy]

Very odd title, can remember thinking when disney brought out 'honey, I shrunk the kids' that they'd probably do a sequel called 'thats ok we'll get a refund'

 

[AnitaCB]

Saw this film last week - thought it was great but I don't know about Johnny (who I think is lovely)!

I much prefer him in Pirates or Chocolat - he is fine in both of those!!!

 

[VSL]

I saw this a few weeks ago and I much prefer it to the other film.

Roald Dahl was really unhappy with the first adaptation - I mean, they made Charlie American in it!
Tim Burton's movie seems to have stayed much more true to the book (although I was not impressed with English Charlie finding a $1 bill - he finds a 50p piece in the book!), apart from Willy Wonka's background and the ending (but if they'd given it the ending from the book then TB may have felt compelled to do CATGGE, which is not as popular as CATCF).

Can't wait for Corpse Bride! (I've been looking forward to this since I heard about it earlier this year)
Also really looking forward to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe!!
And Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit!!!

And Pixar has Cars coming out next year..!