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fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

*PEEP/THIS*
Our first look at Depp as Willy Wonka.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004492939,00.html

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder

i think this movie is a stupid idea... whats the point of a remake??

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

It isn't a remake. It's a new adaption of the book. The writer of the screen play that'll be used hasn't seen the movie, only read the book.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

what someone needs to do is The Great Glass Elevator

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

Tim Burton should option it. That'd be boss.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

i could think of no better man for the job

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

or just make one big loooong movie. id watch it. im glad it looks like they are staying in the spirit of the book. roald dahl was one melancholy dude. matilda with danny devito was pretty well done, i think.

deanh77 deanh77Founder

first movie had a lot of differences from the book. (I just recently re-read it thanks to forreste!)

For one, I think only the oompa-loompas sing, and they aren't those sad green-and-orange little dwarfs, they are really happy and funny short people.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004
forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

i haven't read all his books?! completely unacceptable.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

ive only read the popular ones: the bfg, matilda, charlie and the chocolate factory, charlie and the great glass elevator, and james and the giant peach.

forrestina forrestinaOG 2002

same i dont think ive ever even seen the others in libraries or stores.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

i dont feel im missing much. i would like to read a few others but its not critical. the twits and the witches look interesting.

deanh77 deanh77Founder

well, in the version I have, from the pictures, you can't tell they're black. I'll have to go back and re-read the descriptions. according to that article you posted, the text was revised.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

i have my childhood book. maybe you read a post-revision. understandable.

thatdarngirl thatdarngirlOG 2002

He actually just looks like the bad hatter in that picture.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

any buzz on what they are doing with the oompa loompas? are they going to portray them accurately as in the book (african pygmys) or go with the elf look of the gene wilder movie?

fivezero fivezeroOG 2003

Pygmies.

sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

yes! that was a dumb attempt at political correctness.

thefunkyfresh thefunkyfreshFounder
sunshyne sunshyneOG 2004

what is the meaning of this nonsense?!

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