Charlie and the chocolate factory! (1 Viewer)

[Lefty Frizzell]

Was gonna go see this on Monday night but I'd forgotten that I had a few errands to run.

Is the tune cheer up charlie in it?

 

[MDR]

Was gonna go see this on Monday night but I'd forgotten that I had a few errands to run.

Is the tune cheer up charlie in it?

None of the songs from the original film (or is it 'movie') are in it. The lyrics for the new songs are by Roald dahl and are from the book.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

None of the songs from the original film (or is it 'movie') are in it. The lyrics for the new songs are by Roald dahl and are from the book.

ah.

Well its good to see David 'Sylvie Systems' Kelly landing a big role again. One of the Sunday papers said he might get an oscar. I find that hard to imajen though.

 

[Donkey OJ]

'Chocolate' does not mean gobstoppers or gum, that's for sure.

i'm not looking for a generic catch all term like sweets or whatever

i dunno but all i'm talking about is chocolate and the entity of chocolate being defiled and debased and americanised by the use if the term candy. i'm not talking about all the other shit. just chocolate, chocolate chocolate.

 

[MDR]

ah.

Well its good to see David 'Sylvie Systems' Kelly landing a big role again. One of the Sunday papers said he might get an oscar. I find that hard to imajen though.

He was pretty good arright. Face like a folded wooly jumper.

 

[snakybus]

My next point, snaky, was about the fact that Irish people can be very protective over words that come from British English.

and rightly so, words are powerful

Incidentally, I think the influx of chirpy, laddish English slang into Irish culture is just as bad - "cheers" for thanks, "sarnies" for sandwiches, etc.

The fact that they gave us the language in the first place is...beside the point. The fact that it's only the "Loaded" and "Sun" culture and not, say, the language of The Famous Five or Ealing comedies that I find objectionable is also beside the point.

so now for yeh

 

[moc]

wasnt pushed on aul mr. depp as willy wonka

good film buh

 

[plug]

how about a version set in a charlie factory?

 

[Audiodelic]

depp's willy wonka character is heavily based on michael jackson

Spot on, but he's also (as someone pointed out to me) a bit like Anna Wintour, the scary editor of Vogue.

oh and bizzarrely they've only 1 oompa loompa and they digitally photocopy him to make him several oompa loompas and he's crap in the first place.

This is what bugged me most about the film actually. I loved the old oompah loompah songs. These new ones are crap. Especially The Darkness stylee one.

 

[THRILLHO]

The lyrics for the new ones were mostly written by Roald Dahl, so we shouldn't really complain. They'll never be as ridiculously iconic as the original ones though.

I did like the sinister suggestion that the whole thing was planned, what with the oompa loompas already having lyrics for each of the 'accidents'. This was definitely missing from the first one, what with everyone bursting into song at the drop of a hat.

 

[spectraljanitor]

why was i replaced

 

[Unicron]

Is it not okay for an American making a movie largely for an American audience, and starring mostly American actors, to use a word recognisable to American viewers?

No I'd like them to give the American audience enough credit to not have to pander to them. I was even thinking to myself while watching it if they didn't want to use the word "sweets" they could have just stuck with "chocolate".

The notion that the different words Americans use are automatically dumber than the ones used on this side of the Atlantic is actually pretty fucking offensive.

I never said that, I just found it disconcerting to hear a word that was so out of place coming out of their mouths. I'm more of a continuity nazi than anything else.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

do they use the same soundtrack as the original. the end tune (ripped of by those frames c**ts ) always brings a tear to the eye on xmas mornin...

 

[MDR]

They didn't copy and paste the oompah loompah guy by the way - he acted each one separately and claims they all do different things. Reputedly he (his name is Deep Roy) got a cool million for it, which considering how small he is, is like 2 million.

 

[avernus]

saw it last night. thought it was great but didnt care for the oompa songs

 

[Donkey OJ]

They didn't copy and paste the oompah loompah guy by the way - he acted each one separately and claims they all do different things. Reputedly he (his name is Deep Roy) got a cool million for it, which considering how small he is, is like 2 million.

its the job from hell tho. he deserves every cent. can you imagine the mind numbing pain in the whole of having to perform the same action over and over dressed like ..... a fucking oompa loompa under hardcore lights and makeup and then have everyone bitch about you. then theres the typecast thing. he'll never feature in a real movie ever again. its bollywood porn or bust for deep roy (who appears to have been cleverly pre-equipped with a porn star name)

 

[Fish Froy]

Well, despite being irritated by the random use of American words and everything pertaining to the Oompa Loompahs, I really loved the film. Although I spent the first twenty minutes racking my brains trying to figure out who it was that Johnny Depp was reminding me of...

It was Frances McDormand. In Fargo.

Oh ya.

 

[MDR]

its the job from hell tho. he deserves every cent. can you imagine the mind numbing pain in the whole of having to perform the same action over and over dressed like ..... a fucking oompa loompa under hardcore lights and makeup and then have everyone bitch about you. then theres the typecast thing. he'll never feature in a real movie ever again. its bollywood porn or bust for deep roy (who appears to have been cleverly pre-equipped with a porn star name)

He was also dressed like a sperm for much of the film.

 

[carcass]

Look at me now!

 

[nlgbbbblth]

ah.

Well its good to see David 'Sylvie Systems' Kelly landing a big role again. One of the Sunday papers said he might get an oscar. I find that hard to imajen though.

hard to believe he's only 76

looked ancient as Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers. And that was 1975 !

You are men?

You are Orelly men?

Which of you is man with beard?