Posted by Gunther Gloop on 12/05/05 12:27

Tinkapace wrote:
> Well worth a view loved it, makes a change to see one of the few
> filmakers left who creates rather than reproduces. Neaded doing the
> original was good fun and enjoyed it a lot but nothing like the
> book at all.

Er, so he "created" by making it more like the original book?

The whole thing for me was pointless. It wasn't vastly different from the
original.
Nothing new in it to write home about, and what _was_ new, was done better
in the original anyway.

I brought two 4-5 year old girls. They both "enjoyed" it, although the older
child didn't like the ending.
We came out the door of the cinema and they sang "Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka"
down the steps. By the time we turned the corner towards the car they were
both singing "Oompa-Doompa-Doompadeedoo", which lasted all the way home.

That said it all really. Later, the older child said she prefers the 70s
version. I agree. It was just a lot more "magical".


> Remakes are fine if there is a reason to do it.

I agree with that. I watched this whole movie waiting to find it. Possibly
making the dead author happy doesn't really cut it to my mind.

-Kevin.


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