We're not sure, are we black?

Favorite quote from the original movie: "It's hot and creamy. I can actually feel it running down my throat!"

Forty-Two: Getting away from the Burton discussion, I'm really impressed by how Wilder phrased his criticisms. What a classy guy.

To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.

I need to find a way to incorporate this into my daily routine.

♪ oompah loompa doopity doo
i've got a-nother puzz-le for you ♪

/now its stuck in your head

I just realized most everyone in this thread sounds like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho.

The only children's movie creeper than Wonka is "Popeye" with Robin Williams. I cried.

Wilder and Mostel: The Producers, Rhinoceros.

"You're seeking approval from a woman who's feeding lox to a cat."

John Buck 41: stewbert: I guess now we love Gene Wilder on Fark now. I hated the Willy Wonka movie, but I'll readily admit Wilder was great. However, what else did he do that was noteworthy?

Ever heard of a Mel Brooks production called Young Frankenstein? It's fairly obscure; not well-known at all.

Or Blazing Saddles

omeganuepsilon: I just realized most everyone in this thread sounds like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho.

Would you rather they sound like Jason Bateman in Valerie's Family?

lohphat


Corporate Self: Willder's Wonka comes off as eccentric, but lovable.

Depp's is more of a creepy sociopath..

He reminded me of Michael Jackson.

In some interview I saw, Depp said he played Wonka as a really stoned George Bush.

Here in 1954 we find the film what messed with Gene. And all sentient humans.

mikemoto: No offense to Johnny Depp and Tim Burton (who I both like), but this movie did NOT need to be remade.

peterthx: Yes it did. Saw the original when it came out: it was too trippy weird for us kids and it just plain sucks as an adult.

Gene Wilder's creepy Wonka luring in children with candy...

peterthx: Nope. It worked as a drug trip, but not as a kid's movie (I was 3 when I first saw it, back in 1971...scared the shiat out of me).

The SNL sketch did it best when they have Wonka interrupt the tunnel scene and say "Wait, this is a children's movie? Really?"

/not trolling either


Sorry to trump your O.G. "back in the day" card, but I too saw it when it came out, and was also three, and I loved it to this day.

Maybe you were just a pussy toddler?

/great time to be a kid
//polyester nightmares everywhere ... especially on us
///thanks 70's moms!

The snozzberries taste like shiat.

Oh, yous guys are too sveet.

Dwight_Yeast: AngryDragon: Yeah, this quote just oozes class. Who'da thought from Gene Wilder?

It shouldn't be surprising, I guess as Wilder made it big working for Mel Brooks, who has a reputation for being an extremely nice guy.



Piss on you, I work for Mel Brooks!

OgreMagi: FloydA: It's like comparing "Blade Runner" to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Both are good, but they aren't the same.

I disagree. The book was a steaming pile of dog crap.

You just don't understand paranoia. And I'll prove it to you as long as you keep looking at the screen.

enzoweb: I wonder how many actors today have this kind of input, or can be bothered to think about their character?

I think this is the best thing Gene Wilder has done.

HIS NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN.

I want to see the horror version of it.

Seriously though, the boat ride scared the shiat out of me as a kid...

Neeek: Ken VeryBigLiar: brigid_fitch: Willy Wonka was superbly done, even if it strayed from the book.

It strayed to the point Dahl hated it with a passion.

Dahl wished he could write as good as that movie.

If Dahl had his way, the movie would have ended with Grandpa Joe shouting "yippie" after learning that Charlie would be getting the factory. Director Mel Stuart called in screenwriter David Seltzer who had been doing uncredited rewrites for the movie (the literary quotes, which Dahl denounced as "pretentious", were his contribution). He pleaded "I can't end my movie with 'yippie', I need something better." So David Seltzer improvised the "don't forget what happened to the man who got everything he ever wanted" dialogue on the spot. I'm guessing Dahl didn't like that either.

Not a bad version of Veruca Salt.