Charlie and the chocolate factory

[jedicow]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
who would you suggest play Wonka

dennis hopper or robert de niro.


maybe ben stiller

[The Mothman]

ben stiller? no that wouldnt work. dude this is a horror movie. i think.

[jedicow]

Originally posted by The Mothman
ben stiller? no that wouldnt work. dude this is a horror movie. i think.

what makes you think it is a horror flick? its based on a childrens book.

[The Mothman]

did you not read through this thread? this movie is supposed to have the "darker" side of charlie and the chocalte factory.

[Sedated_replica]

Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
who would you suggest play Wonka

There will only be one Willy Wonka..... Gene Wilder.

[slasherman]

Originally posted by The_Return
So what? They make a great team, have you seen Ed Wood? Id say thats their best colaboration, IMO

Yes it is..:) and Martin Landau who plays Bela Lugosi ...doing one of the strongest characters ever created on film :)

[jedicow]

Originally posted by The Mothman
did you not read through this thread? this movie is supposed to have the "darker" side of charlie and the chocalte factory.

um...yeah...but i have also read the book a few times. nothing in there says "horror".

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by Sedated_replica
There will only be one Willy Wonka..... Gene Wilder.

Hell yeah....i'll give Depp a chance though

[knife_fight]

The book's content is certainly not horror, but what makes it scary is that Roald Dahl wrote it. All of his stories have a dark side, even in the midst of all the playfulness. That's why I think the pairing of Burton and Dahl's work is going to be good. They both have a way of blending horror with that just-enough hint of childish innocence.

I think the original really nailed that insinuated, subtle, dark side of Dahl's work (although I could have done without most of the songs). What I'm saying, I guess, is that you have to go into the story of the Chocolate Factory within the context of the rest of Dahl's work in order to really be looking for, and finding, that darker side.

It's kinda like that book "Hollywood Babylon". To the surface reader, it's just a pulpy, tabloid-esque, book about different scandals during the Golden Age of Hollywood. But when you know the author, Kenneth Anger, the entire book takes on a sinister foreboding tone, which makes it a classic.

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by knife_fight
The book's content is certainly not horror, but what makes it scary is that Roald Dahl wrote it. All of his stories have a dark side, even in the midst of all the playfulness. That's why I think the pairing of Burton and Dahl's work is going to be good. They both have a way of blending horror with that just-enough hint of scariness.

Agreed. It's gonna be a dark film, but then again EVERYTHING Burton makes is dark. I dooooon't think there's going to be children being murdered in this movie as the original post claimed. Johnny Depp is perfect for this role though, he's got that perfect blend of dark atmosphere and comic tone. Good stuff.