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I think, because I saw it as a kid and just adored it beyond all reason, Willy Wonka is always going to be the one for me. There was a gentleness to Gene Wilder that I thought was missing from Johnny Depp's take on the characters, and true to the book or not, Depp's Wonka squicked me.
Plus, they took away my songs! "I want it NOOOOOOOWWWWWW!"
I still haven't seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Hie me to Netflix, stat. I know I'm not watching Willie Wonka again any time soon. Last time I watched (as an adult) it creeped me out disproportionately. Especially the Oompa Loompas. On our walk back home we passed a group of little people, and that sealed the deal. It had that surreal acid-drop feeling.
To Oompa Loompa's in WWatCF (vs. CatCF) were creepy, but it was the boat ride in the S.S. Wonkatina that pushed the creep out to 11 (talk about bad acid experiences). That said, I love the movie, probably because I saw it in a theater as a kid, and really enjoyed things that creeped me out.
The only thing that got me was the boat ride through the tunnel -- creepy to the extreme. I liked the Oompa Loompas, actually, and for whatever reason, even though it was a bit acid-droppy, it didn't ping any weirdness for me.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, on the other hand, rang alarm bells all over the place, having to do with misplaced childhood desires and Michael Jackson and a kind of cruelness and purposeful ignorance that I really hated.
Aw. Inevitable tunnel freakout cross post.
Haven't seen Deadwood yet, so I'll check back tomorrow, Frank.
There was a gentleness to Gene Wilder that I thought was missing from Johnny Depp's take on the characters
I like Wilder's interactions with the kids. Not just "Speak louder next time," which Depp also did ("Mumbling!"), but his little asides about their various misdeeds (on Violet's nosepicking, "I know a worse one [habit]") and that wonderful little moment when he's barring the group's entrance into the chocolate waterfall room and he runs his hand through Mike's hair and then plucks a hair out of his head. Throughout the film, though, you can tell he's searching for that One Good Kid for his heir. In CatCF, Charlie initially wins simply because he's the last one left.
Haven't seen Deadwood yet
Good episode, and it was written by W. Earl Brown.
This may be a stupid question, but why is Deadwood discussed here instead of Boxed Set? (Just curious, not complaining or anything.)
Cashmere, I have been wondering the same thing for weeks. I think maybe because discussion of the show keeps coming up in the context of Westerns, so it's just remained here.