Here are the Top 3 Reasons... why the 1st "Willy Wonka" is better than the 2nd "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
So that everyone knows I'm aware: I know that the Johnny Depp version was NOT a revised version of the 1st. But everyone compares the two, so I'm going to, too.
3. Veruca Salt is way more spicy in Willy. Super obnoxious with sexy beach-hair and that obsession with the golden egg... she totally overpowers the chick in the "I match my mom" jump suit in Charlie.
2. That boat scene. You know which boat scene I'm talking about. The creepy one where Willy starts talking craziness and those pre-Avatar graphics of bugs chomping their eyeless faces on the walls of the tunnel scare the crap out of every viewer under 82 years old. THAT is serious stuff.
1. The Oompa Loompas are way better looking in Willy than in Charlie. That orange skin and snow-white brows? Brilliant makeup artistry. And a great use of wigs, as well. Green was a great choice.
There you have it. The Top 3 Reasons why Willy Wonka was way better than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Thoughts?
I never liked the new oompa loompas. I mean, has CGI gone so far that they thought they could serious just hire one guy and keep copying and pasting him all over the place?
ReplyDeleteReason 4: Gene Wilder's performance in this scene . . . it gets me EVERY time.
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I much preferred the original too. Such an oddly good movie.
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