Whew! Just got back from seeing Wonka. This layered Gobstopper of a film was GREAT!

Wow, where to begin... Tim's swirling German Abstract Expressionistic style is excellent for the wild, strange, and utterly whipped (pun intended) world of Wonka and his amazing factory. The textures, colors, stylistic wit, and visual oddities were a feast! I smiled during the whole film. This is a film I want to get once it's out on dvd. I hope they cram it full of special feature production art! Elfman did a wonderful job on the film's music. I loved the films opening score, as well as the Oompa-Lompa songs. Ommpa-Lompas rock! The vile characters Gloop, Violet, Mike, Veruca, and their parents where presented in such sick manners it's wonderfull. I smiligly cring at the fact I've known a few people like the vile characters in the film. Johnny did a good Wonka. I first was trying to figure out where they were going with Wonka's character, but I must say it all falls into to place and is neat. Great job Tim!

If you haven't seen this film, go see it. Go see it already!

Oh, and bring a chocolate bar with you, cause you'll want one while the movie is playing.

Sketch Wrote: Elfman... your rule.

It brings tears to my eyes to hear you guys say that

Now I just need to turn you all into Boingoloids

I missed seeing Wonka last weekend. Other plans. I hope to catch it this weekend.

DARKEST LYRICS EVER! I JUST LOOKED THEM UP!

Agustus Gloop
Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!
The great big greedy nincompoop!
How long could we allow this beast
To gorge and guzzle, feed and feast
On everything he wanted to?
Great Scott! It simply wouldn't do!
However long this pig might live,
We're positive he'd never give
Even the smallest bit of fun
Or happiness to anyone.
So what we do in cases such
As this, we use the gentle touch,
And carefully we take the brat
And turn him into something that
Will give great pleasure to us all–
A doll, for instance, or a ball,
Or marbles or a rocking horse.
But this revolting boy, of course,
Was so unutterably vile,
So greedy, foul, and infantile
He left a most disgusting taste
Inside our mouths, and so in haste
We chose a thing that, come what may,
Would take the nasty taste away.
'Come on!' we cried, 'The time is ripe
To send him shooting up the pipe!
He has to go! It has to be!'
And very soon, he's going to see
Inside the room to which he's gone
Some funny things are going on.
But don't, dear children, be alarmed;
Augustus Gloop will not be harmed,
Although, of course, we must admit
He will be altered quite a bit.
He'll be quite changed from what he's been,
When he goes through the fudge machine:
Slowly, the wheels go round and round,
The cogs begin to grind and pound;
A hundred knives go slice, slice, slice;
We add some sugar, cream, and spice;
We boil him for a minute more,
Until we're absolutely sure
That all the greed and all the gall
Is boiled away for once and all.
Then out he comes! And now! By grace!
A miracle has taken place!
This boy, who only just before
Was loathed by men from shore to shore,
This greedy brute, this louse's ear,
Is loved by people everywhere!
For who could hate or bear a grudge
Against a luscious bit of fudge?

Violet Buldrigarde
Dear friends, we surely all agree
There's almost nothing worse to see
Than some repulsive little bum
Who's always chewing chewing gum.
(It's very near as bad as those
Who sit around and pick the nose).
So please believe us when we say
That chewing gum will never pay;
This sticky habit's bound to send
The chewer to a sticky end.
Did any of you ever know
A person called Miss Bigelow?
This dreadful woman saw no wrong
In chewing, chewing all day long.
She chewed while bathing in the tub,
She chewed while dancing at her club,
She chewed in church and on the bus;
It really was quite ludicrous!
And when she couldn't find her gum,
She'd chew up the linoleum,
Or anything that happened near–
A pair of boots, the postman's ear,
Or other people's underclothes,
And once she chewed her boy friend's nose.
She went on chewing till, at last,
Her chewing muscles grew so vast
That from her face her giant chin
Stuck out just like a violin.
For years and years she chewed away,
Consuming fifty packs a day,
Until one summer's eve, alas,
A horrid business came to pass.
Miss Bigelow went late to bed,
For half an hour she lay and read,
Chewing and chewing all the while
Like some great clockwork crocodile.
At last, she put her gum away
Upon a special little tray,
And settled back and went to sleep–
(She managed this by counting sheep).
But now, how strange! Although she slept,
Those massive jaws of hers still kept
On chewing, chewing through the night,
Even with nothing there to bite.
They were, you see, in such a groove
They positively had to move.
And very grim it was to hear
In pitchy darkness, loud and clear,
This sleeping woman's great big trap
Opening and shutting, snap–snap–snap!
Faster and faster, chop–chop–chop,
The noise went on, it wouldn't stop.
Until at last her jaws decide
To pause and open extra wide,
And with the most tremendous chew
They bit the lady's tongue in two.
Thereafter, just from chewing gum,
Miss Bigelow was always dumb,
And spent her life shut up in some
Disgusting sanatorium.
And that is why we'll try so hard
To s

I have just come back from seeing it. It was pretty good. i'd say it's on about the same levels as the original.

i like the fact that Wonka's character is a lot more personal in the new one, what with the business with the flashbacks.

i also have to say that i prefered the oompa loompas in the original movie. they were so much crazier looking than the new ones, which look like a successful cloning experiment.

all in all, yeah. onn par with the original in my opinion.

Well, I finally saw it and thought it was good. Definately a classic Tim Burton style and feel to it. The humor was subtile enough in spots for me to chuckle at the "in" jokes. Watching the credits I was interested to see the lyrics from the songs were by Roald Dahl, and the music by Elfman. So the song lyrics must have come straight from the book and Elfman set music to them. Pretty cool!

Im, sorry

My little cousin played with my account, forgive the empty messages

Astrozombbie!!! Wrote:Im, sorry My little cousin played with my account, forgive the empty messages

I deleted them for you.

DaveTRON Wrote: Astrozombbie!!! Wrote:Im, sorry My little cousin played with my account, forgive the empty messages I deleted them for you.

not to be picky, but i think you missed one. the one where Astrozombbie!! quoted "himself" then didn't say anything else.


[i put himself in speech marks under the assumption that it was his cousin.]