MolotovMocktail
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 12, 2020 0:09:04 GMT -5
Probably the only thing I liked about the Depp remake was the updating of Mike Teavee (and Violet). He's not DUMB from all his TV and video games... he's very smart. But he completely lacks imagination. And rather than actually building a character around Roald Dahl's baffling and idiosyncratic pet peeve about kids chewing gum, making Violet a stage kid with a stage mom worked, too. That was literally all that worked. One thing that always confused me about the original movie, the weirdly batshit tone before they ever get to the factory. They don't go "Oh, we're in the real world and things get crazy when we get inside," there's sassy computers right from the start. Too bad five hours of that part are taken up by the song Charlie's mom sings. I thought that was more or less the idea behind the original Mike TV. He didn't really have an imagination as he just stared at the lookity box... I wonder if Dahl had something against TV as a medium in general, given that he revisited this idea with Matilda.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jan 12, 2020 3:15:30 GMT -5
Did anyone mention that Grandpa Joe is a bastard or am I too late?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 3:58:13 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever seen the movie, but ' loved a youtube video which had the "oompa loompa" song over one of the scenes of Clockwork Orange. It fitted so well there! ...too bad I did not find it anymore. e: This sounds amazing!
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Post by fw91 on Jan 12, 2020 13:41:14 GMT -5
Mr Turkentine needed to get laid in the worst way.
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