ok..well i have seen both movies multiple times..and even though ..i love johnny depp...i have to say My favorite is the origanal..the golden egg and the garbage chute..CLASSIC!!
so tell me which do you prefer?
and tell me why..
also what is your favorite quote from your favorite version?
and bonus for anyone who can tell me which version is closer to the book... :)
2006-10-10 08:52:40 · 25 answers · asked by caliprettyeyes 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Willy Wonka.... hands down.
Why? Because Johnny Depp played a creepy creep in the 2005 version. Gene Wilder seemed to me a kid stuck in an adult's body and even though he was still creepy, the Oompa Loompas didn't rap and weren't jerks, and neither was Gene when he was with the kids.
I have never read the book, but I'm thinking the 2005 version is closer to the original. I think the book was real dark, diobolikal, and creepy, just like Johnny Depp's version.
Don't have a favorite quote.... I just always liked Veruca Salt. And I liked the 90s band who was named after the character!
2006-10-10 09:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by Summer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, version 2005 was the closest to the book and the writer loved that version so much more. And as much as I agree that Johnny Depp is enough to make me love any movie, I still love the original 1971 version better. It embodied the very feeling of being a child in a chocolate factory. And whole could ever forget all the classic mishap moments of the kids all falling victim to their own vice. And my favorite quote "Spitting's a dirty habit" as the girl picks her nose Mr Wonka says "I can name a worse one"
2006-10-10 09:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by Vixen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 1971 version was better...it's a classic and I grew up on it. Though I usually like Johnny Depp his character in this movie kind freaked me out!
I think the newer version (2005) is closer to the book.
2006-10-10 09:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Stasia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the original was AWESOME, and is still amazing to this day! still entertaining, funny, sad, scary, everything~
the new one was just a freak show.. too loud, colorful, Obnoxious! and johnny depp was too weird a la Michael Jackson
i don't think the new one is at all like the book, except for the old father, dentist, and oompa loompa background. other than that, Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka was WAY better interpretation! in terms of a MOVIE adaptation, the character that Gene Wilder played was much more interesting, believable and endearing; the one Johnny Depp played was too off-putting and weird to get the watcher truly involved. =T the book can get away w/ something like that because it is your own imagination that pictures how willy is, but in the movie, the character needs to be believable to make the movie go. like in LOTR.... peter jackson did a GREAT job in modifying the characters to the screen....altho i believe the harry potter movies lack that endearing quality
2006-10-10 09:38:51 · answer #4 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because I never thought Gene Wilder did a good job at Willy Wonka. I have always favored Johnny Depp.
2006-10-10 09:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by albusdumbledore_01 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Frankly, I don't think that either of them are particularly faithful to Roald Dahl's conception.
In the earlier film (the Gene Wilder version), they put in that bogus plot with the guy impersonating one of Wonka's competitors, in order to see which of the kids would sell out Wonkas candy-making secrets.
And, in the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton film, they felt the need to give us that interminable "back story," explaining WHY Willy Wonka was compelled to become the world's greatest candy maker.
Neither of these plot devices were necessary. If you read the book -- and I've probably read it a couple of dozen times in my life -- there's never any attempt to EXPLAIN why Wonka is the way he is. He just IS.
If I had to choose, I'd have to go with the first one. At least, at the end of that one, Willy/Wilder was full of love and kindness towards Charlie, who had proven to be the TRUE successor to the Wonka legacy. In the Depp/Burton version, it never seemed to be ABOUT Charlie...it was all about Wonka's phobias, and how he was striving to overcome them.
The book was called "CHARLIE and the Chocolate Factory," remember...
2006-10-10 10:07:58 · answer #6 · answered by shkspr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are great films, I enjoyed Gene Wilder's performance more than Depp's. The original had a darker mood, the new one had a comic side to it.
I believe the remake is closer to the book, but both versions had things in the book and things not from the book.
example:
book: nut room
1971 version: golden egg room
2005 version: nut room
book: wonka's dad not mentioned
1971: wonka's dad not mentioned
2005: wonka's dad is mentioned and shown
2006-10-10 08:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1971 - Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka. Gene Wilder IS Willy Wonka.
2006-10-10 11:55:15 · answer #8 · answered by Xeod 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think Wilder played a more subtle Willy Wonka--he hated bratty children, but wasn't quite as obvious about it. Still Depp played a delightfully evil Willy Wonka, and I liked the look of his Oompa Loompas better. They're both good, in different ways.
2006-10-10 09:02:57 · answer #9 · answered by spunk113 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer the new one simply because it is so close to the book. Willy Wonka is supposed to be a creepy, twisted shell of a man who hates children, not a singing and dancing tour guide that ends up having a heart of gold. The old one is still a classic, but overall I think the new one is a better movie, although the Oompa Loompas are definitely better in the original
2006-10-10 09:01:15 · answer #10 · answered by rhambass 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋