Charlie and Willy
Tell me what the lyrics below have in common:
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As we have already established with my previous post about the movie Benny and Joon, It's amazing how some lyrics could smell and taste like the movies they were first played in. For this post, however, I'm obviously referring to the movie-musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that had both the Pure Imagination and Oompa Loompa songs as originally released in 1971 (that continued to dazzle and mesmerize children until the early 80s, the Betamax years). Add to that repertoire The Candy Man song whose melody involuntarily makes anyone's head lull from side to side.I could vaguely recall what went on in the original Willy Wonka movie that I saw while we were still kids (which was a very long time ago). I somewhat remember a fat child falling in a lake made of rich liquid chocolate, some short people singing the Oompa Loompa song whenever insolent brats get what they deserved, and Willy and some kid riding a hot air balloon while Pure Imagination is cued. Nothing more. I could also remember, several years later, that our local chocolate manufacturer Goya had a kitschy ad of a so-called factory that, I bet, must have made a lot of people accuse them of getting their idea from the film.
With nothing to do on a rainy Friday evening, we decided to watch the new Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the Roald Dahl classic book of the same title. I was anxious for the film to start (the melody of the original Oompa Loompa song was chiming in my ears while I sat in the cinema), excited like a kid who could only have one movie treat a year.
The verdict: I loved it!
The upbeat and varied genres of the Oompa Loompa songs, combined with the way they were rendered as a spectacular dance of color and cinematic panning, were awesome, for want of a more appropriate word. Willy Wonka's character was hilarious, denoting an impeccable sense of fashion style, an irritatingly perfect set of pearly whites, and the inability to utter the word parents without making him to want to vomit (commends Johnny Depp for doing great on the role). Charlie Bucket, the luckiest child of the lot, was also rather played well and given justice by Freddie Highmore. Come to think of it, the entire casting of the film was done splendidly, with Deep Roy playing a fourth of the roles as the all-around Oompa Loompas. The pacing of the story was just right and so is the animation for added special wow-effects.
Many have agreed that the latest movie is much more resonant of Roald Dahl's book as compared to its 1971 counterpart, which is reason enough to watch it even for those who have seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory more than a dozen times.
Overall Rating: 10
posted by Fritz @ 12:17 PM
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I got a chance to see Willy Wonka yesterday and it's so hard not to fall in love with the new one. Not that the original sucked, but I guess with all the technology now it's so much "chocolatier" :-)
Since we're on the subject of remade movies, I heard once when I was still in college that there was once a movie on the Fantastic Four that I thought at that time as utterly bollocks. Sabi the effects were noting close to special kaya it was not even released in the widescreen. Its just now that I got to check on its existence at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109770/ kaya tama nga sya na low-budget yung film.
Pareho ata tayo pati na ng mga kaibigan ko na magaan pakiramdam pagkatapos ng movie. Magaling pagkakagawa.
Tipong super sarap kumain ng chocolate pagkatapos...hehe
Eto pa, ang dinaanan namin Max Brenner pag-uwe. Chocolate fondue nasa isip ko eh. Kung trip mong mas mura, yung nutella sa groceries, initin mo para maging liquid. Mas marami pang kalalabasan, I bet. Yum!
dude, meron akong mp3 ng oompa loompa song (1971 version), the one about Veruca Salt...baka trip mong gawing ringtone?? hehehe
ahem ahem...
"What do you get when your kid is a brat? Pampered and spoiled like a siamese cat. Blaming the kids is a lion of shame. You know exactly Who's--To--Blame..."
nyeba!
Nyahahaha, ibang klase ka rin, dudette! May mp3 akong hinahanap ng pagkatagal-tagal na, yung sa opening ng Engkantadia. Pucha, patok na ringtone yun pag-naconvert ko sa wav! Pag-merun ka. :D
Ooops, hindi pala opening, ending theme pala, yung walang lyrics kundi parang hiyaw.
alaws ako nyan, dude! di ako nanonood ng encantadia...kampanerang kuba ung nasubaybayan ko eh. :) di bale, sabihan kita pag may nahanap akong mp3 nun.
oist, na-mention mo ung goya fun factory.. alam mo ba na naging kaibigan ko ung batang nagsawsaw ng kamay nya dun sa lawa ng tsokolate. mwehehe
Showbiz ka talaga, ibang klase, naalala ko tuloy yung starstruck moment mo, hehehe.
dude, alam mo pwde ka! audition ka sa starstruck...meron daw ngyon sa SM Cebu. hehehe
MALIGAYANG BUWAN NG WIKA, KATOTO! :)
Pwedeng ano? Pagtawanan? Hahaha! Sensya na, masyado na akong lagpas sa age limit. Besides, pang mga scandal-video lang ang pwede kong pag-tampukan, yun na nga lang eh parang lalangawin pa sa takilya, hehehe.
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