Really random poll.

[mrv3000]

[Poll #1316147]



They were playing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last night - the 2005 version. The more I watch this version, the more I like it a whole lot better than the original. I even like the songs better in the new version. Also Johnny Depp re-imagined the character successfully - not mimicking Gene Wilder.

Not sure why I have this on the brain.

Comments

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I think perhaps it's that Gene Wilder sort of underplayed Wonka's inherent crazy (exception being at the end where he yells at Charlie), whereas Johnny Depp had the crazy bubbling all over and spilling into everything.

*nods* With Gene Wilder you get "eccentric" but with Johnny Depp you get "unhinged."

It ends up giving you a sense that Wilder's Wonka is aware of consequences but doesn't care/can't really be bothered to do anything unless it's going to affect him, so he's just going to let whatever happens happen, whereas Depp's Wonka is going to let whatever happens happen because he's too oblivious of the consequences to care. In that sense, they're both dangerous figures, but in different ways. Does any of that make sense?

It does make sense.