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Date: 23 October 2004 13:08:50
I am not usually one to give up watching a movie that I have decided to watch. However 20 minutes of Chocolat was more than enough. It was ALL WRONG!! My mother and I were both annoyed and decided that if we ever wanted to watch it in the future we would get it on dvd and skip through all the non chocolate related scenes. Hmph. However Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was on beforehand and that frustrates me less. Although I do have a few quibbles about it. Namely:
1. The title is wrong. The book is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Renaming it takes the focus off Charlie and onto Willy Wonka. While Willy Wonka is an important role in the movie, it is really about Charlie.
2. The scene where Verucca Salt is disposed of is wrong. She is meant to be tapped on the head by a monkey (I think?) and declared a bad nut.
3. I would like to see the bit where they fit the bed with Grandpa George, Grandma Georgina and Grandma Josephine into the elevator (which, incidentally, should NOT be called a Wonkavator)
Edited to add
4. The scene where Charlie and Grandpa Joe drink the stuff that makes them float (and hence changes the whole storyline, see point 5) is fabricated.
5. The bit before the ending is wrong. And is also based on a fabricated character. Gah.
Gah, now I'm as annoyed about Charlie as I am about Chocolat.