Someone’s gotta stand up and say something. Cause that’s just wrong you monkey mongrel snout-bagger. What- just because he doesn’t cater to these self-centered snivling bivlets you call him EVIL? You’re a bleeding-heart Liberal aren’t you, you goat-felching, arrow-fletching, bug-fuggeure? :: rolls up sleeves :: Well, I’ve had it!!! You can advocate any kind of pathopathetic pissant parenting plan you propose, but my man Will lets these selfish snot snouted sirelings face the consequences of their bastardly behaviour. Nothing psychotic about that.
He’s completely evil. I’m 30 years old, and Willy Wonka still scares the shit out of me. All his weird concoctions and machines making those bizzare noises. Those poor little people all painted orange. His habit of talking normally then SCREAMING INSANELY.
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Sorry, Futurama just had the worlds greatest spoof on Willy Wonka in their “Slurm” episode… But I Gots to agree that putting down then man is just a no-no. You better watch out, you non-wonka wanna be wannabe’s - Wonka’s Candy’ll hit you sooo haaard, you’re kids’ll be born bruised! (I think it’s the MDMA in it).
Hmmph. I learned some serious lessons about building character from Willy when I was a kid. And any time one of my kids starts to throw a fit about something, one of the others will start singing,
“What do you get when your kid is a…BRAT?”
It’s as important a message about responsible parenting as anything else. And it’s fun.
But if you don’t like it, I’d suggest steering clear of anything else written by Roald Dahl. Willy might just be one of his milder characters.
I’ll shut up now.
Roald Dahl is a disturbing writer guy but I love him for it.
But in the book, Willy Wonka is always experimenting on his oompa loompas. He “rescues” them and then does horrible things to them. Like makes them eat the gum, and drink the fizzy lifting stuff- things that he forbade his visitors from doing when they came to the factory. Not such a nice kind guy anymore, huh? It was benevolent of him to give the factory to young Charlie but it makes me wonder…did Willy Wonka believe in paying his Oompa Loompas a minimum wage?
Woo-hoo! Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was one of my earliest crushes. I love the crazy bastard. The rest of the movie was a bore.
Heard rumors of a remake that would be more in line with the Dahl original. I vote for Geoffrey Rush as Wonka in a production directed by Tim Burton. Now that would be Dahl.
I thought they were slaves? He “saved” them from being eaten by the horrible monsters in oompa-loompa land and now they must serve him or go back to oompa-loompa land to be eaten. I’m against the persecution of oompa-loompas.
Um, Wonka pays the Oompa-Loompas in the currency they desire most: Cocao beans. Yes, just like the ancient Aztecs, the Oompa-Loompas consider cocoa beans to be the most valuable substance in the universe.
Willie Wonka is an angel compared to Grandpa. I mean, he’s bed-ridden for a decade, relying on Charlie’s long-suffering mother to do all the freakin’ work. His grandson wins a fabulous tour and LO AND BEHOLD Grandpa discovers he isn’t crippled after all. Soon the freeloader is up DANCING around the room.
Fucking ingrate. I kept wishing WW to beat the holy snot out of him.
Forget Geoffrey Rush! I’m wanting Gary Oldman as the new Wonka!
…or Norm MacDonald acting like Burt Reynolds acting like Willy Wonka… I can see it now… “Yeah, Willy Wonka… that’s a funny name. Hey look at my big hat… that’s funny… it’s an oversised hat.”
This is my first time here but you have picked a subject very dear to me. First, this is Gene Wilders best movie ever, well besides Frankenstein. Second, I agree that Grandpa was pulling one over on the family the whole time but i wonder about the sleeping arangements they hadd, Hmmm The most important thing if you really want to appreciate try it with halucinating drugs. I did that alot when i was younger and i had some of the best times of my ife with that movie. And Dr. seuss also
SNORT! Oh Christ on a Moped, broccoli! I haven’t laughed that hard in months. You left out the part about hurrying up and making the candy, so he could get to the dirty, dirty sex, though.
