Gene Wilder vs. Johnny Depp as Wonka

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  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Wilder, hands down
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    DEPP :D:D:D

    Leave here now with your head hung in shame!!!! :mad:

    The original was my favourite movie ever, for years. Wilder was magnificent, the whole film was magnificent.
    :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    jamie uk wrote:
    Leave here now with your head hung in shame!!!! :mad:

    The original was my favourite movie ever, for years. Wilder was magnificent, the whole film was magnificent.
    :D
    Really....what is dave thinking being with someone like that. :rolleyes:
    I couldn't even get through the movie.
    Horrid.
    Gene Wilder was the perfect Willy Wonka.
    :)
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    SweetAndLow wrote:
    Exactly.

    And for the record, Depp did say in an interview that Michael Jackson was a small inspiration for the role.

    Oh my god, now it's even creepier :eek:
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Wilder.
    bugs in the way...I feel about you

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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    jamie uk wrote:
    Leave here now with your head hung in shame!!!! :mad:

    The original was my favourite movie ever, for years. Wilder was magnificent, the whole film was magnificent.
    :D

    We're gonna have a falling out :mad: :p

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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Chime wrote:
    We're gonna have a falling out :mad: :p

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4660873.stm


    Do your worst!
    I'll defend Wilder and the original till my last breath is drawn!!!!!
    Depp is okay, a bit over rated....and that remake was just plain awful!
    :p
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    btw i never associated willie wonka with charlie and the chocolate factory....although i saw the wilder movie first, i read the book and discovered the difference


    i enjoy willie wonka as it's own entity....and wilder is a badass! :D
  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    cutback wrote:
    btw i never associated willie wonka with charlie and the chocolate factory....although i saw the wilder movie first, i read the book and discovered the difference


    i enjoy willie wonka as it's own entity....and wilder is a badass! :D


    See I read the book first at about 5 or 6 years old and then got excited to see the film ... and then :( ... it just wasn't as good as the book.

    When I saw the second film it just seem darker ... like the book.
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  • KosmicJelli
    KosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    Gene Wilder all the way!!!!

    I am a Depp fan and think it was his worst movie as Wonka.
  • pjtaper
    pjtaper Posts: 3,020
    I have seen Wilder's version at least 200 times... I couldn't even make it through the new one, it was just too bad.
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  • SeeTheWorld
    SeeTheWorld Posts: 7
    Wilder for sure.

    But I did think that the remake was closer to the book than the original. In fact, the first 20 minutes or so of the remake were so awesome, until Micheal Jackson---I mean Johnny Depp made his appearance. Creepy doesn't begin to describe him. He ruined an otherwise awesome remake for me.
  • electronblue
    electronblue Posts: 3,503
    i enjoyed both wilder/depp interpretations (characters) pretty much equally.. i just can't seem to compare...~
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    for me Wilder too

    that remake was truly awful
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  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    Thumbs up to the people who played the devil's advocate in this one. The bulk of the responses were certainly not in their corner.

    On the same token, I feel I must cast a suspicious eye upon said thread participants, however.
    reigning champion

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  • NickyNooch
    NickyNooch Posts: 629
    Not on the debate of Wilder vs. Depp but man did those songs suck in the remake or what?

    The original soundtrack... a "10"

    The remake soundtrack... a "1"

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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Chime wrote:
    We're gonna have a falling out :mad: :p

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4660873.stm
    I think a majority of people here favor the first because they grew up with it. I don't blame them. Honestly, I don't seen any break through performances here from Gene Wilder. Just a cheesy 70s kids movie.. I still really want to see Depp's version.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    pjtaper wrote:
    I have seen Wilder's version at least 200 times...
    And there lies your problem.. I bet 199 of those times were before the age of 12. The first one is part of your childhood, so you're being a little biased.

    Had I watched the first one for the first time in my 20s, I wouldn't have made it through the first 10 minutes.. I think I can bear a Tim Burton movie.
  • dirtyT
    dirtyT Posts: 3,620
    Wilder


    I always thought Depp was portraying Michael Jackson in that movie...who knew?
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  • electronblue
    electronblue Posts: 3,503
    sponger wrote:
    My vote goes to Wilder by a longshot. Depp kinda weirded me out in that role. Nowhere in the book does it say that Wonka had a base case of gender identity disorder.



    yeah well if Wilder didn't have a case of gender identity disorder well who did?...~
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