Trystan Hurst
Charlie or Willy Wonka?
One of my favorite movies I grew up
watching is the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I love the idea
of there being a factory full of chocolate and being able to visit it and see
the large variety of candy. When I found
out about the Tim Burton remake Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I became
excited to see the film.
As many know,
Tim Burton remains known for his macabre films. I have always been a fan of
Burton and became excited to see his take on the story. In the original film, directed by Mel Stuart,
Gene Wilder plays Willy Wonka. Burton cast Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka in the
remake and Depp had a different take on the character. In the original, Wilder portrays
a very happy-go-lucky of character, where as Depp portrays Wonka as uptight and
anxious. The cinemotogrophay of the films differ as well, with Stuart’s being
lighter and happier and Burton used vibrant colors but in a darker sense.
The character’s disappearances in the
films differ some too, such as the character Veruca Salt. In the original film Veruca falls through the
garbage shoot after sitting on the good/bad meter. In the remake Veruca throws
a fit over not getting a squirrel and gets carried off by the squirrel to the
garbage shoot.
In the original movie, Wonka’s
childhood is a mystery and in the remake it is clear that Wonka’s relationship
with his father was tense. As father
figures go, Charlie does not have one in the original movie. In the remake, one
of the reasons for the Bucket’s poverty is Charlie’s father being laid off from
the toothpaste factory.
The biggest difference between the
two films proves to be Willy Wonka and
the Chocolate Factory remains true to the book by Roald Dahl, while Burton
adds his own twist to Dahl’s masterpiece.
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