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Summary: Want to own a timeless classic? Get THIS one!!!
Review: Without a doubt, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is one of the best classics of all time. I've read the book and saw the movie and unlike most book to movie translations, the movie is just as good as the book was, if not better. I've watched it several times and it never gets old. It's a great story about a huge chocolate factory where many goodies (mostly candy) are made by the millions. Unfortunately, since the factory is so valuable and unique, only certain lucky people will get to tour the chocolate factory with the famous Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) himself.When I was a kid, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was always one of my favorite movies because I was always in awe of the chocolate factory full of sweets, even if I was just looking at a television screen. Now that I'm grown, it's still one of my favorite movies, and it always will be! Parts of it are funny, all of it is full of wonder, and it has everything else going for it, such as its effects and the acting skills of the various actors and actresses. If you've got a sweet tooth, or if you just like classic movies, you've got to purchase "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." I've seen through experience that it's not just a movie for kids, it's great for anybody of any age.
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Summary: Great movie for one and all.
Review: I saw this move several times when I was younger in school ( I am 21 now ) on VHS video tape. I bought a copy of DVD on-line last week and watched it yesterday on my digital video system. It looked WONDERFUL! It was even beter and more fun to watch then when I saw it on "tape" on a analog mono system. Its great to see such a great old movie brought back to life to look and sound better then it did when it was first made. I enjoyed the little orange dudes in the movie and all the singing and Willy Wonkas back talk(GRIN). This movie is a MUST for all to see and buy!
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Summary: A journey through fantasy and reality
Review: if you havn't yet seen willy wonka and the chocolate factory, you have been missing out. what a terrific story about 5 children who go on a rampid search for 5 golden tickets and if they find them they ge to meet willy wonka himmself ( brilliantly played by gene wilder) who takes them on a tour through his chocolate factory and gives them and us lessons on how not to and to be in order to have a charming life. wonderful movies, wonderful storyline. its just siply wonderful.
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Summary: Charming film....a classic for all ages.
Review: I still wish someone would give me a chocolate factory, although however much I love this film, I doubt friendship extends that far in reality. Then again, this is a film based omplomas and everlasting lollies, hence we can hardly look for realism in Willy Wonka's factory. I think this film is valuable for all ages, and I know I will continue to enjoy it thirty years on. I like the fact that it promotes dreaming, it steps beyond the limited bounds of adult reality, and into the hopeful wide eyed closed gates of Wonka land. It is also very narrative on the part of the songs of the little men. Although I never quite understood how a little boy who eats too much fit in with a guy who talked to much, a selfish girl and a hygiene void girl. And he was the one to get killed off first? How was he worse than the girl who wanted everything? Oh well, learn not to question the almighty powers of the Wonka.
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Summary: Great, but a little lacking...
Review: My 2 nieces and I really liked this film. The picture quality isn't all that great, but when you consider when it was made, it's fantastic. It was a little lacking compared to Dahl's book, but it really captured the essence of the story. A real classic that should be part of any video or DVD collection.
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Summary: One of the more surreal films
Review: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory belongs in the ranks of surreal film which includes The Wizard of Oz and An American in Paris. Perhaps it is something about the musical genre which thus frees the mind. One of the more memorable films from my youth (the Oompa Loompas haunted my dreams), having viewed it again I now see a tremendous amount of social commentary, some of which is laughably dated (as are certain of the special effects). Gene Wilder's performance is absolutely top notch, and one of the main reasons to see the film; his oscillation between mania and dry indifference proves how he intimately knows "the land of pure imagination". As for DVD details, the little bonus items (film details, cast bios, a bit about Roald Dahl's book) are of the standard variety, more like sprinkles atop a Wonka cupcake - you will appreciate them as eye candy, but they are not really satisfying. The film transfer is good, the colors being quite vivid. As for the remix of the soundtrack into 5.1, prepare for a little disappointment. While the sound itself is crisp, the subwoofer and rear channels were not really utilized to any significant degree.
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Summary: FANTASTIC FANTASY.
Review: I first saw this movie when it was first released (at the age of 10) in 1971. When the last of 5 coveted "golden tickets" falls into the hands of sweet but very poor Charlie, he and Grandpa Joe get a tour of the most wonderfully bizarre chocolate factory on earth. The owner is perhaps the most curious hermit ever to hit the big screen; he leads the five young "winners" on a thrilling and often dangerous tour of his fabulous factory. Kids will watch this over and over again. Adapted from the story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl.
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Summary: Loved it, loved it!
Review: My four-year-old loves this movie. It demonstrates to children the sad fate of four 'naughty' little children and the wonderful reward bestowed on the kind, honest Charlie. Most-loved scene is definately the room where everything is edible! Creates bright, colourful dreams, great music and lyrics. A winner.
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Summary: This movie is one of a kind!
Review: This movie was almost like a dream. The charcters were cute and the songs were delightful. I like Charles ( the little boy) and his Grandpa Joe. Charles finds a golden ticket in a candy bar andhe gets thhe chance to see the chocolate factory and gain a lifetime supple of chocolate. When Charles and the others come to take the tour of the chocolate factory, they are being tested. Charles eventually passes the tests while the viewers follw him through the dreamlike chocolate factory. The ending was a good one. This movie is a classic. I would recommend this movie for anyone.
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Summary: Educational If Used Correctly
Review: If one really looks at this movie it can be viewed and then discussed with your children. It lends itself to discussion about how children need to listen to instructions, do as they're instructed to avoid unforseen consequences, how sometimes a trusted adult may ask you to do something that's scary to you but you'll be delighted with the outcome, it's about dreaming, it's about fantasy, and it's a good message to permissive parents that the rest of the world probably won't let their precious little darling get away with bad behaviors and they shouldn't condition their children to believe anything to the contrary. My children and I love the bright colors and the hooky music. They started watching it 23 years ago and I've purchased a copy for each of them and my grandchildren at their request.
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