Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The kind, lovely, but impoverished Willy Wonka lives with his family near the Wonka Chocolate Factory. The factory has closed down due to espionage reasons, and the workers have been laid off, including little Charlie’s father. One day, Willy Wonka announces that five golden tickets have been hidden in five chocolates all over the world, and the five winners will get a tour of the chocolate factory as a reward and a lifetime supply of chocolate.

The five winners end up being a spoiled girl, another gum-chewing brat, an ill-tempered boy, a gluttonous boy, and our little Charlie, who luckily wins it as well. As they take the tour, a lot of things happen, from one ill-mannered child to the next. In a world of chocolate, candies, and everything nice, these five children will never guess what hit them.

I think one of the things that truly endeared me to this film was the aptness of the cast. I remember reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the pictures and everything, and I can’t be sure if the book was made after the movie, although I heavily doubt that, but the cast picks looked exactly as I saw in the book. I don’t know how they managed to do that, but it was incredibly worthwhile watching it.

Another thing I enjoyed was the storyline in general, because they stuck to the book for the most part, and did not take away too much from it either. The flashbacks and infusions of Wonka’s childhood made him, although not relatable, at least understandable.

One thing that kind of creeped me out was Willy Wonka himself. I’m not sure what effect Tim Burton, the director, wanted the audience to have, but it heavily got me disenchanted from Wonka as a character and weirded me out too. Tim Burton’s productions usually have that element of strangeness and mystery to them. It’s just like the book, and you will see it featured to a high degree in the movie, but since this movie adaptation had children as the target audience, how much was too much?

Anyway, this was a delightful piece. What do you think? Book or movie? And have you seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

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