quote:Charlie takes Wonka to be reunited with his father, whom he has not seen since he ran away from home as a boy, to pursue a life in candy. Wonka learns from Charlie's idealism about the true meaning of family and why family bonds are stronger than all else.
Arrrrrgh!!!!!!
Ohhhh, I was so wanting to see this movie. I guess I still will.
But. *gack*
Nooooooo! [/anakin]
The original ending was that Willy Wonka left the factory to Charlie. In the sequel, they go off in a great glass elevator to tell his family - but go off into space by mistake and get attacked by giant slugs. No I am not joking - check out Charlie and the Great Glass ElevatorPosts: 4393 | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Elizabeth: That is too funny! I see Carol now!
For me, it was the precise, toothy drawl (like a semi-Southerner wearing a huge set of false teeth and talking through honey), the head tilt, and the rhythm of speech. Heellllo, Dolly.
Dag, I think Charlie was invied to become Wonka's successor, but there was no dentist-father backstory.
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quote:Originally posted by Elizabeth: That is too funny! I see Carol now!
For me, it was the precise, toothy drawl (like a semi-Southerner wearing a huge set of false teeth and talking through honey), the head tilt, and the rhythm of speech. Heellllo, Dolly.
Dag, I think Charlie was invied to become Wonka's successor, but there was no dentist-father backstory.
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Dag, I am trying to remember, but they bust out of the factory in the glass elevator, and say that Charlie's family is taken care of and that he becomes the succesor. Nothing at all about Wonka's childhood that I recall.
Hey CT, maybe Michael Jackson was imitating Carol Channing all along.
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I was shocked when Wonka said that of course his family couldn't come with him. That wasn't the ending of the book, right? His family was allowed to come too right from the start.
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Grandpa Joe was allowed to come from the start in the book, but no-one else.
At the end, they went off to tell the rest of the family, but then the sequel happened - slugs, elevators and the works.
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I could've sworn it was a movie. I remember a kid in my class bringing it to school in fourth grade, but we ended up watching another movie instead. (It was like the day before a vacation or something.) Maybe I'm thinking of something else, though. But I remember the title and that I wanted to see it. Posts: 1547 | Registered: Jan 2004
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I own Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, but not Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Go figure - I have no idea why.
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Movie SPOILERS below: I am kinda disappointed that the way the ending of the new Charlie movie is written kinda precludes the idea of a glass elevator sequel. I always thought the Great Glass Elevator had much more potential to be an entertaining movie, and really was hoping they would make it this time around. Of course, being Hollywood, the producers COULD devise a completely stupid random reason to get Wonka, Charlie, and his entire family, plus a bed, into space and take the story from there, but I don't see it happening.
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