Ye gods

[kierthos]

I have just seen a trailer for the remake of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Earlier posts reveal my views on remakes.

Now, mind you, I think Depp is a good actor, and I loved Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, where he stole the entire damn movie away from everyone else in the film.

However... is Wonka supposed to come across as a closet pedophile? I mean, seriously, I saw a 30-second trailer and I was like, damn. Kids, you need an adult.

Comments

Actually...

[gurgi.livejournal.com]

From the book, I always assumed he WAS a pedo...

Why else do you think he had those damned lil Umpa-Lumpas?

[egearman.livejournal.com]

You never got that from the original movie? Christ, where have you been?

[neosplinter.livejournal.com]

Roald Dahl, when not writing children's literature, wrote some "pretty freaky shit," as you may know. Perhaps the pedophiliac undertones would only suit his original intentions...?

[innerbrat]

Firstly, it's not a remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it's a book-to-movie adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and has nothing to do with the previous film.

Secondly, yes, yes he is. He's a sinister and slightly scary man who tries to relive his childhood, and entices children with sweets and chocolates. He's definitely paedophilic, just, y'know, without the actual sex.

Sorry, but...

[perkyshai.livejournal.com]

He reminded me of Angela Lansbury on Lithium. Crossed with that alarming older fashion editor from the original Old Navy ads. You know, the older woman with the particularly owl-like spectacles?
I didn't think "pedophilia" as much as "locks children up in old trunks that smell of mothballs, and stacks them in the attic ten deep"