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Post by geode on Feb 9, 2018 5:09:48 GMT
The people who really treasure this are younger than me. I was 20 and working as a protectionist when it came out. I worked three different theaters one day in the summer of 1971 and it was playing in all three. I thought it had some really good parts but also some that were kind of silly. My mother, a school librarian, was critical of changes to the title and other things compared to the book. At the time I found the casting of Gene Wilder to be strange, with him an odd choice.
I guess it became more popular through time.
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 9, 2018 16:31:24 GMT
Oh, I love it… In some ways it actually improves on the book (blasphemy!), and I think Wilder is excellent—what are the odds this performance inspired Michael Gambon’s equally half-mad Dumbledore?
One of the great children’s classics, not neglecting the creepiness that lurks behind all great fairy-tales.
EDIT: Speaking of references to other movies, anyone else think the hand-hooks at the beginning of the factory tour were inspired by Cocteau’s La belle et la bête?
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Post by geode on Feb 9, 2018 17:24:53 GMT
its all really creepy... very much like full house. Well yes, even Michael Bolton agreed.
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Post by geode on Feb 12, 2018 12:59:40 GMT
Terrible idea. Actually anything that has Tom & Jerry talking is fake.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 13, 2018 18:58:52 GMT
And thus a meme was born.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 13, 2018 19:07:53 GMT
The people who really treasure this are younger than me. I was 20 and working as a protectionist when it came out. I worked three different theaters one day in the summer of 1971 and it was playing in all three. I thought it had some really good parts but also some that were kind of silly. My mother, a school librarian, was critical of changes to the title and other things compared to the book. At the time I found the casting of Gene Wilder to be strange, with him an odd choice. I guess it became more popular through time. I've often cited it as my favorite film, but yeah, I'm about 12 years younger than you apparently --I would have been 8 in the summer of 1971 (turning 9 a couple months later). I like silly bits, by the way.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 13, 2018 19:08:52 GMT
its all really creepy... very much like full house. I like creepy a lot, too.
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Post by geode on Feb 14, 2018 17:33:16 GMT
And thus a meme was born. Actually dozens upon dozens of memes.....if different texts are considered. I've often wondered what Gene Wilder would think of these....or thought of them if some came to be before his death.
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Post by geode on Feb 14, 2018 17:35:46 GMT
The people who really treasure this are younger than me. I was 20 and working as a protectionist when it came out. I worked three different theaters one day in the summer of 1971 and it was playing in all three. I thought it had some really good parts but also some that were kind of silly. My mother, a school librarian, was critical of changes to the title and other things compared to the book. At the time I found the casting of Gene Wilder to be strange, with him an odd choice. I guess it became more popular through time. I've often cited it as my favorite film, but yeah, I'm about 12 years younger than you apparently --I would have been 8 in the summer of 1971 (turning 9 a couple months later). I like silly bits, by the way. I haven't watched it since 1971. I bought a blu-ray copy a couple of years ago, I guess it is time to check it out again.
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Post by geode on Feb 14, 2018 17:52:10 GMT
its all really creepy... very much like full house. I like creepy a lot, too. The scene which most stuck in my memory over the past 46 years was neither silly or creepy. I had just started to like musicals the year before, and one of the songs must have impressed me the most. I doubt anybody else would select the same scene as a standout, as it is rather simple and straight forward. Can you guess which one?
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Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 14, 2018 18:22:54 GMT
I like creepy a lot, too. The scene which most stuck in my memory over the past 46 years was neither silly or creepy. I had just started to like musicals the year before, and one of the songs must have impressed me the most. I doubt anybody else would select the same scene as a standout, as it is rather simple and straight forward. Can you guess which one? I don't know, but my favorite song from the film is "Pure Imagination". Any chance it was that?
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Post by geode on Feb 14, 2018 19:15:40 GMT
The scene which most stuck in my memory over the past 46 years was neither silly or creepy. I had just started to like musicals the year before, and one of the songs must have impressed me the most. I doubt anybody else would select the same scene as a standout, as it is rather simple and straight forward. Can you guess which one? I don't know, but my favorite song from the film is "Pure Imagination". Any chance it was that? That may be the choice of most people. It might even be mine if I watched the film again. I don't know, but back in 1971 and in memory it is another. But I am most likely just about by myself about this one.
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Post by geode on Feb 14, 2018 19:20:00 GMT
Apparently what was for me literally the most memorable scene may be the most disliked or hated by most fans of the film. Read some Twitter comments! Most disliked scene?
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Post by geode on Jun 17, 2019 14:46:44 GMT
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