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Kaz (232 KP) rated Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in Movies

May 24, 2019

The quirky humour, the fantastic sets (0 more)

Occasional strange scenes (0 more)

A Childhood Favourite

I've loved this film since I was about 3 years old and that's quite a while ago! I love the songs in the film's soundtrack and the quirky character Gene Wilder plays.

Wilder has some fantastic one liners and the children are brilliant, playing the obnoxious winners of the Golden Tickets. Charlie Bucket is very likeable and you feel for him, as he and family struggle to survive.

The only part of the film which I don't particularly care for, is the 'Wonkatania' boat scene, I found this particularly disturbing as a child.

The songs in this are very memorable. Considering the fact that I have probably watched this film 100's of times, I could sing all of them at the drop of a hat! This film has been a part of my life for so long, that most of my family could recite most of the film too!

This is one of my all time favourite films and a guilty pleasure. I have watched the Tim Burton adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel this film is based on and, although it had some nice additions from the original text, which did not feature in this version of the story, I much prefer this version.

If you want to watch a film full of magic and wonder, I suggest watching this film.

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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) Jun 14, 2019

"Occasional strange scenes" I absolutely love this. The boat scene haunted me as a child!

Scott Lynch

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They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and...

Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Straight on Till Morning in Books

Jul 27, 2021

Straight on Till Morning

Liz Braswell | 2020 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.0

(2 Ratings)

Book Rating

My first twisted tale of the series and I wasn’t disappointed.
It did take a little while for me to get my head around that Wendy had never been to Never Land in the first place as I kept going back to the original telling where all of the Darling children joined Peter Pan in Never Land for an adventure. Once I had got my head around it not happening like that for the sake of this story, I did thoroughly enjoy it.
Tink is one of my favourite Disney characters, her sassiness and mischievousness has always drawn me to her and I’m glad there was so much more of it in this book.
While I’m fully aware that part of the book was finding Peter Pan, I felt that it took far too long to find him and then the main action in the book was over extremely quickly. The author spent a lot of time describing the landscapes, creatures and plants in the lead up, but when it got to the climax of the story it just seemed to be glossed over completely.
Overall, it was well written and I love anything Disney, so I will definitely be looking at reading more of these Twisted Tales, but I think my favourite alternative Disney series is still the Villains series currently! Hopefully I will come to love this series as much as that in the future.