awesomely terrible review of willy wonka and the chocolate factory
From the NYTimes - funny how great so many people think the movie is compared to this:
'Chocolate Factory'
HOWARD THOMPSON.
Published: July 1, 1971
The children have so few good films to claim as their own. Much as it pains us to say so, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is not one of them. Yes, it's clean. It's also tedious and stagy with little sparkle and precious little humor.
The picture, which opened around town yesterday, cries out for animation, not live actors. Broght colorations and a mercurial animated flow could have done wonders to Roald Dahl's story of a little boy allowed to tour a magic chocolate factory, with his character tested by a nimble chocolate impresario.
Most of the picture looks exactly like what it is, a fairly elaborate project shot by an American company inside a Bavarian studio. The three leads, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson and young Peter Ostrom, are quite appealing, unlike a pedestrian Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley score.
Take the youngsters only if they're tired of "Sesame Street," and why should they be?
'Chocolate Factory'
HOWARD THOMPSON.
Published: July 1, 1971
The children have so few good films to claim as their own. Much as it pains us to say so, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is not one of them. Yes, it's clean. It's also tedious and stagy with little sparkle and precious little humor.
The picture, which opened around town yesterday, cries out for animation, not live actors. Broght colorations and a mercurial animated flow could have done wonders to Roald Dahl's story of a little boy allowed to tour a magic chocolate factory, with his character tested by a nimble chocolate impresario.
Most of the picture looks exactly like what it is, a fairly elaborate project shot by an American company inside a Bavarian studio. The three leads, Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson and young Peter Ostrom, are quite appealing, unlike a pedestrian Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley score.
Take the youngsters only if they're tired of "Sesame Street," and why should they be?
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