Willy Wonka: the amazing chocolatier!
Last weekend at my place, someone who shall remain nameless asserted that Roald Dahl co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I didn't see how this could posibly be the case, for while Dahl is in fact a sometime screenwriter, I seemed to remember him really hating the movie. And then when I read the novel, I couldn't imagine how he could have turned his novel into that film.
Turns out, I am right!
Take THAT Guernica (and anyone else who doubts the trivia collecting mindpower of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
wednes)!!
EDIT: I did not mean to bemoan or besmirch the 1970 version of the film. I enjoyed it very much as a kid, and with the exception of that one song the mom sings in the laundry, I still like it a great deal. However, it's tone and themes are very different than those in the book.
Turns out, I am right!
Take THAT Guernica (and anyone else who doubts the trivia collecting mindpower of
wednes)!!EDIT: I did not mean to bemoan or besmirch the 1970 version of the film. I enjoyed it very much as a kid, and with the exception of that one song the mom sings in the laundry, I still like it a great deal. However, it's tone and themes are very different than those in the book.