Comments on: Critical Analysis: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/ Movie Marketing, Social Media and More Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1567 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:10:55 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1567 I just watched this last night with my son and I am in awe of the abundant messages here. Not only are children gluttonous — they are addicted. The whole trip through the tunnel — as presented int he movie version — is a psychadelic trip, a high gone wrong. Even Mike Tevee blows a white substance out of his mouth and says, “This is good stuff.”
The other thing I find interesting is not only Wonka’s delight in the children’s peril, but how he “saves” the Oompa Loompa’s from a horrible land, only to bring them back to his factory to act essentially as slaves — but it is from the Oompa Loompas that the viewer receives the moral lesson — not Wonka.
Finally, I find it interesting that Wonka doesn’t want an adult to run the factory for fear they will want to run it their way, not his, so he seeks out a young man to indoctrinate.
I still marvel at this movie, and now, even though I just watched it, I am eager to watch it again to see what other connections I can make :)

]]> By: Ash http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1364 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:39:29 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1364 In the book, Charlie and Grandpa Joe never took the Fizzy Lifting Drink… and he never once stepped out of line like the other children. That’s why, in the end, Charlie won. The movie changes things around a bit… no one in the book ever got an everlasting gobstopper… The second movie is a bit better about showing what actually happens in the book.

]]> By: Antoinette http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1357 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:05:50 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-1357 it’s because of his background. he’s the only poor one. the one with less than the others. Willy Wonka probably identified with Charlie perhaps Willy himself started out extremely poor.

]]> By: emily http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-581 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:07:15 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-581 He was repentant. Forgiveness and restored relationship comes when the sinner is repentant.

]]> By: jennifer waterman http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-548 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:21:10 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-548 because charlie was the only one to give the gobstopper back. thus, ensuring that he wouldn’t have the necessary supplies to correctly manufacture the everlasting gobbstopper.

]]> By: Jay http://christhilk.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-451 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:23:03 +0000 http://christhilk.wordpress.com/2004/01/30/critical-analysis-willy-wonka-and-the-chocolate-factory/#comment-451 It still baffles me as to why Charlie got a second chance but the others did not….any thoughts? I recently watched this movie with my daughter (again!) and was trying to figure it out. There was no guarantee the others were going to share the gobbstopper secret…….

Thanks!

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