Talk:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Will Smith

Yes, it does list his name from the cited source:

"Since the late '90s, the idea of making a new Charlie had been kicking around at Warner Bros., and the studio went through a roster of directors who didn't stick until Burton finally signed on. Over the years, Wonka candidates had come and gone too (Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage, Brad Pitt, and Will Smith). Even Marilyn Manson's name came up at one point, although no one's quite sure whether it was just Manson himself who brought up the notion. I have no idea where that came from, says Charlie producer Brad Grey, who has since been hired to run Paramount Pictures."

There you have it. I wouldn't make up such a weird claim if it wasn't true. LOL. Will Smith as Willy Wonka? Oh well.....Hollywood just works that way. Wildroot (talk) 07:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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1. Is it reasonably well written?

   A. Prose quality:

   {{subst:#if:In the Plot, "Willy's employees", shouldn't it be "Wonka's employees"? In the Development section, ""I tried to find kids who had something of the character in them. Mike Teavee was the hardest," director Tim Burton explained", no need to mention Burton's first name. This is me, but in the Awards section, this sentence ---> "Gabriella Pescucci was nominated the Academy Award for Best Costume Design", reads odd.|In the Plot, "Willy's employees", shouldn't it be "Wonka's employees"? In the Development section, ""I tried to find kids who had something of the character in them. Mike Teavee was the hardest," director Tim Burton explained", no need to mention Burton's first name. This is me, but in the Awards section, this sentence ---> "Gabriella Pescucci was nominated the Academy Award for Best Costume Design", reads odd.|}}

   B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:

   {{subst:#if:In the Plot, the hyphens needs to be dashes. In the Development section, why is Roald Dahl's daughter name linked? Same section, "...but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with Minority Report and The Lookout" ---> "...but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with Minority Report (2002) and The Lookout (2007)", so that it can provide context for the reader. Same section, "He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with James and the Giant Peach" ---> "He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with the 1996 feature James and the Giant Peach" or something like that. Same section, link "1971 film adaption" once. In the Filming section, "The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in Batman" ---> "The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in the 1989 feature Batman". In the Music section, dates aren't supposed to be linked.

   In the Development section, you have "1971 film adaptation" linked twice. Either unlink it or replace it with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, in the second occurrence, since its obvious what you're talking about in the beginning of the section.|In the Plot, the hyphens needs to be dashes. In the Development section, why is Roald Dahl's daughter name linked? Same section, "...but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with Minority Report and The Lookout" ---> "...but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with Minority Report (2002) and The Lookout (2007)", so that it can provide context for the reader. Same section, "He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with James and the Giant Peach" ---> "He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with the 1996 feature James and the Giant Peach" or something like that. Same section, link "1971 film adaption" once. In the Filming section, "The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in Batman" ---> "The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in the 1989 feature Batman". In the Music section, dates aren't supposed to be linked.

   In the Development section, you have "1971 film adaptation" linked twice. Either unlink it or replace it with Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, in the second occurrence, since its obvious what you're talking about in the beginning of the section.|}}

2. Is it factually accurate and verifiable?

   A. References to sources:

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   B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

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   C. No original research:

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3. Is it broad in its coverage?

   A. Major aspects:

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4. Is it neutral?

   Fair representation without bias:

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5. Is it stable?

   No edit wars, etc:

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6. Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?

   A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

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   B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:

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7. Overall:

   Pass or Fail:

   {{subst:#if:If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!|If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!|}}

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 16:52, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Concerns are almost finished. Promise to have them all addressed later tonight. Thanks for reviewing. Wildroot (talk) 22:00, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Amazing! Igordebraga fixed the Music section. Also, the edit war has been fixed. The King of Australia kept adding weird original research. As a result, Wikipedian administrators blocked him from editing completely (check out the talk page). This article is now ready! Wildroot (talk) 03:38, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad Igordebraga fixed the Music section. :) Yeah, from the article's history, everything seems to be calm now. It is. Thank you to Wildroot for getting the stuff I left at the talk page, because I have gone off and placed the article as GA. Congrats. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 14:38, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Noah Taylor

helena bonham carter plays Charlie's mother and yet gets put in the starring links but noah taylor who plays Charlie's father does NOT get his link up there. I think that's really stupid. they had both the same amount of screen time

is this some popularity contest? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.251.134.97 (talk) 05:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

British / American English in the script

The Bucket family appear to be vaguely British and speak received pronunciation, but the script has them using American English phrasing (so 'candy bar' not 'chocolate bar' etc). It would be informative if the article could document this production decision and the reasons behind it. The dialogue sounds distinctly odd to a British audience, and it's not clear why Burton didn't choose to make the Buckets Americans. --Ef80 (talk) 16:49, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Plot ending is wrong

To the guy who removed my edit: The plot, as it is, is wrong at the end. Charlie does reject Wonka's offer at first, but then some other events happen and afterwards he does accept the offer, with one condition. That part is missing, making the plot wrong and incomplete! Naki (talk) 13:58, 27 December 2010 (UTC)