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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Posted on 6/30/20 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 6/30/20 at 11:44 pm
Got high tonight and started watching it. What a classic. Gene Wilder is fricking amazing. This movie was made for only 2 million dollars. That’s unbelievable. This movie has to make that amount of money every year. One of the all time great kids/stoner movies. On Netflix if you’re curious.
This post was edited on 6/30/20 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 6/30/20 at 11:46 pm to OMLandshark
Also Grandpa Joe is the most worthless piece of shite in cinematic history.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:00 am to OMLandshark
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Also Grandpa Joe is the most worthless piece of shite in cinematic history.
At least credit Mike Stoklasa if you're gonna copy his sentiment.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:10 am to OMLandshark
Never saw all the drug innuendos the first few times till I got high and watched it while in college again
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:14 am to OMLandshark
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Grandpa Joe
F grandpa joe. His name doesn’t deserve to be capitalized.
I’m glad criticizing him was the first response. As a kid I remember thinking this guy is worthless. I could write two pages of hate for grandpa joe.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 3:17 am to Parmen
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Also Grandpa Joe is the most worthless piece of shite in cinematic history.
At least credit Mike Stoklasa if you're gonna copy his sentiment.
No idea who that is, but Jim Rome did a rant on Grandpa Joe years ago that his callers would bring up.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 5:31 am to LuckyTiger
is it raining? is it snowing? is there a hurricane a blowing?
Posted on 7/1/20 at 8:01 am to Parmen
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At least credit Mike Stoklasa if you're gonna copy his sentiment.
This is not the first time I nor many others on this board have called Grandpa Joe one of the great villains in cinematic history.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:03 pm to OMLandshark
Classic movie, and hardly ever gets old...
I watched it recently on Netflix too and it holds up pretty well even today IMO. It's funny you guys are mentioning Grandpa Joe as a villain. Maybe it's because I'm older now but I noticed several things this time about him that I never had before:
- Sits around in bed for 20 straight years and lets Charlie and his mom pick up the slack
- When Charlie shows up with a loaf of bread, he says "what difference does it make where he got it? point is he got it" as if stealing it would've been just fine
- Jumps up out of bed and moves around like a 20-year old as soon as Charlie finds the ticket
- Encourages Charlie to drink the fizzy lifting drink which almost causes him to lose his whole prize (not to mention his life)
- Tells Charlie they'll give Slugworth the Gobstopper to get even with Wonka
I love the actor (Jack Albertson), but Grandpa Joe is an a-hole.
I watched it recently on Netflix too and it holds up pretty well even today IMO. It's funny you guys are mentioning Grandpa Joe as a villain. Maybe it's because I'm older now but I noticed several things this time about him that I never had before:
- Sits around in bed for 20 straight years and lets Charlie and his mom pick up the slack
- When Charlie shows up with a loaf of bread, he says "what difference does it make where he got it? point is he got it" as if stealing it would've been just fine
- Jumps up out of bed and moves around like a 20-year old as soon as Charlie finds the ticket
- Encourages Charlie to drink the fizzy lifting drink which almost causes him to lose his whole prize (not to mention his life)
- Tells Charlie they'll give Slugworth the Gobstopper to get even with Wonka
I love the actor (Jack Albertson), but Grandpa Joe is an a-hole.
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:16 pm to Parmen
People have hated Uncle Joe for much longer than RedLetterMedia has been around.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:18 pm to OMLandshark
Laid up in bed
Smokes tobacco as family struggles to put food on the table
Cant walk, work, etc but can instantly dance, and sing once Charlie finds a golden ticket
Convinces Charlie to almost kill himself
Tries to convince Charlie to betray Willie Wonka and deprive the family of the greatest reward it could ever hope for
No one gets to claim ownership for thinking Joe is a piece of shite. It is the universal train of thought for anyone who watched the movie
Smokes tobacco as family struggles to put food on the table
Cant walk, work, etc but can instantly dance, and sing once Charlie finds a golden ticket
Convinces Charlie to almost kill himself
Tries to convince Charlie to betray Willie Wonka and deprive the family of the greatest reward it could ever hope for
No one gets to claim ownership for thinking Joe is a piece of shite. It is the universal train of thought for anyone who watched the movie
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:27 pm to OMLandshark
Damn - I was stone cold sober yesterday and started it, but backed out. I'd rather watch that with the kids now.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:31 pm to partywiththelombardi
Also, what's the deal with Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina? Charlie's dad dies so his mom has to take full responsibility for both of her in-laws? I think between the two of them they basically say like 5 words the whole movie too...
Charlie's mom is a real saint.
Charlie's mom is a real saint.
Posted on 7/1/20 at 1:34 pm to OMLandshark
I've used this one IRL a bunch
Posted on 7/1/20 at 2:06 pm to Parmen
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At least credit Mike Stoklasa if you're gonna copy his sentiment.
Red Letter Media didn't come up with the anti Grandpa Joe take. That has been around for a long arse time. Here's an anti GJ website started in 2004 https://www.saynotograndpajoe.com/. I seriously doubt it's the first. Hell, I bet you could find movie reviews from when Willy Wonka first came out that note how shite Grandpa Joe is. People forget that the movie got mixed reviews and bombed when it first came out. It only became popular years later after repeated TV showings that happened mainly b/c it's failure made it cheap to license.
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 7/2/20 at 10:03 am to OMLandshark
Own this movie digitally and this thread forced me to rewatch
Besides obvious gripes with Jackass Joe
Gene Wilder is just such an amazing treat on screen. His performance is soo subtle, nuanced, show stealing, yet heartfelt.
Charlie with no dad, 4 bum grandparents, a loving mom working her life away to make ends meet, and yet when given the chance to steal a secret and sell it to give your family a chance at a quality of life they never had...that gobstopper had to look awfully tempting...to still do the right thing...just a beautiful moment.
Great movie.
Besides obvious gripes with Jackass Joe
Gene Wilder is just such an amazing treat on screen. His performance is soo subtle, nuanced, show stealing, yet heartfelt.
Charlie with no dad, 4 bum grandparents, a loving mom working her life away to make ends meet, and yet when given the chance to steal a secret and sell it to give your family a chance at a quality of life they never had...that gobstopper had to look awfully tempting...to still do the right thing...just a beautiful moment.
Great movie.
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