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MikeK2012-03-20 00:24:49

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While browsing through a friend's webzine, I found a column where someone was writing about every movie they owned in chronological order. Just last year I tried to watch a movie every day*

, and found I sort of missed watching movies and writing about them, so I thought this would be an interesting thing to try for myself. However, I'm putting my own twist on it by writing about the movies I own in a loose sort of autobiographical order - that is, starting with films I liked in my childhood or teenage years, then moving on to ones I didn't see until later, and eventually even things that I own but haven't taken the time to sit down and watch yet. For some reason one of the things in that last category is the live action Yogi Bear movie, which might get it's own, more traditional liveblog... Because that just seems like the kind of thing one does when one forces oneself to watch the live action Yogi Bear movie.

Some of the films I watch will be things I already wrote about on another blog for the 365 movies thing - I'm going to try to come up with different things to say about them, but reserve the right to rehash bits from that other blog. Also, I admit that I sort of started doing this just slightly before coming up with the autobiographical part, so I really started with Monty Python And The Holy Grail, but we're going to pretend I started with Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, because that's sort of the only film I can consider part of my childhood that I actually own now. Then, when I decide I'm at the right part of the timeline, I'll post what I already have written about Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

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DrakemasterD Since: Dec, 1969
Jan 18th 2012 at 9:36:41 PM
Now, it's been a REALLY long time since I've seen this movie (at least seven years), but I thought that Joe was Charlie's grandpa, not his uncle. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong, or Burton changed it to grandpa for the remake?
MikeK Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 20th 2012 at 12:22:54 AM
Yeah, I made a mistake, it is in fact Grandpa Joe.
Eegah Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 20th 2012 at 7:18:38 AM
Watching this one again recently, I actually found that I much prefer the first half. The satire of candy bars being such Serious Business naturally went right over my head as a kid, when they actually were that important, but now the whole sequence is hilarious. The second half in the actual factory is still fun, but it seems a bit more designed solely for kids, Wonka's literary quotes notwithstanding.

Also, whoever had the idea to reunite the five kid actors for the DVD commentary deserves a prize. Especially fun is when one of them keeps building up to the "nitwit" Brick Joke that no one ever gets, only to completely miss the punchline.
Tuckerscreator Since: Dec, 1969
May 20th 2012 at 4:22:17 PM
Yep, it did feel like they handed the Idiot Ball to Grandpa Joe and Charlie so that they'd break the rules. It does set up a good opportunity for character development later with their confrontation with Wonka, but you think that after watching two people break the rules and get punished that they'd know better than to touch a dangerous candy.
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