Chocolate - a universal passion!!

Well, I love cinema, therefore it is very difficult for me to write about one particular film. Instead, I decided to start a thread following a similar theme: chocolate.

The first film I'll briefly comment is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. This film reminds me of my pleasant and dear childhood. I was about 7 when I first saw it on TV. It is pure magic for me, till nowadays. Despite the rudimentary special [d]effects, the imagination and creativity of the director and the rest of the staff, who worked in this film, must be great. They must be, or have been, geniuses. The cast is fantastic. Gene Wilder, as the looney Willy Wonka, would carry the films on his back if necessary, but the kids were also great. Charlie, the unknown Peter Ostrum, had a fascinating fascinated look in his eyes, which would trigger our own fascination, mainly when he first saw the eatble sweet garden and the chocolate river. That's one of my favorite parts of the film.
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I also like the songs very much. They move me a lot.
The message conveyed in the story is timeless. Politeness, humbleness, temperance, rectitude and love for the family are virtues that should always prevail.

It is a must-see film for people of all ages.

This film has a more modern version, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that, in fact, has a more dismal atmosphere. Wonka, played by Johnny Depp, reveals a resentful miserable side which makes the film heavier than the original story. The special effects are great, the soundtrack is nice, the film as a whole is good, but I still prefer the old one.

Following my thread... I'd like to comment on Chocolat, with the same Johnny Depp, in a much more romantic and charming role af a gypsy, and Juliette Binoche, as the owner of a recently open chocolate factory and store. The conservative society of a small city is totally changed for the inspiring flavoured chocolate candies this woman produced. It is a nice and somewhat misterious film.

There is also the Mexican film called Like Water for Chocolate. It was adapted from a book with the same name and tells the story of a woman, Tita, who falls in love with a man named Pedro. However, they cannot be together because Pedro is forced to marry her older sister. They have some kind of virtual relationship through the spicy food Tita prepares for the family. Quite sometime later, Pedro becomes a widower and decides to marry Tita. Their honey moon ends tragically with both of them dead.

It may seem non-sense, but it is a very good film. The acting and the plot are great.

I've "spoken"a lot, now it is your turn!!

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