- Overall Basis of the Film:
1971 – Directed by Mel Stuart, Gene Wilder as the mysterious
and notorious chocolatier, Willy Wonka. The title of this film was changed from
the novel title to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Peter
Ostrum portrayed Charlie Bucket and Jack Albertson played his Grandpa Joe. One
of the biggest difference in the two films is that Wonka (1971) is
filmed like a musical.
2005 - Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as
Willy Wonka, this one shares the novel title, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory. Freddie Highmore portrays Charlie Bucket and David Kelly is
Grandpa Joe. Whereas the original film was set like a musical, in this edition,
only the Oompa- Loompas break into song.
- Character of 'Willy Wonka'
1971 - Stuart's film is more truly a family film. It is
sweet, fun and safe for all ages. Wilder's Wonka enjoys teaching the kids a
lesson, but he does it in more of the way a schoolteacher would teach a lesson.
His feigned cries for "help" are as close as he ever gets to anything
evil. Wilder's Wonka is a beloved one for very good reason, as he is far less
menacing.
2005 – Burton's film is a darker, more menacing take on
Dahl's story. The book ended with a warm and fuzzy "Wonka wants a
family" framing device. Depp's Wonka is more evil compared to Wilder’s. He
gets a whole lot of
enjoyment from scaring and tormenting those misbehaving kiddies, which for
young children, may be seen as more of a scary portrayal of the film.
1971 - Both
directors do a tremendous amount with what they are given. Stuart's
accomplishments are arguably more commendable, because he made this film
without the aid of digital effects. Everything you see in Wonka is
practical. Stuart also didn't have a previous film to draw from, so Stuart and
the original production design team created everything you see from scratch
with only Dahl's novel as a starting point.
2005 - Burton's
world is quite possibly even more spectacular, but with no small homage to
Stuart's work. The first glance inside the factory is a site to behold, wildly
colourful and carefully planned out to the last inch. Unfortunately, he overuses
digital effects like computer generated imagery, and although the final film
still works on the whole, the CG sometimes doesn't always fit well with the
concept of the film.
Carrie Original (1976) Vs Remake (2013)
1976
2013
- Overall Basis of the Film:
1976 - Directed by Brian De Palma, Carrie, (Sissy Spacek) a young, abused and timid 17-year-old girl discovers she has telekinesis, and gets pushed to the limit on the night of her school's prom by a humiliating prank.
2013 - Directed by Kimberley Peirce, a re-addition of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother, who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
1976 – Carrie starts bleeding and is unaware she has started
her period, because of her deeply religious mother never informing her about
her body changing and how she is growing up
from young girl into now a young lady. She tries to call for help but when
the other school girls realised what happened, they start a vicious incident by
throwing pads and tampons at her.
2013 – In the modern take on Carrie, a similar incident
happens, but to show the common use modern technology in today’s society, we
see the schoolgirls taking videos on their phones and uploading them onto
YouTube.
1976 - When bucket of big blood is poured over the top of
Carrie, as she collects her Prom Queen award on stage, we see through
close-shots, the anger on her face by what has just happened. Using her
telekinesis powers we see Carrie victims/ fellow school students, get dragged
around the gym, shut in doors and sprayed with a hose.
2013 – In this addition of Carrie, the scene is gorier and
Carrie actions are more extreme. We see the school students get vividly
electrocuted, crushed in bleachers and even more.
1976 – In the final scenes we see Carrie frustration with
what has just happened and her mom behaviour around her, so she stabs her mother
to death before tearing down the house.
2013 – In this version, the same incident happens again with
her mother but before she is buried alive, she comes face-to-face with Sue
Snell, who has just seen half of her peers murdered, but still wants to do a good
deed for Carrie especially after the horrific way many people treated her, and
so tries to warn Carrie out of the house before it crumbles but Carrie refuses
and informs Sue about her pregnancy and that she will have a baby girl.
1976 – Plain looking, almost translucent skin with a sort of
weird alien beauty about her.
2013 – Naturally pretty look, who has a “less of an
outsider” look.
Annie – Original
(1982) Vs. Remake (2014)
1982:
2014:
1982 – Set during The Great Depression in the 1930s, orphan
Annie from New York City, is taken in by America’s richest billionaire Oliver
Warbucks. Annie has a very distinctive look with her curly red hair and
freckled face.
2014 – Set in modern day Harlem, orphan Annie is taken in by
cell phone mogul and owner of Stacks Mobile, Will Stacks, who is running for
mayor. This version of Annie is very different as she is African American and
has afro/frizzy styled hair.
- Character of Oliver Warbucks/ Will Stacks
1982 – The character of Oliver or “Daddy” Warbucks really
disliked children, didn’t care about others, had a hatred for many people and
offered to look after orphan Annie, cause it looked good for his reputation,
but after a while he adapts to Annie and we really see the progression of how
becomes to care a lot for Annie.
2014 – The character of Will Stacks, we see really opens up
more to the character of Annie, almost straight away, and so we don’t see the
same progression like in the original film version.
1982 – We have the character of Punjab, who is Daddy
Warbucks’ bodyguard, who could perform magic for no reason.
2014 – There is no appearance of this particular character.
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