Review 722: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

 

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a delight. A fantasy film that  

Based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) is a poor paper boy who lives with his family and is particularly close with his bedridden grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson)   When Willy Wonka places 5 Golden Tickets in his bars of chocolate, five children (including Charlie) find them and are invited to tour his factory. The first four are pretty naughty and spoiled but Charlie.  

Right from the films opening title sequence showcasing delicious looking chocolate being manufactured 

The story, like all good fantasy 

The cinematography is gorgeous and captures the delightful strangeness of the titular factory helping to contrast with the normal world. The production design is outstanding, crafting each room in the Chocolate Factory with outlandish seis and