Rest In Peace, Gene Wilder

[calliopes_pen]

Gene Wilder has passed away at the age of 83, as a result of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. May he rest in peace. He is most famous for his roles in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory and Young Frankenstein. I avoided the former (well, except for the “there’s no earthly way of knowing” scene) but the latter is good. For Sherlock Holmes fans, he was Sigerson Holmes in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother.

When I was 6, I loved Haunted Honeymoon, even if I now realize it wasn’t that great.

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[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

He was in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was Johnny Depp.

And you should DEFINITELY watch him in Willy Wonka; it's a great movie.

[calliopes_pen]

I have a tendency to avoid musicals as a whole, so if I did end up watching, I would just have it on mute for all the songs. Amusingly, my worst nightmare when I was small was watching anything where the characters were bursting into song.

Somehow, Once More, With Feeling from Buffy is the rare exception to this rule of dislike. As was Galavant, likely due to all the snark in the lyrics.

And thank you--editing to correct!

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Truth time: I actually mostly fast-forward through the songs. Exceptions being "World of Pure Imagination" and I usually watch one or two of the Oompa Loompa songs (the one after Veruca Salt/the golden geese is probably the best if you want to limit yourself to just one). There's plenty of movie w/out the songs, and you won't miss anything crucial to the story if you just listen to like, the first couple of lines of each song to get the jist.

[calliopes_pen]

I suspect I'll give it a shot, then. They'll probably air it again on Freeform (formerly ABC Family) in tribute to him at some point, since they're usually the ones to show it. I could also be on the lookout for Denise Nickerson wherever she is in that, if I do decide on watching while muting songs.

(Nickerson was Amy in the original Dark Shadows. I think she's supposed to be a character who becomes a large blueberry in Willy Wonka.)

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Ah, then she played Violet Beauregarde.

[cereta.livejournal.com]

He will always be the Fox Tamed by the Little Prince to me :(.

[phoenixfire12.livejournal.com]

Hubby and I saw Willy Wonka as a tribute. A day or two later we saw my favorite: Blazing Saddles.