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Great boxset!

Advantages: Convenient to keep them together. Great prices around.
Disadvantages: Individual boxes smaller than normal.

In my opinion this boxset (bought for £17 from HMV) was great value. It was much cheaper than buying all individually. I only had one of the movies on dvd and had the earlier ones on VHS so I needed an update. All five parts are great quality films! It's handy that all five come in separate boxes within the one cover because they won't get lost. Each individual box is smaller than the normal DVD box size and perhaps this is worth noting. I've watched ...
...for family viewing although it is worth bearing in mind that the films seem to get a bit more scary as they progress (number 5 is particularly scary). Parental guidance is reccommended if buying this movie for very young children. In my opinion the violence and fear-factor is mild-to-moderate but is no worse than a lot of movies nowadays. I do wonder what will happen when the sixth movie is released on dvd and whether a new boxset will be available ...

grovichik 11.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter - Years 1-5 (Box Set) (DVD)

What a 'sweet' (groan) film

Advantages: Amazingly good film
Disadvantages: Its a little short

...here neither of them disappoint, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an absolute gem of a film. Brilliantly scripted, directed and acted. Johnny Depp’s bizarre and wonderful Willy Wonka has serious shades of Michael Jackson about him and he manages to create a character which appears to be almost child-like whilst at the same time have a very dark edge. The plot of the film sticks very closely to the book, closer than the Gene Wilder version of ...
...you think of the original Charlie and the Chocolate factory (or Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory as it is actually called) you think of the Oompa-Lumpas, well here they are very different, butter in my opinion better. Gone are the oranges faces and green hair, they have been replaced with someone (they are all one man) who (and I mean this with all due respect) looks a bit funny. The songs have been taken from the book and have been wonderfully ...

crissswan 15.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (DVD)

Dahl would much have preferred this version,I'm sure

Advantages: The collective genius of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Roald Dahl .
Disadvantages: None

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY I HAD to love this film, let’s face it a combination of Johnny Depp’s acting (and let’s face it just to be able to look at him), Tim Burton’s directing and a film based on a book from the pen of the fantastic Roald Dahl made it a must watch. I had always enjoyed the 1971 Gene Wilder film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, although it was based – like this one – on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald ...
...rights to the sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. THE PLOT I hardly think that there is any need to go into great deal about the plot – it is, I am sure, widely known by most people. Willy Wonka owned the largest chocolate factory in the world. No one had been inside the factory in years, ever since he closed it down when industrial spies began to steal his secrets. One day Willy Wonka decided to put a ‘golden ticket’ inside ...

oldchem 06.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (DVD)

# "..Willy Wonka, The Amazing Chocolateer"

Advantages: Visually Impresses, Very Dahl-esque
Disadvantages: Comparisons with the novel and 1971 movie

...a young, impoverished boy named Charlie Bucket who lives with his mother and father, as well as his four bed-ridden grandparents. Every day on his way to school, Charlie passes the chocolate factory, which is owned by Willy Wonka and has been closed to the public for years. When Charlie discovers that Willy Wonka is running a competition to allow five children the opportunity to visit his factory by placing five ‘Golden Tickets’ is his Wonka Bars, ...
...found the last remaining ticket, Charlie firmly believes that he has missed his chance of meeting the mysterious Mr. Wonka. When it’s reported that the final ticket is a fake, Charlie’s hope is renewed and upon discovering just enough money laying in the street to buy himself a chocolate bar, finally stumbles across the elusive fifth ticket and wins himself the opportunity of meeting Mr. Wonka, as well as getting a guided tour around the factory. ...

BlueMidget 12.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (DVD)

My Kingdom for a Swamp

Advantages: Suitable for all ages, funny in places
Disadvantages: Not as funny as the previous 2

...Chris Miller and Raman Hui Shrek the Third was released back in June 2007 and, strangely enough, this is the third movie in the Shrek saga. Story line With the king of Far Far Away on his death bed struggling to breathe, he calls his son in law, Shrek, over and informs him he next in line for the throne. However, Shrek being the humble swamp loving ogre he is decides the royal lifestyle is not for him and learns that another family member, ...
...the series, Puss In Boots, Shrek boards a ship and sails off to find Arthur and inform him it is time to take the throne. As the boat sets sail Fiona drops a bombshell and yells she is expecting a child as the ship sails off in to the horizon. Meanwhile, Prince Charming is stills seething and thinks that he is the rightful king of Far Far Away and won’t rest until he manages to get the throne. Prince Charming rallies up the troops in the form of ...

yackers1 02.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Shrek The Third (DVD)