Roald Dahl adaptations, best and worst?!


Question: Roald Dahl adaptations, best and worst!?
Which book do you think most let down by its film counter part and what do you think best summed up the book!?

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Answers:
Matilda was a real let down, being set in America, that disappointed me greatly!.

I think Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate factory was completely amazing and completely outshone Willy Wonka!. Although it was nothing like the book The Witches will always have a place in my heart!. I hope if they remake it, they get Anjelica Huston to reprise her role as Roald Dahl personally approved her for the part, even though he condemned the rest of the film!.

I would like to see a remake of the Witches, if they could get Anjelica Huston back, other than that, I would love Burton to make the Great Glass Elevator even though he 'doesn't do sequels!.'

The BFG gave me nightmares as a kid!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Best is Matilda
worst James and the giant peach!.

I also loved his Tales of the unexpected storys as shown on tv in the early 70's/80s

(obvioulsly 'dreaming' who posted above must of been watching a different matilda as the way it was filmed and acted was amazing not awful as she said but as always people who are fans of the book are never happy with the way the movie turns out, its near impossible to make a carbon copy of a book and translate it to screen)Www@Enter-QA@Com

Best:

The Witches (but they shouldn't have changed the ending!!)
James and the Giant Peach (great animation)
Matilda (even though they changed it to the US it still did the book justice)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (not very close to the book but a lovely little film)

Worst:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton/Johnny Depp) - awful film

Did you know he also wrote the scripts for Chitty CHitty Bang Bang and James Bond YOu Only Live Twice!?

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I loved james and the giant peach when i was younger, the witches scared me silly, apparently they're re-making the witches very soon!

obviously The BFG is a firm favourite,
i used to love the twits and george's marvellous medicine, i'd love it if they made films out of those! xxWww@Enter-QA@Com

I think Matilda was done well
( I was actually thinking in the terms of her character not Devito or anyone else!. )

I always wanted to see Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

I never liked The Witches when I was younger, not the book or the movie!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I love Matilda,BFG,Charlie and the chocolate factory (new and old) but havent seen any more!.
They were all amazing:::)
They should make the fox one next I used to LOVE it as a child and would go see it now!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Witches was amazing, I love it!. I thought the more recent Charlie and the chocolate factory was terrible though!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

My favourites have to be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton),The Witches and James and the Giant Peach!.

The worst has to be The Twits!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

I think the Witches did more than justice to the book!. I didn't like Matilda, it was too American and Danny deVito was just irritatingWww@Enter-QA@Com

i really liked the twits its really funny
i dont know what adapted means so

i thik twits was best and james giant peach was worstWww@Enter-QA@Com

James and the Giant Peach was AWFUL!. I repeat, AWFUL!. I didn't enjoy it at all, it was a bad, bad idea animating all the animals, it ended up just being a nonsensical rambling about creepie-crawlies!. Oh, and the main character annoyed me no end!.
Matilda -
That was absolutely dreadful!. It almost made me cry at how dreadful it was!.

When I read the book, the beauty of the way Dahl wrote the ending made me cry, there was always a niggling, underlying theme that older readers could find, it was beautiful and sad!. The film lost all these qualities!. They made it sugar-coated, far too slapstick, and it definetly didn't made me cry!.
I mean, what's with the whole TV money programme, and the part in the restaurant!? And Danny Devito just annoyed me!. Awful!. Truly, truly awful!.
Though the actress playing Miss Honey was well-cast!.

Charlie and the chocolate factory was the best, though not the one with Johnny Depp, the first one with Gene Kelly or whatever his name is!.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp was terrible!.
Sarah
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