Most Quotable Movies #3: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Of all the generational tragedies of our modern age, the fact that there are children and young adults running around our nation who have never seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is simply an abysmal failure of pop culture gatekeepers to properly educate our progeny. Don't confuse them with the dumpster fire that was Tim Burton's remake, featuring Johnny Depp's ridiculous performance. No, I'm talking about the one-and-only classic from 1971 starring Gene Wilder.

Wilder's performance is brilliant all-around. He's clearly insane and observably dangerous to the children and their parents touring his eponymous chocolate factory. His verbal wit is razor sharp, and his complete indifference to the consequences of these children and their atrocious behavior raises the stakes for the film with each and every turn.

This is Amy's (my wife) favorite movie of all-time, and we are lucky enough to be able to see the Broadway musical production of this story in Chicago in a couple of months. To call her "excited" is a gross understatement. We also saw the original movie on the big screen in Springfield a few years ago for our anniversary. Not a day goes by in which we don't quote one line or another from this film to each other. Take my advice kids: Watch this movie!

"She was a bad egg."

Ten (more) Quotable Lines from Willy Wonka:
"Nicely handled, Veruca! Now there's a girl who knows where she's going."

"The suspense is terrible... I hope it'll last."

"We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams."

"Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?"

"So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you."

"Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."

"If the good Lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates."

"No, I won't hold you responsible."

"So shines a good deed in a weary world."