Roald Dahl

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melly_0
melly_0 (melly_0)
g. Dunno about short story... Maybe James and the Giant Peach or Esio Trot by Roald Dahl. Too bad Willy Wonka isn't out yet. I can find no suggestions for ...
eep1313: Stupidness
GWeezer (eep1313)
Roald Dahl and JK Rowling, and how their stories' scary bits reflect on children's perception of...
namelessdave: Why Harry Potter is awesome
namelessdave (namelessdave)
Roald Dahl. Everything I like about Rowling's writing, I think Dahl does better. I wouldn't even...
dariajun: for those of you watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory today...
Daria (dariajun)
for me anyways. I remember first wondering about how the combination of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl would work out, and if it could possibly be a good......
berdawn: dear people of the world
berdawn (berdawn)
don't care if you don't like johnny depp. i don't care if you don't like roald dahl. i don't care if the original charlie and the chocolate factory scared you ...
igottagoto_work: Placebo makes me sleepy
Mad Scientist (igottagoto_work)
in brightly colored vinyl suits. It's so great! And of course I must give props to Roald Dahl for coming up with such a brilliant story. A genious.......
spaztique777: WEEEEEEE!!!!
spaztique777 (spaztique777)
thing #1: I saw Charlie and Chocolate Factory! REVIEW TIME!! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and Directed by Tim Burton Videography: 3/3. Classic Tim Burton style. Textbook perfect. Cinematography: ...
raelana: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Raye (raelana)
part, but we'll get to that later. I believe Burton accurately portrayed the world Roald Dahl created, from Charlie's rickety old house to the details within the factory. ...
krachick19: The Candy Man Can
krachick19 (krachick19)
it a poor attempt by Tim Burton to retell the popular children's book by Roald Dahl, I thought it was quite good, and so much better than the first ...
es_ist_kein1ros: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"=Fucked up Tim Burton nightmare that is BRILLIANT to watch
es_ist_kein1ros (es_ist_kein1ros)
the book, even most of the dialogue was verbatim, which I was happy about because Roald Dahl is a brilliant author when it comes to children's literature. And "The ...
mujerado
mujerado (mujerado)
Roald Dahl, Tim Burton, Danny Elfman and Johnny Depp are a union made in movie heaven....
xemunchkinox: loaded meanings are dangerous
(love nothing) (xemunchkinox)
see charlie and the chocolate factory. i miss being a little kid and reading roald dahl books. i fucking loved those books. i loved that man. fuck all this ...
angelil: It feels like a long time since an update
angelil (angelil)
about ancient pantomime (ohhh yes I'm so cool) and on Thursday I went to the Roald Dahl museum (even cooler!). On Friday I went back to school for the choir ...
newwordsnow: 50 Books Update
newwordsnow (newwordsnow)
so I'm now: 1 month / 5 books Boy - Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl Goat - Brad Land Joe College - Tom Perrotta Nine Stories - J.D. Salinger Sex, Drugs, and ...
toolstriss: Roald Dahl and his publishers made a second version of Willy Wonka to avoid racist implications..
Sioux (toolstriss)
with the fact that Tim Burton was "being true" to the original novel that Roald Dahl wrote. Granted, I never read the book, and I never saw the origi...
pryder: Recent entertainments
pryder (pryder)
much, but it certainly did. Before that, I zipped through Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl. (Marian......
multislackerkim: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review
multislackerkim (multislackerkim)
Chocolate Factory, read the book or rent the original. I can see my collection of Roald Dahl books from here. Roughly a dozen, top row of the bookcase, right side. You...
panic9
panic9 (panic9)
hate it so much. Granted, I never read the book (I read almost every other Roald Dahl book, but never that one)...but they ....it's......GAH!!!!!! .......RARR!!!!!! They toned down Veruca Salt ...
crazeddrscott: Cheer up Charlie
crazeddrscott (crazeddrscott)
style of the movie, and staying closer to the book (which I find amusing since Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for the original).  I liked Depp, but I don't think ...
bigredpaul: Willie Wonka
Vince The Carpenter (bigredpaul)
a, except to say that Danny Elfman's music is sublime in its take on the Roald Dahl poems for each of the spoiled kids' demises. Seeing it on the ...
loveyamuch
caro (loveyamuch)
Yes, we know he's psychotic, thats the point of being an eccentic candy maker. But Roald Dahl wrote for children, not junior Fruedian psychologists, and ergo we shouldn't care. I ...
gangsta_d: wussup.
Diana (gangsta_d)
Chocolate Factory was amazing, in my opinion. Mostly because I love Johnny Depp and Roald Dahl. Leaning back in the IMAX theater because of shitty seats = neck pains, tho...
bemyremedy: Entertainment :B
Be My Remedy (bemyremedy)
actor, and Tim Burton made a great movie out of a great book. Yay for Roald Dahl! ^ ^; Speaking about movies, I've been seeing films more often than before. In ...
_xray
Lucy (_xray)
Plus The Vitches is on at 5! I always loved that film as a child. Roald Dahl over harry shit head anyday. I also managed to get ed wood for £5 ...
misteryeo: Starters
Mr Raymond Yeo (misteryeo)
Shel Silverstein (7 - 9 years old, 60+ pages) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (10 - 12 years old, 170+ pages) Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window ...
scoradh: Jeans are quite inflexible, are they not?
a less complicated version of Hex (scoradh)
impressions!, and having two spongers living in my house!, and veruccas! and not in the Roald Dahl sense either!, but I think the exclamation mark abuse has traumatised enough people ...
__concubine__
Je m'appelle Lee (__concubine__)
was really cool in this film that they used the actual songs written by Roald Dahl. And the casting was very well done. I know Amy may kill me for...
chorrocks: A Sweet Treat That Can't Be Beat
Chris Horrocks (chorrocks)
Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore that's based more closely to the original book by Roald Dahl than the well-known 1971 film (and very good, except for the "Cheer Up, Ch...
mel_says_shhh: nothing so interesting lately..
a storm in a tea cup (mel_says_shhh)
were so well cast!! Really seemed like they were taken straight out of the Roald Dahl book :) Good good. -- My daddy played at a Festival in south of Fr...
deeston: Willy Wonka
deeston (deeston)
s read the original Dahl version so this movie was both for her. We love Roald Dahl, have most of his books. He really is quite out there. I kinda ...
utopian_camorra: New movie week rolls on
utopian_camorra (utopian_camorra)
that everyone see it in the theater. Now, the disclaimers: *C&tCF was my first Roald Dahl read, so the story has a special place in my heart. *I have not seen...
1_stupid_sheep: Charlie likes his chocolate and Factory likes his Wonka
dave-e-o (1_stupid_sheep)
and now I have an utter urge to draw a picture of what I believe Roald Dahl was trying to make Willy Wonka look like. Since I do believe ...
ralphie16: Of movies, jobs, and pathological liars...
ralphie16 (ralphie16)
Johnny Depp is just...wow. The story is amazing, of course. I mean, come on...it's Roald Dahl! And the little boy is so stinking adorable! If you haven't seen Win a Da...
alphasarah: Movie Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alphasarah (alphasarah)
heard it was being made. Tim Burton! Johnny Depp! Danny Elfman! Roald Dahl! This should have been perfection. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is ...
seeres
Hillary (seeres)
to say. It was wonderful. Mr. Burton was able to extract all the genius of Roald Dahl into a beautiful movie. The thing about Mr. Dahl's books was that they ...
cryptic_teapot: Juli 2005
Kika (cryptic_teapot)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Primo Levi – Das Periodische System Sylvia Plath – The Bell Jar Roald Dahl – Kiss Kiss JK Rowling – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince George Orwell – 1984 Mi...
cybermule: Film reviews - Wonka and wonky balloons.
> #1153-AP-00_P (cybermule)
Friday, and really enjoyed it. It was very hard to be objective - I love Roald Dahl, Johnny Depp and the original film - but I think it was definitely ...
tucker620: late library run, and today's!
tucker620 (tucker620)
August 22, 2005 1. Pottery and Mosaics--Harold Powell 2. The Ravenna Mosaics--A.M. Cetto 3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--Roald Dahl 4. Sunset Mosaics 5. Knights of the Black Earth: A Mag Force 7 novel--Margaret Weis......
sceptical: oh two four. (GIP whoooo.)
sceptical (sceptical)
Hunt's artwork, yay. Reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to my little brother. I love Roald Dahl, seriously. Bored. Need to get out of house. Writing my G1 next week (so late)....
nevoreiel: FIC: Curious Is as Curious Does [Wonka/Charlie; R]
kinky brat (nevoreiel)
boy tasted as sweet as he looked." Disclaimer: All familiar characters and situations are Copyright by Roald Dahl, Tim Burton, etc. A thousand pardons. Warning: Contains chan (Charlie's 12), pseudo-food!smut (Wonka looking ...
specto_: "The Island", "Charlie and the chocolcate Factory"
specto_ (specto_)
than the previous film, and I am told closer to the book. As expected of Roald Dahl the story is superb, and the film is everything I......
lost_you_again: sick status: suck.
staiyeseee (lost_you_again)
hair curly and then i have something to play with. who wants to bring me some Roald Dahl books?? i could use some. cheers......
big_ashb: mmm chocolate...
big_ashb (big_ashb)
and "candy" instead of sweets. other than that, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have done Roald Dahl proud. in other news, the first bits have arrived for the BMX project. we now ...
avocatia: charlie & the chocoholic's sublime fantasy
claire (avocatia)
as onscreen and i hardly noticed. what a film. need dvd now! i don't think roald dahl would be too upset because all the bits i remembered were in it, ...
hathor88
Hathor88 (hathor88)
er ^^ EXCELLENT !! Je l'ai choisi au pif : un recueil de nouvelle de Roald Dahl et bah j'ai pas été déçu... XD XD Il a un humour assez ...
rxgra: Booty Call Blasphemy!
Alex (rxgra)
comparison to Willy Wonka. Someday, it will go online. PS. Jiao, IMDb says that, while Roald Dahl was credited with the script it was largely rewritten and he ended up hating...
shinochibi: ANOTHER of those funny/wrong quizzes!
shinochibi (shinochibi)
Nathaniel (Bartimaeus) 11. The Pink Power Ranger (Power Rangers) 12. Mathila (Mathilda...you know, that story by Roald Dahl?) Warning: STRANGENESS AHEAD. You will either laugh or kill yourself or both. There. Now onto question...
dancing_salome (in darksidewonka): New and a beginning of a fic
dancing_salome (dancing_salome)
Willy Wonka/Mrs. Bucket Rating: R Disclaimer: The characters portrayed are not my property but of Roald Dahl. I just play with them for fun. Warning: Questionable consent. No violence. Bondage. Work ...
ynske: Schrijfwedstrijd op niveau
ynske (ynske)
rode jurk, die zeker door had kunnen gaan voor een hoofdrol in The Witches van Roald Dahl, deed de presentatie van het hele gebeuren. Voor de mensen die wel eens ...
jonathan_7: My first post on Snowy's petition
jonathan_7 (jonathan_7)
a suggestion for you, read other books! Along your path you will find books by Roald Dahl, Douglas Adams, Lemony Snicket, Stephen King, Eoin Colfer (the Artemis Fowl books), and ...
krazyinnarnia: bored, bored and bored...
krazyinnarnia (krazyinnarnia)
interests me...but then i'm still bored... i already downloaded tons of songs... the classic roald dahl charlie and the chocolate factory and james the giant peach (still can't find lynne...
bitch_liza: !!!!!!!!
bitch_liza (bitch_liza)
Roald Dahl "Charlie and Chocolate factory." Прикольная книжка... очень забавная... на одной страницы написано по-английски на другой...
doomsickle: Books read in December:
doomsickle (doomsickle)
Roald Dahl......
joaniemonster: some good writing. Paste magazine - chi tung.
joanie monster (joaniemonster)
one friend of yours in junior high who devoured his Nietzsche and Chekhov like you did your Roald Dahl. [i'd put Sarte  For these poor, unfortunate souls, the world is a daily reminder ...
raininmycoffee
RainInMyCoffee (raininmycoffee)
Roald Dahl on the sunbed in our garden, Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" and other tunes of...
allisgood: BD Wong director of Social Grace
allisgood (allisgood)
An Evening of Stories with Special Guests The Ying Quartet Wild and wacky stories by Roald Dahl and J. Robert Lennon, read by B.D. Wong and Stephen Lang. The Ying Quartet...
ladyaelfwynn: Go read something!
ladyaelfwynn (ladyaelfwynn)
the BBC’s news site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4665328.stm JK ROWLING'S TOP 10 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe David Copperfield Charles Dickens Catch-22 Joseph Heller To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Animal Farm George Orwell The Tale of ...
snowspider_nemi: A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.
SnowSpider...Nemi...Badger...Joanne (snowspider_nemi)
Roald Dahl. Sitting here in the Mansion watching X-Files with Cathul - he needed someone to hold...
swfreakofnature
Sunny Castilla (swfreakofnature)
milk, grape juice, cranapple juice, virgin bloody mary [Soda] soda [Book] The BFG by Roald Dahl [Flower] daisies and sunflowers DO YOU [Color your hair?] nope [Twirl your ...
congelee
Murena (congelee)
Royal Society of Literature JK ROWLING'S TOP 10 Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Catch-22, Joseph Heller To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee Animal ...
lilaudrey666: Now that I've taken up your entire friends page...
Your first real heartache (lilaudrey666)
about me...1) I have an obsession with Google image search.2) Armadillos creep me out.3) Roald Dahl is fabulous.4) I don't like most babies. Except for myself. I was a cute...
en_anglais: book meme and... nothing else, really
Jessica (en_anglais)
Graham Greene 6. The Fat Lady Sings, Jacqueline Roy 7. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell 8. Kiss Kiss, Roald Dahl 9. Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake BLAH, I'm so lazy, I don't want to...
rat_girl3: guilty
rat_girl3 (rat_girl3)
I eat over being full. I just want to keep tasting it. Literary: Children's Books-Roald Dahl Most of the time they are more interesting to me, crazy kid stories rock....
canutius
canutius (canutius)
muhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaa! L.M. Alcott: Little Women Kate Atkinson: Emotionally Weird Emily Brontë: Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Eve Curie: Madame Curie Roald Dahl: Mathilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Auther C Doyle: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I The Complete Novels...
pennanti: sown the wind
pennanti (pennanti)
be growing, For the rowers keep on rowing, And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing... --Roald Dahl......
vinodkumarvc: James Blake, A Rare Tale
Vinod Chikkareddy (vinodkumarvc)
if you are a regular tennis watcher, you may have already read it. Like a Roald Dahl tale, this story has a final twist that makes you think again.......
lapsus_0_calami: 8/50 Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl
A slip of the pen (lapsus_0_calami)
Roald Dahl It's easy to forget that Roald Dahl is a writer of adult books with all...
sqinatutu
sqinatutu (sqinatutu)
Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for "You only live twice" (one of the weaker connery films)...
airurainyx: teriknya...
airurainyx (airurainyx)
dua2nya? eniwei, pengen update list buku yg dah kubaca: 21. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl 22. Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl 23. Gals #2 - Mihona Fujii hmm...
stshirl: The Witches
Shirl (stshirl)
it took like more than 2 weeks to reach. The title is "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. Already out of print from HMV, so have to order from USA, gonna ...
birdlife: I love British songbirds & Adam Green's adam's apple.
T45H (birdlife)
(online, duh) and invest in a couple of books. I got one book each from Roald Dahl, Charles Bukowski, and of course, Hemingway. I'm excited. It was either buy books ...
theloomofmoira: peachy keen
moira (theloomofmoira)
here, never have before.  in fact, never read the book, although it is Roald Dahl and I read many others of his... wonder how I overlooked this one.&...