Round One: Finding Nemo vs. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

It is rather fitting that the two family-oriented movies face one another in the first round of the tournament, with the beloved, animated Finding Nemo attempting to overthrow the classic musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Finding Nemo (2003)

• Directed by: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
• Written by: Andrew Stanton (story and screenplay), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
• Starring: Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem DaFoe, Brad Garrett, Geoffrey Rush
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Critics: 98%
• Audience: 80%

                In this 2003 Disney film, Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), a clownfish, is distraught after his son, and only living family member, Nemo (voiced by Alexander Gould), is kidnapped by a scuba diver. With only a street address written on the back of a pair of goggles as his guide, Marlin uses the aid of a forgetful blue tang fish, named Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres), to travel to Sydney and rescue his son. Along the way, Marlin encounters sharks, jellyfish, turtles, and scores of other various mammals and amphibians. Willem DaFoe, Brad Garrett, and Geoffrey Rush also voice characters in this family-friendly film.

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

• Directed by: Mel Stuart
• Written by: Roald Dahl (screenplay and book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”)
• Starring: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Critics: 90%
• Audience: 80%

                Not to be confused with the recent remake (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring Johnny Depp), the original film, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, is a classic story about a poor youth, Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who is given the opportunity of a lifetime: a tour of the world-famous, and extremely secretive, Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, given by Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) himself, and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Once inside, Charlie and the the other four children, and their equally greedy and repugnant parents, experience a myriad of mishaps over the course of their adventure. The deeper they go into the factory, the smaller the group becomes, until finally, only Charlie and Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) are left. Only those true of heart are worthy of Wonka's ultimate prize; is Charlie the one Wonka has been searching for?

Vote now for your favorite movie: Finding Nemo or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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