David Germain of the Associated Press says Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one big studio film remake that actually improves on the original! The visual feast is jam packed with the imaginative to wondrous to socially creepy when compared to the 1971 version. We’ve come a long way from corny, cheesy and hokey…the quaint relic.
From July 13th until August 8th, I (Martina=Admin) am traveling to
Spain with my family sleeping in tents and so without any chance to get
access to the Internet.
So I cannot read your emails until then and have to leave this site
alone without any updates.
Conny will in this time get all the emails I would get and will answer
the important ones, but I would prefer, if you would just wait the time
to contact me.
Anyway – I hope, everything will work without me with the great
staffers of jdorg helping me.
Take care, Martina.
As Johnny emerged from his black SUV he immeadiatly turned to us, his fans, and waved. As he crossed the street and made his way down the line he made personal contact with each and everyone of his fans. When he got to me he looked at me, ME, right in the eye and signed the picture I was holding. I looked at him ,then glanced down and saw the 3 tattoo. As he handed me back my picture He said, while looking into my eyes, “Thank You” I said NO..THANK YOU!” and I reached out and touched his 3 tattoo while he was still holdong the picture..he smiled and the sun glinted off his gold teeth, and he said softly, yet firmly..NO THANK YOU!” I have pictures to share but I am still on cloud 9 and running every moment over and over in my mind. I forgot how to log onto the internet and load pictures. I will post one then regroup myself and come back with more.. My one dream of getting a glimpse of Johnny and touching him has come true!
When I touched Johnny’s hand and his 3 it was just really a natural feeling to touch it! Like I have known that symbol for so long. He was holding the pic I handed him, had finished signing it, and I reached for the photo and my two fingers of my left hand, the index and middle one, just reached over, started at the finger nail of his thumb,
I just came back from the premiere and I’m still in shock that I met johnny! He is so sweet and so awesome. He was the last to arrive but it was worth the wait.
n the picture were he is waving, you can see a letter in his publisist’s hand. His hands were getting too full so I guess he handed it to her. I hope he had the chance to read it. I also left my number and email on the letter, so now everytime I get a incoming call with a restricted number or when my computer says that I have 1 new message waiting, I panic. I’m not going to get my hopes up though, because I know what a busy guy he is and all. I’m still in shock from yesterday, I’m on cloud 9!
OMG!! He was soooo close I touched his hand! I even have the sharpie pen he used to sign everyone’s stuff with! I have so many pictures, but I don’t know how to post…Mindy said she would help me when I get back. I can’t wait to share!! He is so amazing I can’t even describe it! This is a day I’ll never never forget!
I am still in shock. Johnny got there about 2:55, his usual timing! As soon as he got out of his SUV he walked across the street to us before he even posed for the press. He walked along signing autographs and being very gracious. When he got to me I handed him my CATCF book and while he signed it I just told him that I loved everything he has done. I wasn’t sure he heard me over all the crowd, but then he paused, looked up into my eyes and said in his sultry voice “thank you very much.”
Faint Next he signed a picture for my niece and then stopped in front of Mindy, who had some wrist bands she had specifically made for him. (you can see the blue one in his hand in this picture) She offered them to him and he looked at them and said “Wow, cool” and took them, shook her hand and signed her poster. After that he maybe signed two more autographs down the row when security told him it was time to go and he headed back across the street. OH, the traffic was not blocked during this premiere. I asked security why that was and he said WB didn’t need the extra press with this movie and didn’t want to put out the $25,000 it would have cost to close the road. Bummer Ted. But when Johnny crossed the street towards us he didn’t even wait for security,
What a great time!!! Meeting some of the zoners was just so much fun. We all hugged and it was as if we already knew one another!!
Johnny was so beautiful in person! Wow! And so kind too! Like everyone said, he came right over to us. I feel we were VERY lucky, because out of a whole city block of waiting fans, he came our way, and I think all of the zoners met him!!! How cool!!
He signed my copy of The Brave, and then I had a little letter to give him, so I handed that to him next, but he never looked up at that time, so he started to sign my letter!! I said “no, no.” He looked up at me, and I said “That’s for you! For later!” And then he smiled and chuckled and said “Oh, Okay!!”, and put it in his pocket!!!
I had my 15 year old daughter with me, and even though we had been there since 7 am, people were pushing and shoving, and she got pushed back about 2 feet! Johnny was passing us, and she wanted him to sign her ipod.
I asked her for it, she passed it to me, and I handed it to Johnny! He just sort of looked at it like….what’s this…a pink ipod…he looked kind of confused , and then I said “Can you sign it?”
He nodded, then turned it over, and signed it. He then looked me right in the face,
I got there around 10am. And right away we waited and waited.
And finally when all the stars came, it was complete chaos. Everyone was yelling, and people were pushing. I got in a fight with this boy who just took my place (after waiting for 5 hours). I pushed him out of the way.
I saw Freddie Highmore and Tim Burton.
And when Johnny finally came, I first noticed his hat. He crossed the street and everyone (including myself) screamed out, “Johnny! Johnny!” and he signed some autographs but he didn’t come near us. But I was just happy to see him in person. But the girl who stood in front of me, started crying.
When he went back and started talking to the press, we still yelled out his name, and he would turn around and smile and wave. Yey.
I only took 2 pictures. 1 of the theater and one of Tim crossing the street. It’s super blurry though, so I don’t think they are worth posting.
I had a lot of fun, despite the rude people. I’m just happy to see Johnny in the flesh. He’s so, wow.
I have to say that my hands are still shaking from the Johnny and Tim encounter. It’s absolutely surreal since I felt that I would never be able to meet them in real life ever in my life.
I arrived across the streets from the Graumann’s Chinese Theatre at around 8:45 and I was able to have a spot right at the front row thanks to the zoners who were saving spots for us there ever since 6:45 in the morning. We had a looong wait behind the rails, but the time seemed to whiz by since many Deppheads were there to hang out with. I wrote a private letter to Johnny, and I swear I had to have 15 rough drafts until I ended up with the final draft that I was going to send to Johnny. Karen left a small note in my PM this morning, and I copied that down and clipped that to my letter for Johnny to have.
It was so cool standing there since the soundtrack music was blaring in the speakers, and the theatre workers were starting to decorate the red carpet with couple dozens of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory posters. The lights were blaring and several impersonators came walking by and even a Willy Wonka impersonator who looked exactly like Johnny started hanging around the area. I had my “JDReads and JDZone congratulates Johnny and cast/crew” sign and several other zoners had “Zoners love Johnny” and “Semi-sweet and nuts”
I was at the premeire yesterday. Okay lots of the zoners posted how the stupid street wasn’t blocked off and how Freddie did come over and then Tim so I won’t resay all that. having them come over made the shoving and pushing and being smashed into the barricade rail okay. The icing on the cake though was seeing JD’s hat come out of his black vehicle and him rushing over dodging cars and buses to get to his fans. What an amazing guy. I had already received a Tim Burton autograph and I was so happy about that. I brought my Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book that my Grandparents gave me in 1978. It isn’t the nicest looking thing but I adored that story so much as a kid. I had Tim sign the first page of the book, he seemed like he was glancing at it a bit and I’m hoping he thought that was cool since he obviously loves the book too. So back to our man, I yelled out PLEASE JOHNNY I HAVE MY OLD BOOK MY OLD CHARLIE BOOK! He gently took it from me and began writing his name. Being smashed against the rail, breathless with excitement over him standing in front of me holding my things I said I GOT THIS WHEN I WAS 8. He stopped writing, gave me a huge grin so big I could see all his gold teeth, looked directly into my eyes and said WOW. I was amazed at his sincerity during all the commotion.