Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

This abhorrent movie features a romantic worldview with strong pagan elements and anticapitalist motifs, depicting confectionery entrepreneurs as demonic tempters who lure children with addictive substances and call upon dancing imps to mete out ironic punishments à la Dante's Inferno. Explicit mentions of hell and the Grim Reaper imply a satanic pact, and although honesty is rewarded, redemption is attained only by being less bad than one's peers, with no mention of the true salvation of God and Jesus Christ... That, at least, is how the conservative Christian Web site Movieguide might review Willy Wonka. The rest of you should already know that, like The Wizard of Oz, this children's book adaptation has taken on a life of its own quite apart from the source material (besides, a faithful adaptation couldn't be done with 1971 technology). Though it takes too long (almost 45 minutes!) for the title character to appear, it's all head-trip from there. And anyone who doesn't like the Oompa-Loompa song simply isn't human.