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[quote=Anonymous]I'm talking about the film that was released in 1971, not 2005. I re-watched it because I stumbled upon a website saying that Charlie's Grandpa Joe is actually a horrible person, and honestly, after watching the film for the first time bearing this in mind, I really couldn't agree more. As we all know, when Charlie brings home a golden ticket, Joe, after being bed-ridden for 20 years, miraculously gets out of bed. Now, this website goes into a conspiracy theory about how Joe must've gotten out of bed each night while everyone else was sleeping during these 20 years since, in real life, a person's muscles would stop working if they stayed in bed that long. However, as proven by the chocolate factory itself, the laws of physics in this film's universe seem to be different than the laws of physics in our own universe. So let's just go by what we know.

In the beginning, it seems like Joe is simply too old and tired to help out in the family, which does seem like an innocent enough reason for him to lay back with Charlie's other 3 grandparents, while his daughter and grandson do all the work. However, when Charlie reveals that he found the last golden ticket to the family, Joe shows his true colors. It's the prospect of free candy that motivates him to get out of bed, not the prospect of helping his tirelessly working daughter and grandson. Even since Mr. Bucket died, Mrs. Bucket had been folding laundry nonstop to support the family, and not once did her father offer to help her, maybe take over folding laundry for her once in a while. It was when the opportunity arose for Mrs. Bucket to catch a break and do something fun that her father decided to take over for her. It was then that Joe decided to get involved his grandson's life, rather than when Charlie started doing his paper-routes.

It's a basic principal in life that if you want the fun aspects of something, you also have to partake in the responsibility. Mrs. Bucket should've said, "If you're going to stay in bed when there's work to do, you're also going to stay in bed when there's vacation to go" and insisted on being the one to accompany Charlie to the factory. [/quote]

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