Yes...I have been a total child this past week, sue me. Between the new Harry Potter book and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", I have been living as a seven year old. But I love it.
My fella and I watched the flick at the IMAX at the Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose. I have seen short 30 minute nature films at the IMAX, but nothing that would constitute as a full feature-lengthed film. Nothing would prepare me for the motion sickness that followed me well into the night...but the movie was fun, and that's what I was going for.
I was very impressed with the visual effects of the film. Very bright and fun like the original, but updated, of coarse. The Oompa Loompa dances and songs were very funny, and the minor characters (Veruca Salt, Violet, etc...) were all very good. Johnny Depp was frickin' hilarious. I saw him as a Michael Jackson tribute with major social anxiety. The back story was an interesting touch, and Charlie...he was very pure. The way that Roald Dahl intended for him to be.
What surprised me most is the lesson that the movie taught about the importance of family. I don't recall that being in the original. There were so many references to drugs that the purity may have been washed right out of it, which made it the dark success that it was.
Some remakes, such as "Psycho" were too close to the original. I believe Gus Van Zant redid the movie shot by shot, which was a waste of time. I applaud "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for giving us a new take on a story we all love.
By the way, my fella just told me he would like to be referred to as "Rick" during my postings. He's obsessed with that name.
Weirdo.
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I want to see this movie. I did read in the paper that Johnny Depp was shocked that people were reminded of Michael Jackson by his character in the movie. Johnny said he based his character on hosts he had watched on children's shows he watched as a child. Hi Rick! mom
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