novostella ([info]novostella) wrote,
@ 2005-07-16 03:01:00
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Big night for Charlie & Harry
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

I LOVE Johnny Depp. I didn't think he would outdo his Jack Sparrow role from Pirates... but he does in this movie. Oh my god does he ever. What a brilliant performance.

So after the movie, we went to check out the Harry Potter craziness at Chapters. It was midnight so officially the book had just launched.

And holy crap, it was MAYHEM in there. The front doors were decorated and it said "Diagon Alley" on it. The walls were decorated with thunderbolts. There were people dressed up in Harry Potter gear. The Chapters staff were donned in black robes and Gryffindor scarfs. The lineup was RIDICULOUS. It started at the entrance, went around all the way to the other side, and then back again. Ash and I wanted to get a book on shooters, but we opted not to 'cuz we weren't in the mood to wait in line for an hour. Plus, we'd just look stupid 'cuz everyone in line was holding 1 or 2 (sometimes 3) copies of the Harry Potter book.

On the plus side, we got a free gift card (sorry...a "magic card") handed out by a Gryffindor person on the way out. =)


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[info]mr_sarcastic
2005-07-17 12:16 am UTC (link)
The movie was definitely kick ass... the only thing that kind of disappointed me was the boat/tunnel scene... but when the movie was over, I thought about it some more and I could only imagine Tim Burton's stress over that scene.

Everybody was expecting it to be InSaNe and had high expectations for it from the moment he was announced as the director... I think he just let it slide a bit and just sort of infused the rest of the movie with the flavour so nobody would feel 'robbed' by the end of it.

The "Evil Dead" squirrels made me forget, albeit for only a moment, that the movie was rated "G"... once Veruca's legs were spread and that last little bugger was poised, I gripped the edge of my seat thinking "No... it can't be an hommage to the woods rape scene in Evil Dead.." and it wasn't. Close though.

Did you pick up on the Hunter S. Thompson bits to Johnny's acting at times? Especially in Oompa Loompa Land when he was tasting stuff. Very "Fear and Loathing"

The movie definitely filled me with wonder and had me feeling like a kid throughout its entirety. Love that Tim Burton.

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[info]novostella
2005-07-17 08:41 am UTC (link)
Omg yeah! I totally agree with you about the boat/tunnel scene. I mean Tim Burton's vision of the movie was already twisted as it is, I was so looking forward to seeing what he was going to do with it! I guess what you say makes sense though, because what stood out in the original was that boat scene. I guess he used that as inspiration for his vision of the movie, so it makes sense for him to tone down the boat scene. Maybe it would've been too much. Still, it would've been cool to see SOMETHING instead of just the boat sloshing around.

Now...the squirrels...well...I've never seen Evil Dead so that actually never crossed my mind. Actually, I'm very glad that never crossed my mind. :S

As for Hunter S. Thompson....um...I really hate to admit it but I've never seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I'll have to rent it sometime! I've always wanted to see it. But apparantly he said his inspiration for Wonka came from, strangly enough, game show talk hosts and children show hosts. Check out this quote:
When Tim and I talked about doing it there was no script at that time. It was, in a lot of ways, a great gift because I was able to use Roald Dahl's work for my notes. What I started to see when I was thinking about it in my early research was children's show hosts from when I was 5 or 6 years old and watching "Captain Kangaroo" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" and local guys like "Uncle Al" (laughs) and "Mr. Greenjeans." And I remember thinking, even then, how odd it was the way that they spoke. That bizarre musical cadence to their speech pattern. That sort of, "Good morning children! And now today we're going to do..." So I took that and made that one of the main ingredients for Wonka and stretched it out a bit. And game show hosts. I remembered them from growing up with that perpetual grin on their face. I felt, they're certainly not like that when they're home - at least I hope they're not (laughs). They go on-stage, their thing and then take it off. It's almost like a clown. Those two things became the basis for this version of Wonka.
Now that's just cool. :)

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[info]mr_sarcastic
2005-07-17 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Well, in Evil Dead, it was the woods themselves doing it to the girl... but the pin down, and the one limb at a time, and even the girl's face swinging to look at her limbs as they were being held was bang on... then when the legs spread... eep.

As for the inspiration for the character, I can definitely see that.

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