Charlie + The Chocolate Factory

I just found out that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is released today in America, but doesn't come out in Australia till september the 1st.

I am very disappointed. It's reasons like this that get people to download the movies instead of going and seeing them at the cinema.

Anyone seen it yet? Or when you do... Post your reviews here. May not be any of your cups of tea, but I loved the book when I was younger, and Johnny Depp is one of my most respected actors.

I'm very much looking forward to this! The old version is a classic IMO, though I hear Roald Dahl was pretty dissapointed with it. I'm hoping Burtons take on it will be a little darker and much more in line with the way Dahl wanted. (He's called the film by the correct title for a start)

I think it opens in Thailand very soon so I'll keep ya posted

Yeah, I hear this one is much much much more orientated towards the book than the last one. I hope for our sakes that it is.

I'm hopefully going to see it today

i'll be going to see it tomorrow i think

Well I saw it! And I must warn you that it was WONDERFUL!

A perfect "fairy-tale" movie....VERY much in the same spirit as "James in the Giant Peach" (another work by Dahl). I found the quirkiness of the characters and setting to be a perfect match with the storyline, and Johnny Depp was TERRIFIC! Such a creepy, but loveable character. The music score was another great one from Elfman, and the movie kept me laughing all the way through...totally funny

***SPOILDERS AHEAD:

-I thought the oompa loompas were great (and enjoyed the "back story" regarding their history). I also liked that not every song they sang was simply different lyrics to the same music (as in the old movie)...each song was different, covering a different genre of music. One thing I also respected about their song-and-dance skits is that Burton DIDN'T sell-out to pop-culture references (ie...he didn't have them breakdancing, or singing to popular music etc etc). Some of their voices were just a little too obviously just regular voices with pitch-modifications, but I didn't let that ruin anything

-The effects were great! From the squirrels, to the waterfall, to the blue-berry girl, everything really fit the style of the movie (even if a lot of it did look obviously CG)

-I loved the father-dentist backstory, and thought it was a great way to tie up the movie. And I like that the father wasn't made out to be an evil antagonist that Johnny was running from or something (ie...he wasn't a "bad guy")...he was simply an old man that wanted his son's teeth clean

-Every actor was perfect for their role, I thought. There was not a single person that I would have switched. I especially like the actors that played Charlie, and his grandpa (and of course we all love Johnny Depp haha)

Well...I'd better stop as I've already written tons! Haha...it's funny though...I had such a great time throughout this entire movie, that I'd say I even enjoyed it more than Star Wars III and War of the Worlds! It was just so fun, and I didn't have a single complaint about it (as opposed to those other 2 movies, that I thought could be improved a lot).

Btw...I thought the puppet scene (after they begin their tour), with all the puppets on fire and stuff was priceless...and the "puppet hospital and burn-victim center" shown later in the movie, made it all that much more funny!

Stop teasing T!

I so badly want to see this film! It looks so fricken awesome i can barely contain the awesome (leave me alone....im drinking)

Anyways i can't wait and im sure it's going to rock.

Cheers,

~Todd.

eeek havn't seen it yet, but i was lucky enough to sneak onto the outside set when they were filming, saw some melted puppets (very scary stuff at the time)

and i have been watching the dailies of the effects at work, one of the best clips i have seen was from the squirrel room, and i think its quite amzing that they DIDN'T end up using cg for them http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4702653.stm 40 trained squirrels, amazing