Saturday, August 06, 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I haven't read the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, believe it or not. However, I watched the first movie made based on that book. The movie was called Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. So far, I've been mentioning this and noone raise their hands and say "I have also watched that" Someone, out there, please. Anyways, I think I watched that movie in RCTI. I forget how old I was at that time, maybe 9. I remembered thinking that the movie is so old. Being the fussy me at that time, I really didn't like old movie, but I decided to give it a try and it pretty much left a mark in my life. I could remember the name Willy Wonka, even after all these years, without having read the book, without having watched the movie again. I also suspect my infatuation with chocolate is pretty much influenced by this movie. I guess the chocolate river just had a huge impact to the young me. It was so cool!!! So, I was really looking forward for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I wrote in here that the trailer made me nervous but the movie proved to be an excellent one. If there's re-make of an old movie years after the first one, then certain things like special effect should really show progress and it did. The special effect was pretty cool, it gave this new movie a modern feel. I just want to say that Jhonny Depp is so talented. The way he could make different face expression is amazing. Quite funny that this new movie is called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because I think Willy Wonka's character was being explored more. It was about him, what happened to him and pretty much how he got to be they way he was. Charlie's character didn't really stand out but still I love Freddie Highmore, such a sweet boy. Some things were different from the first movie, the ending especially. I may remember wrongly but in the old movie, I think they didn't dwell on Willy Wonka's childhood. I think the ending stopped when Willy gave Charlie the factory. Then, I remember one of the children floating, maybe it was Violet and then I think Charlie's grandpa did something wrong, ate something he shouldn't have eaten. I don't know, I may remember wrongly. Anyways, this new movie is cool, so cool. I love it. The songs were quite good. It was actually a good touch that they made the poems to songs. Vivy said that sometime there's a bit of freakiness in the movie but I guess that's just really Tim Burton's style. Now, I kinda really want to watch Big Fish. Anyway, I just hope somewhere out there, there's a little boy or little girl who was so influenced by this movie that they would remember it for a long time, just like me I would really be so happy if I could watch the original movie again.

On other news, I think I'm going to get sick again argh...why?!? Then my bro kinda pissed me off this afternoon, asking me how come mom didn't answer his sms. He didn't know that mom is not at home. I don't think mom would have forgotten to tell him that she's going away. Then the reason why he's looking for mom, is because he's running out of money!!! Imagine that. Stupid jerk.

:) eKa @ 10:53:00 PM •