Since Kevin asked, I just checked out the new Charlie the Chocolate Factory TV spot. Hmm. Okay, first the positives: They put back the squirrels! I’m really, really happy about that. I always thought the “geese-laying-golden-eggs” was stupid. And though the boat looked weird to me at first, the shot of it from above with all the Oompa-Loompas at the oars really reminded me of the original Joseph Schindelman illlustration. The bad: As Kevin said, Johnny Depp really does seem to be trying to channel a 13-year-old boy here. I don’t think that’s a good thing. We already had Gene Wilder as the literary-quote-spouting Wonka, and now we’ve got Depp as the let’s-boogie Wonka… neither of which seem very faithful to the book. I’m withholding final judgement til I can see the whole film together.
Kevin
April 7, 2005 — 4:11 pm
Johnny Depp can’t be that weird all the way through…um, can he?
Kris
April 7, 2005 — 5:40 pm
He also doesn’t seem very British, does he? No Englishman, no matter how eccentric, would say “Ew” like he’s Summer from The O.C.
Becca
April 8, 2005 — 7:32 am
Look at the movie trailer if you can, it has the most annoying theme song! A couple of people were playing it at school last week when I was trying to do an assignment. It looks as if it might be okay, but I’l wait till it comes out.
Kevin
April 9, 2005 — 6:48 am
Six more posters here…