I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tonight.
Late show.
Alone.
Theater almost empty.
Just how I like it.
It's still sinking in, and I'm fairly certain I liked it. I'd attempt to review it haiku as an homage to Twwly, but my impressions haven't solidified enough yet to even attempt a succinct, eastern, poetic summary. Instead, I think it would be best to simply record the synaptic bursts as they happen. It'll be like an ethnographic study of my head going to the movies. Of course, as with any ethnographic study of my head's inner workings, I reserve the right to disagree with my findings at any time.
Roger Ebert I am not. I'd never wear a sweater vest under a sport coat (very sexy for a woman in men's clothing, and marginally tolerable for Wes Anderson, but ill advised for short, opnionated, portly men), and I certainly wouldn't do it for 20 years.
Preview: Could I be any more excited about Corpse Bride? Probably, but I'm sure I'll se it just the same. There's always room for more macabre animation. Always.
On with the show.
Is Tim Burton trapped by his own idiosynchratic, stylized approach?
Perhaps, but he seems to have a knack for applying it to the right projects.
Does he have his group of motley misfits on speed dial? Has he ever done a movie without Christopher Lee? Why in god's name would he want to?
How in the hell did the children and their *awkward pause* parents fail to recognize the sadism south of the top hat? In either event, shouldn't the state (or perhaps CK) have relieved them of their children? The little bastards weren't even house-broken. Somebody had to step in. Chocolate was the perfect bait.
Don't you wish that there was more chocolate vigilantism in the world?
Why did B.A. Baracus just flash through my mind?
Whipped cream.
Genius.
Semi-Victorian dentistry?
Yeah, I kinda liked that, but they really should have waited until he was older. Then a leading man could have worn it. I swear I didn't just lick my lips. Swear. On a stack of Satanic Bibles. Swear!!! Roald Dahl: Secretly bringing the kink to the kids. Well played, sir. Well played, indeed.
Healthy, too.
Maybe.
Probably not.
Almost definitely not.
Maybe.
Who else loves Stanley Kubrick references? Are they ever out of place? Am I really qualified to ask that? I've tried to make it through 2001 about 4 times to no avail. I may try watching it without sound.
If Violet Beauregard's mother was crossed with Delta Burke, she'd be my aunt. Yes, she lives in Atlanta. Yes, we all got track suits for Christmas one year. No. Nobody ever wore them.
Why were the Oompa Loompas wearing Wicked Weasel PVC body suits? I didn't think such a thing existed. If it does/did, I'm sure it would be small enough to fit an Oompa Loompa.
Veruca Salt got the best song. No question. Mercifully, it wasn't The Seether.
Will I wake up tomorrow and disagree with any or all of the above?
I very well might.
Will I wake up tomorrow satisfied that it was every bit as sinister as it should have been?
I very well might.
Is this what passes for a journal?
Apparently.
Told ya' I'd never make it as a haikuista.
Late show.
Alone.
Theater almost empty.
Just how I like it.
It's still sinking in, and I'm fairly certain I liked it. I'd attempt to review it haiku as an homage to Twwly, but my impressions haven't solidified enough yet to even attempt a succinct, eastern, poetic summary. Instead, I think it would be best to simply record the synaptic bursts as they happen. It'll be like an ethnographic study of my head going to the movies. Of course, as with any ethnographic study of my head's inner workings, I reserve the right to disagree with my findings at any time.
Roger Ebert I am not. I'd never wear a sweater vest under a sport coat (very sexy for a woman in men's clothing, and marginally tolerable for Wes Anderson, but ill advised for short, opnionated, portly men), and I certainly wouldn't do it for 20 years.
Preview: Could I be any more excited about Corpse Bride? Probably, but I'm sure I'll se it just the same. There's always room for more macabre animation. Always.
On with the show.
Is Tim Burton trapped by his own idiosynchratic, stylized approach?
Perhaps, but he seems to have a knack for applying it to the right projects.
Does he have his group of motley misfits on speed dial? Has he ever done a movie without Christopher Lee? Why in god's name would he want to?
How in the hell did the children and their *awkward pause* parents fail to recognize the sadism south of the top hat? In either event, shouldn't the state (or perhaps CK) have relieved them of their children? The little bastards weren't even house-broken. Somebody had to step in. Chocolate was the perfect bait.
Don't you wish that there was more chocolate vigilantism in the world?
Why did B.A. Baracus just flash through my mind?
Whipped cream.
Genius.
Semi-Victorian dentistry?
Yeah, I kinda liked that, but they really should have waited until he was older. Then a leading man could have worn it. I swear I didn't just lick my lips. Swear. On a stack of Satanic Bibles. Swear!!! Roald Dahl: Secretly bringing the kink to the kids. Well played, sir. Well played, indeed.
Healthy, too.
Maybe.
Probably not.
Almost definitely not.
Maybe.
Who else loves Stanley Kubrick references? Are they ever out of place? Am I really qualified to ask that? I've tried to make it through 2001 about 4 times to no avail. I may try watching it without sound.
If Violet Beauregard's mother was crossed with Delta Burke, she'd be my aunt. Yes, she lives in Atlanta. Yes, we all got track suits for Christmas one year. No. Nobody ever wore them.
Why were the Oompa Loompas wearing Wicked Weasel PVC body suits? I didn't think such a thing existed. If it does/did, I'm sure it would be small enough to fit an Oompa Loompa.
Veruca Salt got the best song. No question. Mercifully, it wasn't The Seether.
Will I wake up tomorrow and disagree with any or all of the above?
I very well might.
Will I wake up tomorrow satisfied that it was every bit as sinister as it should have been?
I very well might.
Is this what passes for a journal?
Apparently.
Told ya' I'd never make it as a haikuista.
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Color is important, but, not all important.
Yeah, i have already seen what you look like. Ok, i will stop asking. I wouldn't give you one either right now. Send me a regular one.
You didn't answer my big question.
Yahoo.com............messenger. Sign up? I have a yahoo email account, not sure how else it is done. I am sure the page will say.
I will wait until you get that to beg to know the big answer.