Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[ewx]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was fun. It probably won't surprise anyone that Johnny Depp was well cast, but I thought Adam Godley did a good job as an uncomprehending and despairing Mr Teavee. His son, updated for the video game era, was amusingly cynical, too. And I liked the Ooma Loompas - the obvious risk they avoided was of being a leftover special effect from Lord Of The Rings.

The IPR politics we saw in it seem unlikely to be strictly a matter of authorial intent l-)

Comments

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

"Rated PG for quirky situations, action and mild language."

[knell.livejournal.com]

"Quirky" requires a PG?

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

Quirk is dangerous stuff, can't have children exposed to quirk, it might give them individuality and imagination.

[kjaneway.livejournal.com]

It's really, really good.

I was very impressed.