I hate to start all my posts with a big "wow", but I went to see the aforementioned in the cinema today, and I really need to say Wow! I was feeling a little trepidious about seeing it because frankly, it looked like it was going to be weird, but who can resist Tim Burton and Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter (with incredibly bad teeth!) and the gorgeous sweet little boy from Finding Neverland, Freddie Highmore? Danny Elfman's music. Danny Elfman is... grand.
I will admit to not having read the story for many years, so I can't say how much the film stuck to the book, but it felt like it did. I found myself wondering if there might be a Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator in the Burton-Depp future. And I loved the Oompa Loompa(s). Oh! and the opening sequence was fabulous.
Go. See it in the theatre. There's something for everyone.
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I'm jealous - I do want to see it. Paul & I are huge fans of the Depp-Burton combo... :)
Maybe I can figure out a time to sneak out this week to see it. :)
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