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Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buddleia the other day. Really good and gave me the warm fuzzies. Surprisingly, I think Johnny Depp was the least good thing in it. Not that he was bad as Wonka, just that his performance was a little weird. In the wrong way. Slightly misplaced. But the Oompa Loompas were fantastic, and had great songs, and the set was dazzling. Said to be closer to the book than the previous film but, oddly, different from both. Particularly the Wonka flashbacks... and the entire end of the film was all about Wonka rather than Charlie, which is wrong! Still prefer the original, but purely for Gene Wilder's performance as Wonka. To Depp's credit, he didn't try to copy Wilder's performance but attempted something new. It just didn't quite work for me. And I can see where the Michael Jackson comparisons come from, but that doesn't quite ring true for me. That was something disconcerting about Depp's performance. I just can't put my finger on it. I need to watch it again, methinks.
Batman Begins I saw last night (finally) and I thought it was great. Really dark (er, maybe a little too much in places, to the extent that I had trouble following what was on screen) with some great performances. Probably the closest film to the (80s and on) comic books.
Quibbles-
The Batsuit didn't look right. Neither did Bale when he was wearing it. I think I miss the bat-logo on his chest!
Too many people knew Wayne was Batman by the end of the film. I hate that. It's called a *secret* identity.
The fight scenes were filmed very badly. Yes, they're meant to be frenetic and fast, but we do need to know what's going on!
The usual quibble about origin movies, ie I spent too much time yelling "Get to the good stuff!" at the screen.
Squees-
Christian Bale. Liam Neeson. Michael Caine. Gary Oldman. What a superb cast, and some spot-on casting.
Overall? Great, I loved it. Big kudos for rescuing the franchise. I still secretly prefer the first Burton film, though I think this one was vastly superior. That may well have much to do with the fact that I was 11 when the Burton film came out, and it blew me away.
Crash- forget the hype, this is hardly "the best drama you'll see all year". But it is a good, thoughtful little film on racism in LA. I enjoyed it, thought the cast was a little too big. That's about it really. I wish I'd known before watching it what it was about. Between the title and the trailers, I was expecting something halfway between the other Crash and 21 Grams. It's probably closer to the latter. Good solid drama, but it left me feeling empty despite some good acting.
And I'm glad that Lost has finally hit UK tv screens so my friends can see what I've been raving about. It's *such* a good show, with amazing characters and some of the best drama writing on tv right now.
Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with
buddleia the other day. Really good and gave me the warm fuzzies. Surprisingly, I think Johnny Depp was the least good thing in it. Not that he was bad as Wonka, just that his performance was a little weird. In the wrong way. Slightly misplaced. But the Oompa Loompas were fantastic, and had great songs, and the set was dazzling. Said to be closer to the book than the previous film but, oddly, different from both. Particularly the Wonka flashbacks... and the entire end of the film was all about Wonka rather than Charlie, which is wrong! Still prefer the original, but purely for Gene Wilder's performance as Wonka. To Depp's credit, he didn't try to copy Wilder's performance but attempted something new. It just didn't quite work for me. And I can see where the Michael Jackson comparisons come from, but that doesn't quite ring true for me. That was something disconcerting about Depp's performance. I just can't put my finger on it. I need to watch it again, methinks.Batman Begins I saw last night (finally) and I thought it was great. Really dark (er, maybe a little too much in places, to the extent that I had trouble following what was on screen) with some great performances. Probably the closest film to the (80s and on) comic books.
Quibbles-
The Batsuit didn't look right. Neither did Bale when he was wearing it. I think I miss the bat-logo on his chest!
Too many people knew Wayne was Batman by the end of the film. I hate that. It's called a *secret* identity.
The fight scenes were filmed very badly. Yes, they're meant to be frenetic and fast, but we do need to know what's going on!
The usual quibble about origin movies, ie I spent too much time yelling "Get to the good stuff!" at the screen.
Squees-
Christian Bale. Liam Neeson. Michael Caine. Gary Oldman. What a superb cast, and some spot-on casting.
Overall? Great, I loved it. Big kudos for rescuing the franchise. I still secretly prefer the first Burton film, though I think this one was vastly superior. That may well have much to do with the fact that I was 11 when the Burton film came out, and it blew me away.
Crash- forget the hype, this is hardly "the best drama you'll see all year". But it is a good, thoughtful little film on racism in LA. I enjoyed it, thought the cast was a little too big. That's about it really. I wish I'd known before watching it what it was about. Between the title and the trailers, I was expecting something halfway between the other Crash and 21 Grams. It's probably closer to the latter. Good solid drama, but it left me feeling empty despite some good acting.
And I'm glad that Lost has finally hit UK tv screens so my friends can see what I've been raving about. It's *such* a good show, with amazing characters and some of the best drama writing on tv right now.
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Date: 2005-08-12 04:02 pm (UTC)He looked a bit uncomfortable in it. Particularly like he was holding his head and neck in an uncomfortable position to accomodate it, or perhaps to give him that Batman voice.
Too many people knew Wayne was Batman by the end of the film. I hate that. It's called a *secret* identity.
hmmm yes and know. There was the chick, Morgan Freeman (who could easily guess but I like the fact that he's got that 'wink and a smile' you can trust me kinda thing going on - plus it's how he gets his toys tested. And Alfred. As long as Raz didn't make it out of the train, then no one else would know I think?
The fight scenes were filmed very badly. Yes, they're meant to be frenetic and fast, but we do need to know what's going on!
Yeah
The usual quibble about origin movies, ie I spent too much time yelling "Get to the good stuff!" at the screen.
Heehee good stuff for me was anything involve Liam Neeson. Goodness he was yummy.
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Date: 2005-08-12 05:27 pm (UTC)The only Batman movie I have ever actually enjoyed this one. I was quite taken with it.