One Word: Senile

I finally broke down and watched the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie. It was directed by Tim Burton and that combined with the trailers just made me think it was creepy. Maybe so, but in a far more senile way than scary. They must have thought long and hard about how to portray a recluse with odd tendencies and a very out of touch personality. Of course – they modelled him after Michael Jackson! Right down to the pale white face and total inability to deal well with children. Quite to my surprise, it's just as much a work of art as the original that starred Gene Wilder. However, this one has Oompa Loompa's with a bit more musical talent. I admit it, that old movie had the most repetitive songs in it.

Compared to Disney, where every old movie remake stars Lindsay Lohan, this was a good one. Instead of telling its own story, it presumably goes back to the book (what - I haven't read it). They weren't afraid to use the same story as the old one. They weren't afraid even to repeat lines that were in the original movie. I like that in a remake. It's a remake, not a spin-off or derivative. It should be similar. That pretty much shot my evening. I'm off to bed.