Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Last night I went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I was really impressed. I’d expected it to be pretty good anyway, because all the reviews and trailers had suggested as much, but it still managed to exceed my expectations. I’ll discuss it heading by heading, with the most important matter first:

( Christopher Lee )

( Johnny Depp )

( Other actors )

( The Oompa-Loompas )

( Dialogue, setting, action )

( Music )

( Relationship to the book )

( Overall rating )

After the film, damien_mocata and I raided Woolies for our beloved Fox’s Liquorice and Aniseed sweets, and of course also gorged ourselves on Wonka bars. I can report that their Triple Dazzle Caramel is really delicious – smooth, firm caramel in a sweet white chocolate coating – but that their Nutty Crunch Surprise is a bit cloying after more than a couple of blocks.

Then it was back to captainlucy, h0pal0ng and blondiebear17’s place to play a bafflingly complex game of Munchkin involving three different sets of cards joined together and playing up to a whopping 22 levels. The game ended up lasting for the best part of three hours, and at about 2:40am, we basically wound up allowing kuro_ryoushi to win so that we could all crawl off to our beds... Whereupon I slept until 3:30 this afternoon. Hooray!

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Review part about to be cross-posted to christopherlee_