from chocolates to corpses
Two movies over a weekend and both of them serving up extremely constrasting stories. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory and Land of The Dead are both entertaining films for me and Hubs, but a word of advice for the gruesome-intolerables: Do not watch "Land of the Dead" if you are not into screams, blood (coagulated, no less), ripping flesh, big guns, rotting mutilated bodies, cannibalism and horror.
Sitting in front of the big screen watching an print-to-screen of my favourite childhood book was like a dream finally come true after 14 long years. I remember reading the book snuggled up in bed and having all the chapters of the book translated vividly into moving images by the sheer power of my own imagination. And now, for it to be shown as a movie starring fantastic Johnny Depp, is like being as child all over again.
Kudos to Johnny Depp as the kooky chocolatier Willy Wonka. His ability to sink into such off-the-norm and slightly intimidating roles, like Captain Jack Sparrow of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl", have been recognised by critics and fans worldwide.
On the other side of the twisted world, we have people (alive) killing people (walking dead). Still entertaining, but in a less colourful way. The story is simple: Zombies take over the world. Humans try to remove them. Zombies gain intelligence (to the point of being able to use machine guns). They eventually override the only "safe" zone in the States and kill the one mercenary man who is using the situation to earn big bucks. Zombies move on. Humans move on. Expect alot of blood, decapitation of humans and zombies alike, and gunfire.But I enjoyed it. =)
Sitting in front of the big screen watching an print-to-screen of my favourite childhood book was like a dream finally come true after 14 long years. I remember reading the book snuggled up in bed and having all the chapters of the book translated vividly into moving images by the sheer power of my own imagination. And now, for it to be shown as a movie starring fantastic Johnny Depp, is like being as child all over again.
Kudos to Johnny Depp as the kooky chocolatier Willy Wonka. His ability to sink into such off-the-norm and slightly intimidating roles, like Captain Jack Sparrow of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl", have been recognised by critics and fans worldwide.
On the other side of the twisted world, we have people (alive) killing people (walking dead). Still entertaining, but in a less colourful way. The story is simple: Zombies take over the world. Humans try to remove them. Zombies gain intelligence (to the point of being able to use machine guns). They eventually override the only "safe" zone in the States and kill the one mercenary man who is using the situation to earn big bucks. Zombies move on. Humans move on. Expect alot of blood, decapitation of humans and zombies alike, and gunfire.But I enjoyed it. =)
Shelly breathed again at 3:23 AM
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