| Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
They had some "Scentertainmenment" thing going on, so throughout the movie we could smell chocolate. I think at specific points they may have increased the 'dosage', because I'd get used to the smell but be conscious of it again at those times. I just hope it's safe and not some wacked-up chemicals! Ewk.
I actually saw this 2 weeks ago, but I just wanted to talk about the choc smell thingy. Very novel experience I must say. Johny Depp looked quite freaky though. Felt the movie somewhat disturbing, the way Dahl wrote it. Strangely, when I read the book when I was younger, I didn't find it dark or disturbing at all! I found it fantastical and fun. I guess that's the mind of a child. Anyways, I love Dahl and I love Depp - perfect combination! Despite the ickiness of the character. Haha. Thought he was very handsome in Finding Neverland, though. He doesn't exactly involve 'crush-like' feelings in me, even though I listed him in the survey question "3 Male Celeb Crushes'. But I do find him appealingly handsome and marginally sexy, he's a good actor and he's different from the usual run-of-the-mill pin-up boys. Plus he's got kids now and he loves them! Don't think he's married to the mother though, even though they live together. Anyhow, I hope they don't break up. I'm always disillusioned with male celebs when they break up with their wives - Jude Law, Ethan Hawke. I used to really like them. Only Ryan Phillipe's still married to his wife! The state of Hollywood affairs is pathetic. It's an irony to base fantasies on Hollywood movies played by actors and actresses whose personal lives are a total mess.
At this point I remember a useful piece of info from Dateable: If he will do it for you, he will do it to you.
For eg.,
If he will cheat on his gf for you, he will cheat on you too.
If your friend is willing to lie for you, she will lie to you.
If she gossips about other people to you, she will gossip about you to other people.
Etc etc ,and vice versa - it works the positive way too!
I think it really makes a lot of sense. Just look at Jude Law - cheating on his wife with Sienna, then cheating on her with the nanny, when they were already engaged.
What I really like about this book is that they don't just talk about BGR alone but place it in the whole context of life. Life is about so many other things other than the pursuit of the perfect romance. We don't have to die without the other person. We get bombarded by all these TV shows and movies and books that make us think premarital sex is ok, it's ok to have sex with friends, one-night stands are not so bad, love must be passionate and so on. These characters we watch and read about invest their all, physically and emotionally, when they hardly even know the other party. Actually, it's not that it's not OK. Who's to say what we can and cannot do? Many things are permissible but may not be profitable. You'll just have to suffer the consequences of your actions, lor. |
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