Double Feature
Wednesday, July 20
Yesterday when I got off work, my girlfriend and I went home to change and prepare for a long evening of movie watching.
First we drove off to the Nebraska Furniture Mart to pick up a copy of Consantine on DVD for only $11.99. Good deal. After that we ate at Arby's. A little 5 for $5 action there. Great food. Then it was on to the Great Plains (Dirt) Mall in Olathe. At the Dickinson 16 we watched Wedding Crashers and then Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wedding Crashers was funny at times, and wasn't all that bad. Between the two of us I knew she liked it better than I did. Next was the remake of Willy Wonka. If you can call it a remake. I guess it was like they took what they felt was the best from the old 70's film and stuff they left out from the book and throw in tons of crazy Tim Burton fun, and BAM! New movie with tons of CGI. It wasn't bad... nor was it really good. At least I can say I saw it, and Depp was enjoyable as the crazy chcolateer. I didn't even once compare him to Gene Wilder. Whom still owns that character. So Depp did it justice I guess.
Out of a possible five stars....
Wedding Crashers: "* * * 1/2"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: "* * *"
First we drove off to the Nebraska Furniture Mart to pick up a copy of Consantine on DVD for only $11.99. Good deal. After that we ate at Arby's. A little 5 for $5 action there. Great food. Then it was on to the Great Plains (Dirt) Mall in Olathe. At the Dickinson 16 we watched Wedding Crashers and then Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wedding Crashers was funny at times, and wasn't all that bad. Between the two of us I knew she liked it better than I did. Next was the remake of Willy Wonka. If you can call it a remake. I guess it was like they took what they felt was the best from the old 70's film and stuff they left out from the book and throw in tons of crazy Tim Burton fun, and BAM! New movie with tons of CGI. It wasn't bad... nor was it really good. At least I can say I saw it, and Depp was enjoyable as the crazy chcolateer. I didn't even once compare him to Gene Wilder. Whom still owns that character. So Depp did it justice I guess.
Out of a possible five stars....
Wedding Crashers: "* * * 1/2"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: "* * *"
