"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is AWESOME!!!

I went with my sister and my niece to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for my birthday this morning. As some of you know, I've been DYING for this movie to come out, and it was AWESOME!!!

Some people have said that this movie was going to be "darker" than "Willy Wonka" with Gene Wilder, but it wasn't really. There are a few darker moments, but on the whole it's HILARIOUS!!! If you loved Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, you'll love him as Willy Wonka. He's quirky, and a bit goofy at times, but it's intentional and very funny!

They've updated some of the kids and parents a bit (Mike TV is a video game addict, and Violet Beauregard and her mother are HILARIOUS as a children's "competition" mother and daughter team), but not so much that it detracts from the film. The Oompa-Loompas are funny as hell, and their musical numbers are really cool!

The only scene that might be a bit scary for younger kids is when Veruca Salt gets taken away by the squirrels. It's not gory or anything, but we had my niece cover her eyes so she wouldn't have nightmares about squirrels carrying her away.

The music is by Danny Elfman, and I'm definitely going to buy the soundtrack for this one. The visual effects are fantastic and I just loved the whole movie so much, I'm probably going to go and see it again, which is something I haven't done in a very long time!

Chairs from Hell

The picture really doesn't do the horror of these justice. What's not clearly visible is the color. Imagine if you will, olive green chairs with crushed goldenrod velvet cushions. They're from another dimension. A dimension of console TVs and bad upholstery. There's the signpost up ahead. You've just crossed into "The Retro Zone".

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LOOK! It's Icantciu, the ancient god of eyeless people!  

At some point in time, someone actually bought this for their home. It boggles the mind.

More Second-hand Horrors

He loves his Grandpa, but his Grandpa obviously doesn't love him. Grandpa donated him to St. Vincent de Paul, where he will sit forever, waiting for some pedophile with a cowboy fetish to buy him.

Bad Grandpa.