whimsical willy wonka

just watched charlie & the choc factory & it was fab! loved the original roald dahl book & was kinda iffy abt a movie version of it but im glad i was proved wrong. tim burton, johnny depp & rest of cast brought out the story incredibly well. childlike & whimsically cute... brought back memories of when i first read it - felt like a kid all over again! :) weblink here its a really cool story actually... never realised how deep the characterizations went. [then again, i was a kid when i read it & not a very astute one at that :P] like each child, parent represented an ugly side of human nature - competitiveness, self-centredness, greed, anger, stubbornness, etc. all juxtaposed against charlie & his family who typify kindness, love, perseverance, gentleness & other prized values. the story also exalts family ties & contentment very strongly. its so shoulder-scrunchingly heartwarming :):) thought the beginning of the story was esp poignant &... reminded me abit of the er-hem, predestination tale. check this out [heh, once again reproduced shoddily from memory]: there was nothing special about Charlie. he was neither taller nor shorter, nor smarter nor braver nor better than any other boy. yet Charlie Bucket was the luckiest boy in the world. he just didn’t know it yet… its like God looking at me & thinking: there is nothing at all special about pearlyn. she’s neither lovelier nor brighter nor kinder nor sweeter than any other person. yet she is one of the luckiest girls in the world. and the best part is He isn’t done with her yet - her story is just, still unraveling… aww, thinking that just puts a smile on my face :) if you know Jesus, it should put one on yours too. okok, i know you must be thinking - why this girl must tie everything back to bible/God wan. no lar, just a thought that struck me what & i was quite touched relating to charlie's story that way :)