sensory overload

Just now i went to watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with some of the cell-u-lights people at GV grand (incidentally this is only the third movie i've watched at a cinema this year, after Kinsey and Madagascar - have been both too lazy and too cost-concious to watch any more movies than that - but this is better than 2001, when i watched my first movie of the year in August - Jurassic Park 3 - don't ask me why, i also dunno why i watched that...)

Anyway, it was the first movie experience i went to that appealed to all five senses. Apart from the usual sight and sound, there also was smell (they scented the whole cinema with an artificial chocolate scent - gv calls it 'scentertainment' *slaps face*), taste (we smuggled in chocolate to eat during the movie) and touch (holding the chocolate ma...) All in all it was a very interesting experience. Even though i never read the book when i was young (i realise that i didn't read a lot of fiction when i was in primary school, apart from those ridiculous bookworm books...), i enjoyed the movie thoroughly.

(However, this multi-sensory experience still pales in comparison to the kind of stuff you get in places like Disney and Universal Studios parks. The Shrek 3D show at the latter featured water squirting on you when donkey sneezed at the screen, while the bug's life 3D show at Disney's Animal Kingdom featured thorny things poking into you when they released 'bugs' on the audience, as well as a real stench when a stink bug on the screen did it's thang...)

One thing that i (and some of the others) noticed was the very strong resemblance between the oompa loompas and a certain prominent local figure, who has even in the news a whole lot recently... If you watched the movie i am sure you would know who i'm referring to. *LOL*

Looking at how Johnny Depp turned out looking in the actual movie, with the greenish foundation and all, i can understand why Marilyn Manson, of all people, was considered for the part of Willy Wonka too... If it was him then i think that the make up artists would have a much easier job too...