Plaidophile

I finally saw the 2005 version tonight. It's cool how close to the book they stuck while managing to update the characters and music for today. It's a little disappointing how the CG was already dated-looking even for 2005 though. Also, the "dark brooding past" that they grafted onto the Wonka character was a bit weird and felt out-of-place, though I guess they needed that last 15 minutes. I'm also surprised at how well Johnny Depp pulled off the "zany weird manchild" thing without actually becoming annoying.

And apparently, the squirrel scene used real trained squirrels!