ceebeegee | (no subject)

Mwah-ha-ha!! *rubbing hands together gleefully* Just got the DVDs and the video I ordered on Monday from Amazon. Heathers, White Christmas, and that completely outdated treasure, Holiday Inn. I can't wait until after Thanksgiving to watch these.

Heathers has all sorts of yummy extras, like a documentary and the original ending (and of course, commentary tracks). Great, great movie, that could not be made nowadays because of the potent imagery and plot elements (guy in black trenchcoat gets taunted by the football players and in response shoots gun in the cafeteria, ends up killing said football players, tries to blow up the school, etc.).

I've been watching the DVD of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory and in the documentary, they talk about how on-the-cheap and sort of amateurish the whole production was, and how that spirit infuses the movie (in a good way). I'm not sure I ever picked up on this, but I've always been unimpressed with the Chocolate River in the movie--it doesn't look like liquid chocolate at all. It looks exactly like brown water, which is what it was. Thin brown water. They should've added something to increase the viscosity. Certainly the production values aren't what they'd be nowadays (although I would not want WW to look too slick), but the script is perfect. I mean, they got Roald Dahl to do the script--they must've had money somewhere. ("I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolates...")

Oh, and the grownup Augustus Gloop looks exactly like you'd expect him to. He was dressed in traditional Bavarian costume (from the waist up anyway--I couldn't tell if he was wearing lederhosen) and has these big scary teeth. "Augustus, how do you feel about winning the first golden ticket?" "Hungry!" (with flipped Germanic R)