My boys and I have been a bit under the weather this week... It made for a long week but, happily, the weekend is only a few ticks of the first hand away.
Gabe and I, feeling crummy, wrapped up in cozy heaps on the couch, indulged a bit in the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton liaison via Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Unlike many we know, we are huge fans of these eccentric renditions. ;) I still feel the sanctity for the originals like those of you who find it hard to appreciate the new. I do, however, find a huge appreciation for the colorful worlds tinged with darkness that Burton so successfully created. Worlds that are so fantastic yet they seem to so closely parallel life. This beautiful, strange, sometimes daunting world can take on such dreamlike qualities that I tend to value Burton's depiction of these stories that bring forth the same characteristics with such unrealistic authenticity. Plus, I find Johnny Depp’s characters so wonderfully endearing. He seems to play the unconventional so effortlessly and, I don’t know about you, but I find that incredibly cool, almost inspirational…
As you’ll find with most things regarding anything me, if my son likes it too, it will make me love it all the more… And, I can’t lie; it definitely makes the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration more than just some silly thing to me, as silly as it may seem…
(+ watching Tim Burton/Johnny Depp with Gabe as one of my Favorite Things)
~~ May the weekend bring you much rest and laughter. ~~
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