Nostalgia is a powerful drug, I’m well aware, but I just wanted to see if this childhood favourite would hold up under my increased exposure to different styles and types of film and how to perceive them in a general manner.
Of course it does hold up immensely. It would’ve been something very special for the opposite to occur.
Yes, this doesn’t stick close to Dahl’s source material but we as viewers gain something I find a little bit more…