Calling me pretentious? Oh, aren't you original! Now let us pretend for a minute that you're not hurling uninformed vitriol at me to compensate for your own inadequacy and failure, and give it to me straight, friend: how can I just be an unassuming regular Joe?
I could watch the boob tube, yeah?
Michel Gondry has a knack for taking the banal and making it extraordinary. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the maxim "those who forget their past are destined to repeat it" provided a launching pad for an enigmatic journey to the heart of what it means to be human.
While riding a glass elevator through a flurry of fireworks, a cocky Mike Teavee asks Willy Wonka, "Why is everything in this factory pointless?" A pointed question, one Gene Wilder fans might be itching to ask after sitting through Tim Burton's adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Why revisit what is considered by many the perfect family film?