Comments on: Sam Mendes To Direct ‘Charlie & The Chocolate Factory’ Stage Musical, Opens In London June 2013 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sam-mendes-to-direct-charlie-the-chocolate-factory-stage-musical-opens-in-london-june-2013-20120619/ Sun, 22 May 2016 03:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Jeff https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sam-mendes-to-direct-charlie-the-chocolate-factory-stage-musical-opens-in-london-june-2013-20120619/#comment-117269 Sun, 22 May 2016 03:56:11 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sam-mendes-to-direct-charlie-the-chocolate-factory-stage-musical-opens-in-london-june-2013-251694/#comment-117269 "Wes Anderson’s (in this writer’s opinion) abominable attempt to turn one of the author’s finest children's books into a quirky animated heist for adults – “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” "

What an utterly bizarre thing to include in a news article. Yes, you are certainly entitled to your opinion, but when it is wildly different than the critical consensus, does it really belong in what is otherwise a factual piece about a completely different project. Your parenthetical statement of the obvious doesn't really make it any more palatable.

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