When I read an article in The New York Times on Thursday I was skeptical as to whether people actually needed to see speech pathologists to have their voices changed. Surely, nobody's voice could be that bad. Of course, I made this assumption before I had stood in a line to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in IMAX.

One of the first things I notice about a person when I see them for the first time is the quality of their voice. It tells me a lot about the person. So, as I was standing in the queue, which would ultimately lead me into a room with eighty foot tall images of Johnny Depp's ghostly white face, I learned a lot about the other people in line, just by listening to the way they spoke.

Some of the voices I heard were so unpleasant I turned up my music so I did not have to listen to them. Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) also had a very odd voice indeed, though I suppose this was intentional. At any rate, I can now understand why some people would want their voices replaced. No offense to those people, but their voices are just unpleasant.

Also of note, watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on a huge screen is somewhat scary. You can see every little pore on every actor's face.