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re: Just saw Wonka and it was fantastic
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:07 am to Ash Williams
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:07 am to Ash Williams
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Couldn’t recommend it more for a family.
HO\ow old are your kids? My son is 4 and wants to see it, but I didn't know if that was a bit too young for it.
He loves the original btw (minus the boat/tunnel part).
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Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:20 am to Ash Williams
That's good to hear. The ratings overall are good, so I'll check it out eventually.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:21 am to Ash Williams
In your opinion: Appropriate for a 5 and 7 year old?
Posted on 12/18/23 at 9:53 am to saintsfan22
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saintsfan22
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Pelicans fan
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The cast was diverse
This gets them hard
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:15 am to Ash Williams
I enjoyed the trailer and was hoping it was good 
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:22 am to Ash Williams
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Wonka
What's the interest with this? It just doesn't seem like the kind on movie that needs 3 takes.
Fwiw I am a big fan or Gene Wilder's Wonke and even Johnny Depp offered the character an interesting angle. But why again? I just assume it's to wokify the characters.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:28 am to Ash Williams
I will say the trailer had me impressed at the visuals (it looks like they actually gave their visual effects team time to get everything right). Does that hold true for the movie?
Posted on 12/18/23 at 10:35 am to Snipe
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What's the interest with this? It just doesn't seem like the kind on movie that needs 3 takes.
Fwiw I am a big fan or Gene Wilder's Wonke and even Johnny Depp offered the character an interesting angle. But why again? I just assume it's to wokify the characters
It's not a remake. It's a prequel.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:37 am to Tarpon08
My 7 year old liked it more than anyone. He was on the edge of his seat.
There are a couple “bad guys” but they keep them funny enough to where I don’t think they’d be scary to kids.
There are a couple “bad guys” but they keep them funny enough to where I don’t think they’d be scary to kids.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:45 am to Ash Williams
I saw it and thought it was good and relatively safe. It seems fine for kids and although you can read messaging in parts there's nothing a typical parent would worry about their kids seeing.
I wasn't captivated but was entertained enough. TC was fairly good in the part and at least serviceable for the singing and dancing moments.
The writers made the somewhat bizarre choice to have young WW illiterate (because "he put all his effort into making chocolate"). That was hard to take in naturally given the need for things like recipes and reading maps for the places he went. I wouldn't say the cast was diverse since I don't recall anything other than black and white characters (no Asian, Latin, just lots of black characters). Dinklage successfully fricked some little people out of jobs but HG was fine (if not as good as he was in Paddington).
7 of 10. Worth seeing for people with kids. Should have legs in the holidays for that reason.
I wasn't captivated but was entertained enough. TC was fairly good in the part and at least serviceable for the singing and dancing moments.
The writers made the somewhat bizarre choice to have young WW illiterate (because "he put all his effort into making chocolate"). That was hard to take in naturally given the need for things like recipes and reading maps for the places he went. I wouldn't say the cast was diverse since I don't recall anything other than black and white characters (no Asian, Latin, just lots of black characters). Dinklage successfully fricked some little people out of jobs but HG was fine (if not as good as he was in Paddington).
7 of 10. Worth seeing for people with kids. Should have legs in the holidays for that reason.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:49 am to Ash Williams
Good to hear. I like Chalamet on screen, but the chances of this being watchable were pretty slim. We'll give it a try once it's streaming.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 11:49 am to molsusports
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Dinklage
Such a truly terrible self-absorbed person.
Posted on 12/18/23 at 4:28 pm to saintsfan22
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:47 am to The Boat
quote:Silly comment. Nothing is ever NEEDED.
What prequel backstory is needed?
Doesn't mean it can't happen though.
To answer your question, it shows the events leading up to Wonka obtaining the Chocolate Factory, which he already had in the Wilder movie.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 2:24 pm to Ash Williams
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Hugh Grant was rarely in it
So you’re saying he had a small role?
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:54 pm to Ash Williams
I have so little interest in this movie it can’t be qualified.
And Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an all time great in my book.
So tired of the lack of imagination for bigger budget or heavily marketed movies. Either a lack of imagination or a lack of writing talent, but either reason leads them to remakes or trying to piggy back off a more talented writer’s previous work.
I watched Whiplash again the other night and kept thinking, more of this please.
And Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is an all time great in my book.
So tired of the lack of imagination for bigger budget or heavily marketed movies. Either a lack of imagination or a lack of writing talent, but either reason leads them to remakes or trying to piggy back off a more talented writer’s previous work.
I watched Whiplash again the other night and kept thinking, more of this please.
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:59 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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So, like Rings of Power, do they fail to explain why the lack of diversity occurs later on, or nah.
My god you're a miserable person
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:13 pm to iwyLSUiwy
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My god you're a miserable person
And you're an insufferable NPC.
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:28 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
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And you're an insufferable NPC.
No fricking way you just actually used the term NPC?
You’re like a literal stereotype of a neckbeard at this point
Posted on 12/19/23 at 8:36 pm to dawgfan24348
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No fricking way you just actually used the term NPC?
100% I did, and it applies to anyone who seal claps for forced diversity no one asked for.
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You’re like a literal stereotype of a neckbeard at this point
Except I'm not. Not even a little. How can you claim something is 'literal' when you have no clue who I am, or what I look like? Again, NPC responses by virtue signaling clowns eager to suck down new content.
Seek help. The woke mind virus is wicked bad for ya.
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