I think it's pretty safe to assume that the secret to Wonka's legendarily successful business is that all his products are probably made with a dash or two of the Spice Melange.

Since this is a prequel, it makes sense this younger, more -optimistic Willy Wonka has yet to turn into the grumpy, awkward shut-in played by Wilder and Depp. I guess Chalamet took on this role to get all the silly and goofy out before havingvto get all serious again as Paul Atreides in Dune II.

Thanks for your honest thoughts, Sean. I enjoyed this movie, and Timothee was charismatic enough, but I agree that he tended to get overshadowed by the supporting players most of the time.

I cherish the 1971 film but I’ve always been open to different takes on the base story, and I think that this movie doesn’t tie itself too closely to that version but does its own thing with a few elements ends up being to its benefit, as it’s not trying to recreate somebody else’s wheel.

A strange little orange man? No thanks we have one of those

Yaaay!! You shaved the mustache!! Also, glad to see the hellfire club shirt make a comeback!!😍🥰

Saw the movie with my family last week. It was pretty good, it lacked the dark tone of the original, but I thought it captured the essence of the original quite well and the new songs were decent. Also, glad you got rid of the mustache.

Oompa loompa doop ba dee da It's time to make a vlog of Wonka~

I didn’t bother with this one for theaters. I’ll catch it on streaming. Edit: It’s not as bad as I thought it would be. But I don’t think there needs to be any more than one.

Unlike the Tim Burton movie enjoyed this one. Very light hearted and fun. Not a great movie like the Gene Wilder movie but a good movie to take the kids to. *Think they set themselves up for a sequel to explain how Willy Wonka becomes cynical.

been watching your backlog all morning, then this pops up, it truly is christmas. Thanks for all the years of work man

Timothy’s Wonka is much closer to the book version than Gene Wilder’s was.

Soooo, did anyone else watch the new Cinematic Excrement? 'Cause I did and as soon as I finished it, it was privated. 🤦‍♀️

I haven't seen the movie yet. But I get why you don't see the connection to Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka and this one. It's 2 completely different stages in life. This is when he started. Young hopeful full of life ready to start his business! Full of life ready to conquer the world of chocolate! Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka on the other hand had run it for many years. He eventually got tired beat down with life and work. Then one day he went crazy no longer trusting anyone. He fired everyone shutting down the factory for 3 years. No one outside the Oompa-Loompas had seen him. Then he chooses to retire for good by passing the factory to someone he deemed worthy. So he reopened to find that person.

So they took the Monroe movie review already..

The best way to sum up this movie is that I think it's an okay film for adults, but kids are going to love it. Chalamet, the songs and the production design were all fantastic. Honestly, I wouldn't mind a sequel reenacting the first book again, if only in about ten years when Chalamet's old enough. Having said that, Rowan Atkinson not playing Slugworth is a travesty. It was right there, for God's sake.

Sean, your moustache fell off!

It’s fine. Warner Bros are very scummy to not advertise the film as a musical.

Best Movie of 2023 for me. Also, NOOOOOOOOOOO! YOUR MOUSTACHE IS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONAH! Oh well.

This movie is exactly what I expected it to be safe, comfortable,generic trash made by a bland filmmaker with a big name lead who is only here for the paycheck 😂

😢where'd 😊your blonde review go i wanted to see it

There really is no life I know to compare to Pure imagination. This was interesting lol.

Aw man. You shaved the stache.

For once I find myself really disagreeing with you. I thought it was a charming movie with plenty to tie it to the original. Tonally, it was quite different but it was telling a story about a completely different time in Wonka's life. I find the common complaint about how different this Wonka's personality is to the original to be really frustrating. Firstly, it's made pretty clear in the first film that we can't really be sure how much Wonka is pulling everyone's legs - first in the whole bit the first time we see him where he pretends to be feeble, then in the reveal at the end that the entire tour was one big test. All the psychopathic weirdness could well have just been part of that. Secondly, as others have pointed out, this Wonka is a young, hopeful, naive man at the start of his journey - whereas Wilder's version was Wonka many years later, disillusioned with the world, taken over by paranoia, and having locked up his factory and become a recluse. We do, however, see a glimpse of what the "real" Wonka might have been like after Charlie gives back the everlasting gobstopper, restoring some of his faith in humanity, and I think that the more happy, excited, gentle and kind Wonka we briefly see at the end of the first film fits very well with Chalemet's portrayal.

I remember the original Willy Wonka movie from watching it on my grandparents old broken tv, which had a perma green tint. Good times... anyways, this one is nope for me.

I want to see this movie.

So why does the world look like a Dr Suess movie? The original movie the world looks normal (although a strange combination of Europe and the US and comical) outside of the factory. It cuts into the difference between Wonka's reality and ours and destroys it. Feh.

1:16 Yes, the movie came out only about 10 years back.............................

I watched a KZfaq video of Hugh Grant as the Oopma Loompa and saw that it was pure 'Member Berries, that was enough for me. Anyway, smelly Christmas to you, Smeg Head!

Did the Blonde episode get copyright claimed?

Very cute movie

I just watched movie, I think is was good I say it was enjoyable. I can watch movie again.

I agree, it was fun but it wasn't that close in tone to the Gene Wilder film.

Hey dude, I KZfaq took down your Blonde review.

Hey I noticed your Blonde review isn't up, was it copyright striked, r u gonna try to reupload it?

I kind of laugh at the irony of people loving a movie giving Wonka a backstory when the Tim Burton adaptation of the book got a lot of hate for it. For the record I enjoyed both of the previous movies that adapted the book except the one with Tom and Jerry.

Chocolate craving anyone?

Chalamet is a leading man, this role requires a character actor. I really wish Simon Helberg got the role.

Ill pass. Im sure they will remake it again in a few years.

You're really gonna procrastinate on the Blonde review, huh? I know it's a bad movie but THAT bad?

As someone who finds the Gene Wilder film good but not great and vastly prefers the Johnny Depp movie, this one is definitely a skip for me

I still say there was NO need for this movie, and Roald Dahl would be sickened by its existence. But imagine if someone made this as a prequel to the Johnny Depp version.... Now, I haven't seen this film, don't want to see it, but I just feel you really can't do Dahl as originally written, and of course, no one has tried - not here, not in 1971, and definitely not the Depp version. Truly, I don't get the point of this film unless someone is envisioning a series of films leading up to the original movie, and I don't want to see THOSE either. We just don't NEED an origin for Willy Wonka.

As a fan of the Tim Burton movie, this film already had a strike against it. But the fact that they don't have actual little people playing Oompa Loompas makes me hate it even more. Actors with dwarfism get so few roles as it is, so between this and the Snow White remake getting rid of the Seven Dwarves, this is just proof that Hollywood are a bunch of hypocrites when it comes to "representation".

I didn't like this movie. It was so cringe. The same century-old British stereotypes that we've seen countless times, such as abusive and corrupt sweatshop owners, and an extremely cliched "baiting someone into getting knocked out" moment involving Wonka and the Oompa Loompa. I mean, seriously, how the fuck does anyone not know that something doesn't seem right in those moments?? My path of cynicism continues with this one.