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Originally Posted by gag  Wonka,
We tried watching this, sorry we both found it truly awful, it's like when a normal friend suddenly tries to hard to be something they're not to point it becomes embarrassing, that's what I thought about this, far too whimsical, making a musical wtf that all about? Not even entertaining music either, the point when all 3 owners where prancing around the copper my wife just said this is cringeworthy I'm going toilet, I said do you want me to pause it? She replied no I want you to turn it off. They was trying to hard to make it different and something it's not. (Yes I'm aware willy wonka different) I don't get all the good reviews either, either I don't get it or I watched something completely different, and I thought Timothée Chalamet who played wonka was awful and not right for the character. |
I'm not sure why you were surprised by the musical element in
Wonka considering
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a musical with some brilliant songs, with Neil Hannon and Joby Talbot incorporating Pure Imagination into the
Wonka narrative as a link between the two films.
I saw
Wonka at the cinema and thought it was a delight: brilliantly written, beautifully designed, and superbly performed by the ensemble cast, from Olivia Colman's avaricious landlady to Hugh Grant's haughty homunculus.
I love the two
Paddington films and The Mighty Boosh, so had high hopes for
Wonka because it is directed by Paul King, and co-written by him and Simon Farnaby – it lived up to those lofty expectations.
I'm definitely going to buy the 4K Ultra HD release so I can enjoy it again at home.