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Post by floundertime on Jul 11, 2023 18:45:19 GMT -5
No signs of that grifter POS Grandpa Joe. Just for that it looks great to me.
Can’t afford food, but they have to get Grandpa Joe his weekly tobacco. Screw you Joe!
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Post by Fade on Jul 11, 2023 22:13:05 GMT -5
I wanted to hate this going into it, but the first half got me with snippets of Chalawhatever. It looks good. His performance anyway. Hard to tell cause it’s just a trailer but..
Think the kid is good. But only really watched him in Dune.
Second half kind of lost me. Movie itself looks like it could be hit or miss buuuut having the director of Paddington is good. Paddington’s the shit.
They’re all going to pail in comparison to Wilder.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 11, 2023 23:46:35 GMT -5
Seems alright... still don't think this is a story that necessarily needed to be told but whatever.
I did really like Hugh Grant as an oompa loompa.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 11, 2023 23:47:37 GMT -5
I'm not feeling Chalamet as Wonka at all in that trailer. I don't think he has the larger-than-life presence for it. Hugh Grant seems to have found his niche though. He was great in Paddington and he was the best bit about the trailer. Also really good in the Dungeons & Dragons movie as well. He almost stole every scene he was in... and the rest of the cast weren't slouches there either.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jul 12, 2023 9:55:06 GMT -5
I'm conflicted. Simon Farnsby of the Six Idiots (Horrible Histories, BBC Ghosts) is involved with this too. So...potential?
EDIT: And Mathew Baynton!! Is Martha Howe-Douglas, et al going to pop up next? Crosses fingers...
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Jul 12, 2023 17:36:44 GMT -5
My reaction: there's things I like, things I don't have an opinion about. Nothing I really want to complain about yet. I like that it seems to be an origin story for Wilder Wonka.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jul 14, 2023 1:42:07 GMT -5
Does this movie show all the recreational drugs Wonka probably did to garner inspiration for all that weird shit that happens during the river boat ride?
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Post by RI Richmark on Jul 15, 2023 6:54:31 GMT -5
Didn't care when Johnny Depp remade it, don't care now.
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Post by fw91 on Jul 15, 2023 10:58:52 GMT -5
Can we get a Mr.Turkentine origin instead? That guy was a miserable bastard.
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Post by rainandlava on Jul 15, 2023 23:00:42 GMT -5
To be honest, while I know this is the origin story of '71 Wonka, not sure if I'm feeling up the task to watch this. But hopefully it'll be better than that god-awful Tom & Jerry crossover film.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 15, 2023 23:09:46 GMT -5
To be honest, while I know this is the origin story of '71 Wonka, not sure if I'm feeling up the task to watch this. But hopefully it'll be better than that god-awful Tom & Jerry crossover film.
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Post by Wilfred on Jul 16, 2023 11:02:11 GMT -5
This looks like it might be decent. Not expecting it could be anywhere close to the original of course. And I think Ryan Gosling would nail this role too.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Jul 16, 2023 17:18:30 GMT -5
Wonka vs Jason Wonka in Space Wonka and the Scooby gang Wonka meets the Flintstones Wonka on the Hollywood Squares Wonka meet Abott and Costello Wonka in the Hood Wonka and Cody Rhodes: Wrestlemania adventure Mr. Slugwort is my Brock Lesnar.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jul 16, 2023 17:55:51 GMT -5
Saw a tweet that suggested Daniel Radcliffe woulda made a great Wonka. I can see that.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 7, 2024 15:07:24 GMT -5
Well, it's been out a while and this hasn't been updated, so figured I'd put this here.
Loved it, captured a lot of the vibe of previous versions but was it's own thing, and importantly Wonka is really likeable!
Makes such a difference from the Burton version, he has a tragic backstory, but it is something positive and believable.
The songs were great, when Neil Hannon's name came on screen, I could almost literally hear the demos through the finished product, it was SO The Divine Comedy.
I'm a massive fan of the original so I wasn't super interested in another updated version, but this is pretty much as good as it could be. Also, playing "spot the Taskmaster" contestant was a fun game, glad a lot of those people are getting some big exposure. Tom Davies in particular, I hope he gets lots of work out of this, he knocked it out of the park.
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