Wonka (2023)

[Hulk's iconHulk]

Title: Wonka

Tagline: Every good thing in this world started with a dream.

Genre: Comedy,Family,Fantasy

Director: Paul King

Cast: Timothée Chalamet,Calah Lane,Keegan-Michael Key,Hugh Grant,Paterson Joseph,Olivia Colman,Tom Davis,Jim Carter,Rowan Atkinson,Matt Lucas,Mathew Baynton,Natasha Rothwell,Rakhee Thakrar,Rich Fulcher,Kobna Holdbrook-Smith,Simon Farnaby,Ellie White,Sally Hawkins,Colin O'Brien,Freya Parker,Murray McArthur,Charlotte Ritchie,Phil Wang,Rufus Jones,Isy Suttie,Ian Bartholomew,Sophie Winkleman,Justin Edwards,Michael Abubakar,Tim FitzHigham,Jane Bertish,Tracy Ifeachor,Dominic Coleman,Muzz Khan,Ben Howard,Alison Pargeter,Bleu Woodward,Paul G. Raymond,Lola Shepelev,Marina Bye,Robyn Rose,Millie O'Donnell,Susie Fairfax,Macie Blake,Ellie Blake,Matilda Tucker,Bertie Caplan,Gustave Die,Poppy Townsend White,Luan Gallagher,Grant Crookes,Rene Costa

Status: Released

Release: Dec 6, 2023

Runtime: 117

Plot: Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

Booked my tickets to see this next week. Can't wait!

 

[KO896]

Booked my tickets to see this next week. Can't wait!

I've seen it advertised now, so I hope it's good. Let me know how you like it?

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

I've seen it advertised now, so I hope it's good. Let me know how you like it?

Will do! Shouldn't be any issues especially being a musical and Hugh Grant being an Oompa Loompa

 

[Ash]

The fact it's a musical is putting me off a little bit, to be honest.

Will always love the original and the Depp one.

 

[Cam]

I think this movie is going to flop big time, personally. Maybe I'll see it at some point though.

 

[KO896]

I think this movie is going to flop big time, personally. Maybe I'll see it at some point though.

Is it because it's a musical? Or the plot? Or what?

 

[Hulk's iconHulk]

Just heard the soundtrack. They've got a cool new version of the Pure Imagination song

 

[KO896]

Just heard the soundtrack. They've got a cool new version of the Pure Imagination song

Ooh I'd like to hear a modern version of that for sure!

 

[Duskpire]

The fact it's a musical is putting me off a little bit, to be honest.

I don't think Timothee Chalamet should have been cast for the role. His performance from what I've seen in the trailer of this movie is horrible. In comparison to Dune when he played Paul Atreides, his performance in that movie was top notch and I thought he was amazing. But with this movie? No. It sounds like he barely rehearsed for it at all. He's just not Willy Wonka.

 

[KO896]

I don't think Timothee Chalamet should have been cast for the role. His performance from what I've seen in the trailer of this movie is horrible. In comparison to Dune when he played Paul Atreides, his performance in that movie was top notch and I thought he was amazing. But with this movie? No. It sounds like he barely rehearsed for it at all. He's just not Willy Wonka.

How does his performance match the character from the actual book?

 

[KO896]

I don't think Timothee Chalamet should have been cast for the role. His performance from what I've seen in the trailer of this movie is horrible. In comparison to Dune when he played Paul Atreides, his performance in that movie was top notch and I thought he was amazing. But with this movie? No. It sounds like he barely rehearsed for it at all. He's just not Willy Wonka.

I really have to agree with you on this!! I wanted to give him a chance, but he just couldn't get the character down, and really, it was as if he was just acting in a school musical.

I finally got to see Wonka tonight (for free on Tubi), and I was hoping for something better. There are some cute parts to it, and if I were a kid, I might have enjoyed it more. Maybe? I am not even sure about that.

The songs were atrocious! If they had spent more time working on the music (it's a musical for God's sake!), it could have been so much better. None of the new songs even stand out enough to want to ever hear them again, that's how bad it was.