July 13, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, Deej said: White people love Keegan Michael Key. He makes Trevor Noah look like Kendrick Lamar.
July 13, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Deej said: I guess we should count ourselves lucky it wasn't remade with Melissa McCarthy as Willy Wonka. She’s the stunt double for Violet when she turns into a blueberry.
July 13, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Deej said: I guess we should count ourselves lucky it wasn't remade with Melissa McCarthy as Willy Wonka. Surely we can wedge Awkwafina in here somehow. Edited July 13, 20232 yr by ztejas
July 14, 20232 yr After finding out about this movie yesterday I was mildly interested since it's by the guy who did Paddington. Now that I've watched the preview, I can say it looks like it sucks. Oh well.
July 14, 20232 yr On 7/13/2023 at 11:47 AM, C-Man said: Mr Bean sighting in the trailer He should have had a chance at playing Wonka.
December 17, 20232 yr Did anyone pay money to go see this movie? https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/business/wonka-movie-box-office-opening-weekend/index.html The reviews apparently have been pretty good.
December 17, 20232 yr They cleverly hid in the marketing that this is actually a musical. We'll go see it at some point this holiday season.
December 17, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, mdmost said: They cleverly hid in the marketing that this is actually a musical
December 18, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, mdmost said: They cleverly hid in the marketing that this is actually a musical. We'll go see it at some point this holiday season. That's a no go for me unless it's funny like The Producers.
December 18, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, kevwun said: That's a no go for me unless it's funny like The Producers.
December 18, 20232 yr It's not just me that's anti huge CGI, right? Can't put by finger on it, but when they show these big vista scenes where the only thing real is the actor, I don't like it.
December 19, 20232 yr Yeah, there's a balance between CGI and practical effects that seems to be missed quite often..
December 19, 20232 yr On 12/17/2023 at 3:43 PM, mdmost said: They cleverly hid in the marketing that this is actually a musical. We'll go see it at some point this holiday season. Ah, the old "Paint Your Wagon" play book.
December 23, 20232 yr It's at best tolerable if you aren't a musicals fan. I sat through it with my wife, who is. Seemed like it would be more appealing to kids 8-12. Would have been more entertaining for me if it was 80% Hugh Grant instead of 20% since the talent factor goes way up whenever he appears.
December 26, 20231 yr They cleverly hid in the marketing that this is actually a musical. We'll go see it at some point this holiday season. You mean a musical, like the original. Yeah, never saw that coming. I that it was way better than the Depp version and on a scale of Depp to Wilder, closer to Wilder.
December 26, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, GottaB said: You mean a musical, like the original. Yeah, never saw that coming. I that it was way better than the Depp version and on a scale of Depp to Wilder, closer to Wilder. Dahl hated the Wilder version because he said it didn’t have the tone of the book. The Depp version followed the source material more closely
December 26, 20231 yr Wilder was the consummate Wonka because he can convey a sense of wonder and mystery with just a look. Neither of the other two can do that.
December 26, 20231 yr On 7/13/2023 at 9:41 AM, RomaVicta said: That's a pretty fabulous cast riding that gravy train. They'll elevate the material which brings me to one of my biggest dislikes in many movies that rely on dramatization rather than action: overwhelming musical scores. Filmmakers don't trust (or are not allowed to trust) material interpretted by even the best actors of the day. The best emotions generated by a movie are those that are drawn from the audience from an actor's interpretation which touches something inside the viewer. It's akin to the best jokes being the ones where the listener has to put together the pieces in their head. I first noticed this heavy-handed use of music employed by Ron Howard although I'm sure he didn't originate it. The music imposes a feeling on the viewer even when the viewer doesn't need it. In the trailer above, wonder is cued by swelling music, comedy by stocatto music, and the reference to the usual folderol about dreams by a poignant note. All overdone. I'm not saying get rid of musical scores. Just stop hammering me with them. But restraint in any moment of a big movie is rarely to be found outside of Nolan or a few others who have both control and skill. Michael Mann is another favorite, of course. The music in Last of the Mohicans is brilliant and applied perfectly. Thus ends another round of Bloviations with Roma. Of all the full fucking regard posts I’ve ever read on the internet….this was one of them.
December 26, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, Trey3216 said: Of all the full fucking regard posts I’ve ever read on the internet….this was one of them.
December 26, 20231 yr 8 hours ago, Helobious said: Dahl hated the Wilder version because he said it didn’t have the tone of the book. The Depp version followed the source material more closely Roald Dahl was an asshole.
December 26, 20231 yr Author Random (high) thoughts: a. I did not know there was a Roald Dahl Cinematic Universe. Seems anachronistic. 2. was Keegan Michael Key going for Fat Bastard? d. Does @NowThis have an Oompa Loompa butt plug?
December 27, 20231 yr Saw it yesterday with the wife and we both loved it. It was great. Good acting, story, music, songs, production. I'd like to go back and see it again.
December 30, 20231 yr Saw it today. It’s a cute, professionally made family film. Nothing surprising or revelatory, but a decent enough way to spend a couple hours. The songs were good but we’re not going to be listening to the soundtrack 3 months from now or anything like that. They should not have used “Pure Imagination” but I get why they did. That said, I don’t get Timothee Chalamet. He has negative charisma. He’s both miscast and doesn’t do a particularly good job. Not like, distractingly bad but I just kept asking myself out of all the actors in the world, what compelled them to pick Timothee Chalamet? He and Awkwafina must share the best agent in the business.
December 30, 20231 yr Who should play a young wonka? does Andy samberg look young enough? Edited December 30, 20231 yr by Pato del Muerto
December 30, 20231 yr Timothee Chalamet and Awkwafina are the same caliber of actor. The kind of scorching hot take you can only find on Surly.
December 30, 20231 yr I took the whole crew plus grandkids to this. I liked it. Plenty of moments made me actually laugh, it was well directed with good acting and music. It’s for sure family fare but a high point. Also Hugh Grant as an Oompa Loompa killed it.
December 30, 20231 yr 7 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Who should play a young wonka? does Andy samberg look young enough? I love Samberg, but he would be horrrrrible as Wonka.
January 25, 20241 yr For a movie with no notable songs and a miscast lead it wasn’t bad at all. 3.5/5.Hugh Grant did kill it.
January 25, 20241 yr Saw it with the kids the other day and really really liked it. It gives a few homages to the original, but I liked how overall its basically its own movie. Which was the right call, since the original has a heavy Clockwork Orange vibe and some aspects that are otherwise pretty fuckin weird for a kids movie. In that context, I thought Chalamet was great. Super fun family movie, as mentioned there are some legit laugh out loud moments, and just really well done.
January 27, 20241 yr Just finished watching it and really enjoyed it. An excellent prequel. Lots of catchy songs and they really fit the movie/story unlike most musicals. I came for the Oompa Loompa, I stayed for the love. Edited January 27, 20241 yr by RPM
February 5, 20241 yr Had to kill some time solo parenting with the kids (7 and almost 5) this past weekend and took them. They loved it. Already asking to buy it on streaming (which apparently you can). I had zero expectations so going in from that perspective enjoyed it as well. I thought it was really well done overall.
February 21, 20241 yr How many of these lame, got damn movies are they going to make about fucking Willie Wonka?
February 21, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I must have missed the one where they were fucking Willy Wonka Willy Donka went straight-to-video.
February 21, 20241 yr 16 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I must have missed the one where they were fucking Willy Wonka Quote Spoiler Well the lady inn keeper and her "noble" muscle surely fucked Willy Wonka good in this one
February 22, 20241 yr Had to kill some time solo parenting with the kids (7 and almost 5) this past weekend and took them. They loved it. Already asking to buy it on streaming (which apparently you can). I had zero expectations so going in from that perspective enjoyed it as well. I thought it was really well done overall.We saw it last night. We enjoyed it. Another origin story we didn't really need but it did its job to entertain us for a few hours. Doubt I ever watch it again though. Much better than the remake they did in 2005 with Johnny Depp. That was terrible.
February 22, 20241 yr On 12/30/2023 at 9:46 AM, Pato del Muerto said: Who should play a young wonka? does Andy samberg look young enough? On 12/30/2023 at 5:17 PM, RPM said: I love Samberg, but he would be horrrrrible as Wonka. He's also 45 years old. Life moves pretty fast.
March 9, 20241 yr On 2/20/2024 at 7:46 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said: I must have missed the one where they were fucking Willy Wonka It’s out there…
March 10, 20241 yr 9 hours ago, Underdog said: It’s out there… 7 hours ago, Js1 said: It was cute. I liked it 3 hours ago, Neonmoon said: Liked it as well. Well done Same. I couldn’t name any of the actors/actresses (the same could be said for most porn parodies) and I might not watch it again, but I’m sure some clips will pop up on Pornhub. Need to watch the new one with Chalamet.
March 10, 20241 yr Saw it was on Max so started watching it. The best thing I can say is that I was so bored I actually started getting some work done around the house.
March 10, 20241 yr Saw it was on Max so started watching it. The best thing I can say is that I was so bored I actually started getting some work done around the house. So you scrub, scrubbed
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