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this was my exact response! (i posted a review here on my original account before i accidentally took the blog down, hello to my past mutuals)

definitely felt like i was being told a story by an unreliable narrator the whole time, like grandpa joe to charlie for comparison, something about the new wonka movie seemed unreal to me, like im being lied to and given a false sense of idea about what kind of man wonka is instead of the actual character underneath all that cheery and rainbow colored facade

i dont know about everyone else, but if paul king decides to deviate from the usual family friendly genre and experiment a little which i highly doubt, a new gritty sequel could do it justice, a dark twist in contrast to what the first film entailed, that wonka tricked the audience into thinking he's good, fabricating a made-up tale around this so called "backstory" and instead, the real reason of how he gained this mega corporation in the first place is by exploiting a bunch of people and manipulating the masses to slowly expand his business and empire built by the back of indigineous slaves.

now, that would be really entertaining to watch, especially if its all in the perspective of young charlie bucket or a detective investigating the mysterious murder case of five golden ticket winners

no don't get me wrong i loved the movie, it was cute, but chaletmet's wonka felt like propaganda straight from william wonka himself

like considering the source material, and the johnny depp wonka's initial backstory of making candy out of pure spite, chaletmet's wonka is so exaggeratedly innnocent and charming it's honestly polarizing, like. there's a scene of this man flying around with balloons and setting flamingos free with his new orphan friend. he runs an honest to goodness off the street startup business as if wonka's factory isn't a HUGE fucking operation with surely as many lawsuits as freddy fazbear's pizza. he even comes with a sweet dead mother, and his new motivation to become a chocolate maker as of this movie is to bring her back, as if this isn't supposedly the same character who goes on to merk four children with intricate rooms specifically designed to appeal to them. like i feel this movie is gaslighting me.

THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE FOR LIVING .

it was during the after hours in which they'd both frolic at the top of frank's apartment balcony,

unbeknownst to her, spike had captured a video footage, the slight shakiness of the quality lets her indicate that this is probably the first time spike's ever grasped a handheld camera

its a candid sight, but also surreal, witnessing for the very first time her past self give a genuine smile.

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(background not mine - credit goes to dangiuz on artstation)

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i wanna put all four wonkas in the same room and see who could out wonk the other the hardest

(bonus if it ends with all the wonkas bludgeoning eachother's skulls using their canes)

Just watched the Wonka movie.

I enjoyed it as a standalone film but especially enjoyed it as a prequel to the Gene Wilder Wonka. It retroactively made Wider’s Willy so much more tragic.

And that’s because Chalamet’s younger, earnest and kind Willy Wonka is CONSTANTLY having his kindness and compassion and belief in the good intentions of others thrown back at his face almost. Every. Single. Time.

What happens to him, in no particular order: People take advantage of him when he is at his lowest; they sabotage his chocolate; Hugh Grant steal his chocolate and beats him with a frying pan; he is nearly drowned by the chief of police; a boat he’s in is rigged to explode; they try to drown him AGAIN but now in melted chocolate under a church; he is tricked into debt and forced into indentured servitude; the chocolate mafia wants him dead; he has to crawl in the sewers just to sell his chocolate without the police beating the shit out of him at the chocolate mafia’s command, and a bunch of other moments either his earnest nature (or the fact he is illiterate, because by the way he is illiterate) is taken advantage of.

But he keeps believing in the good of others. He has friends, and a pseudo daughter that taught him how to read and his mother’s memory and so many dreams…

And then we arrive at Wilder Wonka. Who was betrayed one too many times. Who had his recipes stolen from him. Who shut himself from the world and trusts no one.

Who doesn’t care for these spoiled people walking around his factory, even if they were his last attempt at proving to himself that good people, good kids (Like Noodle) still exist.

Who is alone.

TL;DR: seeing a young Wonka who is so optimistic knowing how he is going to end up after being betrayed over and over and over again is a emotional experience that I was not quite ready for.

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