When I heard that there was going to be a prequel to the first two Willy Wonka movies I got very excited! It was also quite exciting to see a new actor that i've heard a lot about that plays Wonka in this movie. Timothée Chalamet.
I didn't know a lot about this actor except that he was quite famous and had been in a lot of famous movies like Dune, Little Women, Bones and All, Don't Look Up and more popular movies. Matter of fact, this was my first movie that I saw with Timothée Chalamet being a big actor in it, also the first movie I saw that had him in it. No offence, but i didn't think that he would have the right personality to success like for example the Johnny Depp Wonka. But oh boy. This movie was actually REALLY good!
Positives:
If you pay a lot of attention in the movie, and if you've seen both Paddington movies, then theres a high chance that you'll recognise 4 actors, more or less, that different actors have been in one Paddington movie, or both!
However, THIS movie manages to keep a creative and DIFFERENT idea to it as well as a much more different plot compared to the other Willy Wonka movies. And it works VERY well!
Negatives:
Overall this movie is VERY good and MUCH better than I expected! Even if you aren't that big of a fan when it comes to Musicals you'll still have a big chance to like this movie, especially if you like Willy Wonka and want to have some originality which is a quite different story to the other Willy Wonka movies. I DEFINITELY recommend this movie!
I didn't know a lot about this actor except that he was quite famous and had been in a lot of famous movies like Dune, Little Women, Bones and All, Don't Look Up and more popular movies. Matter of fact, this was my first movie that I saw with Timothée Chalamet being a big actor in it, also the first movie I saw that had him in it. No offence, but i didn't think that he would have the right personality to success like for example the Johnny Depp Wonka. But oh boy. This movie was actually REALLY good!
Positives:
- The acting is good.
- The dialogue is good.
- The musical is good.
- The cinematography is good.
- The CGI is quite good.
- The characters are likeable.
- The villains are actually VERY good, same with the heroes.
- The movie has some cool scenes and themes.
- The jokes/comedy in the movie is MOST of the time a bit funny even for an older audience, and DEFINITELY very good for a younger audience!
- Timothée Chalamet as Wonka is actually a pretty good choice, he also has some nice musical skills. It would be nice to see a sequel of this movie with Timothée playing Wonka once again and Noodle being in the story of the movie too, once again, they are a good team for the movie and are pretty likeable characters that make you root for them.
- The movie has a good runtime.
- The movie has a good pace.
- The movie has some good and SURPRISING actors in the movie like Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Hugh Grant, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Colman, Tom Davis, Simon Farnaby and more!
If you pay a lot of attention in the movie, and if you've seen both Paddington movies, then theres a high chance that you'll recognise 4 actors, more or less, that different actors have been in one Paddington movie, or both!
- The fantasy in the movie is very good.
- The movie is very wholesome and definitely keeps you focused with the charming tone and theme to the movie that matches with the movie being a musical.
- Most of the movies surprising actors are actually VERY good for not only being in Mr. Bean or the Johnny English movies (like Rowan Atkinson), but also for the Paddington actors that surprisingly ALSO fit good into this movie!
- The movie still manages to keep that Willy Wonka style to it and doesn't only do it in a, "Welcome to my chocolate factory!" Way and then some troubling moments happen to some people in the movie.
However, THIS movie manages to keep a creative and DIFFERENT idea to it as well as a much more different plot compared to the other Willy Wonka movies. And it works VERY well!
- The movie is creative and unique.
Negatives:
- The comedy in this movie sometimes isn't that funny and falls flat if you're watching this as an older audience.
- It feels like some of the actors in the movie don't try to have their absolute BEST charm to them.
- Timothée Chalamet sometimes in this movie doesn't really have that "I am Willy Wonka!" Feeling to him and more has that "I am a person who can make magical chocolate!". I mean. It's creative and all, but he doesn't really match that well for especially that Johnny Depp Willy Wonka style. That weird, funny and confused person which is the personality that Johnny Depp's try in being Willy Wonka had.
- The movie sometimes doesn't have singing in like very PERFECT opportunities which is quite sad and ruins a bit of the moment.
- Sometimes the CGI in the movie is quite obvious, but otherwise it's very good.
Overall this movie is VERY good and MUCH better than I expected! Even if you aren't that big of a fan when it comes to Musicals you'll still have a big chance to like this movie, especially if you like Willy Wonka and want to have some originality which is a quite different story to the other Willy Wonka movies. I DEFINITELY recommend this movie!