WONKA | Official Trailer - eviltoast
Only in theaters December 15. #WonkaMovieBased on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic ch...

In theaters December 15th 2023

  • KermitLeFrog@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Jesus can we ever get anything new? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory already got a fucking reboot two decades ago. We don’t need a third one

    • fidodo@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      This is a prequel so it’s a new side of the story. My bigger problem with this is that it just looks really bad. The performance falls really flat and feels desperate to invoke whimsy, but it’s failing badly at it.

  • TheBucklessProphet@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For real, who seriously had the thought “you know what, we need another adaptation of that one book from decades ago. We could try adapting some of that guy’s other work, but why bother? I know we tried the goofy, fun spin and the dark, gritty spin, but I’m sure we missed an angle on that one kid’s book.”

    More importantly how did the guy who had that thought not get kicked out of the pitch meeting immediately?

    • DessertStorms@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I don’t disagree but

      We could try adapting some of that guy’s other work, but why bother?

      In recent memory Matilda, The Witches , and The BFG have all had unnecessary reboots. I’ll bet a James and the Giant Peach is next.

      If anything, it’s time to leave his material alone now. there are enough new children’s books and stories written all the time, surely they deserve a shot?

    • HeinousTugboat@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Wait, what book is this an adaptation of? This isn’t from either Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or The Great Glass Elevator as far as I’m aware.