After years of neglecting this blog and letting it sink into obscurity, a most sudden and magical even forces it to rise up from the grave.
There had been talks of a "Wonka" prequel for a very long time - so long I thought the project was dead, to be honest. But no, it apparently does come out (unlike the Netflix CatCF cartoon which apparently will never see the light of the day).
I am already amazed that this actually comes out - but I am even MORE amazed at the fact that this looks good. This looks whimsical, and fun, and it has a sense of self-awareness much needed, and it doesn't seem to latch too much onto the actual movies we have, letting room for a truly new story to breathe in.
There was a script for a Wonka prequel that went around the Internet, and that I read, and it was AWFUL. It was a badly written edgy prequel that basically was trying to make Burton's Sweeney Todd the backstory of Willy Wonka. I am so glad that this movie looks the exact opposite.
I think what I like the most with this one is how they actually embrace the weird style and absurd humor of Dahl's original writing. You have these very serious policemen delivering very seriously lines such as "Nothing to see here, just people defying the law of gravity", and other little things like that, truly staying true to the British children work/British humor roots of it all.
All of that to say, this is a very pleasant surprise, and I will be waiting to see more!
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