I was surprised, but instead of a lazy cash grab this was a very good movie. It respects the universe it’s in and doesn’t break cannon, the characters are interesting and engaging, the plot was easy to follow and I didn’t immediately notice any problems with it that took me out of the movie. I rolled my eyes at the katniss “callback,” but otherwise had a good time with it. 8/10.
I rarely missed an episode of their shows over the years. If they both liked a film, I almost always did as well. I much preferred Rogers’s opinions–and personality. Gene always struck me as being kind of a mean grump.
Same, Roger’s point of view on movies usually was pretty close to mine. I feel like I have good taste and I enjoy challenging, artsy movies that critics praise. But sometimes there are movies like Moulin Rouge you just enjoy even if it isn’t critically defensible. Roger would go for things like that where Gene seemed more like a hard nosed snobby type. I realized at some point it Roger raved about a movie I was likely to enjoy it.
Leave me alone I’m obnoxious/spoiled/grumpy/a loner.
Oh no wait, it’s 5 mins from the end of the movie, let me change my entire personality through the use of some grand gesture.
It’s OK the first couple of times but gets boring real fast.
Amd most recently seen in ‘No Hard Feelings’ which started out sooo strong, had me proper laughing, and then descended into mediocrity. Such a letdown.
Well, I’m open to other interpretations in general. There’s room for that, despite the Wilder Wonka being impossible to beat.
I didn’t hate Charlie and the chocolate factory, though that’s mostly because it was a movie of the book rather than a new version of the movie.
And, I like chalumet (however it’s spelled). He’s done some good work. So I’m not against the idea of him doing it.
It’s what you said, it feels like a cash grab rather than a genuine attempt at making a new movie. Those so rarely end well. And, if it sucks as bad as I fear, it kinda t aints the story itself; it would be harder for someone else to do a new movie based on the book in the future (I still maintain that the Wilder movie wasn’t meant to be a true translation of the book, and the Depp movie failed at that despite trying). I’d like to see a truly faithful translation of the book.
I just saw this on IMDB and was like “great…how are the re-imagining it now?” but nope, it doesn’t even look like a re-imagining of it, they just taking the original story and using new actors for 99% of the cast. I think the only two original actors left are Tim and Tina.
This is going to be terrible, but it’s going to get rave review no doubt, just like the stupid Charmed remake, which is somehow still on AFAIK.
Either way, taking a movie and then making it a Broadway musical and then making that musical into a movie, just sounds like a bad game of “telephone”.
Woah, this reminds me so much of all of Miyazakis hits. Some scenes looked like Spirited Away, some like Princess Mononoke or Castle in the Sky. Looks promising!
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