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Everything about the new musical origin story starring Timothée Chalamet is derivative and cloying.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

First sentence:

Crafting an origin story for a character who doesn’t need one

This sums up pretty much every franchise origin story and prequel.

[–] MrJameGumb 12 points 11 months ago

I loved the original movie and still watch it every few years. I saw the Tim Burton version in the theatre and it was decent, but I've never had any overwhelming urge to see it again. This one just makes me wonder why I should even give a shit. Was this something people were asking for? What good is an origin story for a character whose is supposed to be enigmatic and mysterious? Isn't that the whole point of Willy Wonka?

[–] Son_of_dad 4 points 11 months ago

I'm surprised they didn't call it Wonka rising, or i Wonka. That's usually what they name these low effort origins