Wonka

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Summary

Wonkanot only breaks one major motif from the Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp film but also makes Willy Wonka more appealing . Inspired by the characters written byRoald Dahl , Wonkaadopts an original storyline that only borrows a few narration beats from its predecessor . It bring a new whirl to Willy Wonka ’s narrative by featuring a vernal version of him who does not have a drinking chocolate factory but has a heart full of ambition and dreams .

Although the picture dabbles with theme of classicalism and capitalism like its predecessors , its primary appealingness comes from its uplifting portrayal of how Willy Wonka defies all odds and starts build his chocolate conglomerate . Even his moral force with the Oompa Loompa is a far cry from what the 1971 and 2005 picture show depict . However , of all thesedifferences betweenWonkaand the premature moving picture , the one that make the Paul King cinema suffer out is its refreshing depiction of one theme from the 1971 and 2005 movies .

According to a theory from Paul King ’s Wonka , Charlie Bucket was secretly a character in the 2023 movie , setting the stage for a proper continuation moving picture .

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The 1971 & 2005 Willy Wonka Movies Both Revolved Around Toxic Parents

Toxing parenting was a central theme in both previous Willy Wonka films

1971’sWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ’s open up arc features a sequence where all the children ( except Charlie ) , who later visit the chocolate factory , talk about how they found the gold slate . The picture show ’s quasi - documentary style in these moments draw a open word-painting of how the children are mere reflection of their parents . While Augustus symbolise his parents ' gluttonous inclination and only recover the slate because his parent let him eat chocolates all day , Veruca vex her hands on one of the tickets because her flush father makes his employee skitter through multiple chocolate bars .

Violet care little about chat the factory . Like her female parent , she is only drawn by the prospect of winning Willy Wonka ’s undercover prize . Mike , on the other deal , get up behind screens with little to no supervising , which is why he remains ungrateful about the chance to natter the factory . Tim Burton’sCharlie and the Chocolate Factorynot only reinstated the 1971 movie ’s toxic parenting theme but also took it further by limn how Willy Wonka was also get up by a questionable founding father chassis . When he was jr. , his father restricted him from have cocoa and even burn the ones he got on Halloween . His traumatic puerility with his tooth doctor Padre made him a brain chocolatier but also turned him into a insensate , thickened adult .

Wonka Finally Brings An End To The Franchise’s Toxic Parenting Trend

Wonka features healthy parental figures

Instead of step the same itinerary as its predecessor , Wonkaends the franchise ’s toxic parenting style by portraying the positive outcomes of respectable parenting . The movie features an emotional flashback in which young Willy Wonka ’s female parent makes him a chocolate for his natal day . Although they be in impoverishment , his mother ensures that he gets to embrace a homemade cocoa legal community . Driven by his mother ’s warmth for make umber and spread out felicity , Wonka dream of becoming a great chocolatier when he grows up . The kid in him also believes that his belated female parent will confabulate him if he realizes his dream .

Wonkaends on a poignant notewhere the titular character becomes what he promised his female parent and finally gets to embrace the last chocolate bar his mother had left behind . The gilt wrap on his ginmill holds a subject matter from his mother saying that coffee tastes better when apportion , again highlighting how his mother act a all-important office in shaping his positivistic outlook towards the world . Unlike Willy Wonka ’s father in the Tim Burton pic , Wonka ’s female parent from the Paul King film nurtured and get it on her son while imparting valuable values and morals . This make up Wonka ’s depiction of transmitted relationship far more emotional and affirmative compared to the 1971 and 2005 film .

Wonka Dropping Its “Bad Parents” Theme Makes Willy Wonka More Likable

Wonka’s titular character is as endearing as Charlie

Wonkadropping its " bad parent " report not only hold the movie more uplifting but also allow the titular fiber to be more appealing . In many way , or else of portray the quality as his counterpart from the original Roald Dahl story , Wonkadepicts him as a reflexion of young Charlie . Charlie grow up in poverty , but his parent ensured that he got a chocolate bar for his natal day . And even when Charlie did not regain a golden tag inside his natal day chocolate bar , he embraced his hot chocolate by sharing it with love one like Timothée Chalamet ’s Willy Wonka . These parallels between the two characters and their healthy kinship with their parents make them more relatable and endearing .

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Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl ’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follow the origination of the legendary candy maker . From his first showdown with the Oompa Loompas to founding his deliciously splendid headquarters , Wonka explores the character in a new luminosity . Timothee Chalamet assumes the role of Willy Wonka himself .

Gene Wilder, Timothee Chalamet, and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka

Timothee Chalamet’s Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore’s Charlie, and Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka

Wonka is a prequel film to Roald Dahl’s classic novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and follows the origins of the legendary candy maker. From his first encounter with the Oompa Loompas to founding his deliciously magnificent headquarters, Wonka explores the character in a new light. Timothee Chalamet assumes the role of Willy Wonka himself.

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka standing next to Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka

Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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