In other Willy Wonka movies, like the 2005 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, the chocolate factory is there, up and running. But how did it all come about?
In this movie Timothée Chalamet is Willy Wonka with great dreams of making the best chocolate in the world. The movie starts with him just finishing a 7-year sailing voyage to the seven continents, collecting ingredients so that he could become the best chocolatier in the world.
He encounters many obstacles. Because of his generosity and naivete, soon after he arrives in London he is broke, he needs a place to stay, and falls prey to the worst boarding house in the world, Mrs. Scrubitt's. So most of the first half of the movie is Willy and an assortment of characters basically imprisoned there.
Then things pick up in the second half and we see how Willy negotiates difficulties to eventually get the best of the dishonest band of wealthy men.
The movie is done in musical theater style, with many songs and most of them sung by Chalamet. He has a very pleasant singing voice, if a bit thin sounding with shallow vibrato that seems more of an afterthought. But it is effective enough for this type of production.
My favorite character is Hugh Grant as the tiny orange man with bright green hair. He even sings passably.
My wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library, after our usual Saturday evening steak and Bordeaux dinner, a 2019 Chateau Ormes de Pez. And of course chocolate cake for dessert.
In this movie Timothée Chalamet is Willy Wonka with great dreams of making the best chocolate in the world. The movie starts with him just finishing a 7-year sailing voyage to the seven continents, collecting ingredients so that he could become the best chocolatier in the world.
He encounters many obstacles. Because of his generosity and naivete, soon after he arrives in London he is broke, he needs a place to stay, and falls prey to the worst boarding house in the world, Mrs. Scrubitt's. So most of the first half of the movie is Willy and an assortment of characters basically imprisoned there.
Then things pick up in the second half and we see how Willy negotiates difficulties to eventually get the best of the dishonest band of wealthy men.
The movie is done in musical theater style, with many songs and most of them sung by Chalamet. He has a very pleasant singing voice, if a bit thin sounding with shallow vibrato that seems more of an afterthought. But it is effective enough for this type of production.
My favorite character is Hugh Grant as the tiny orange man with bright green hair. He even sings passably.
My wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library, after our usual Saturday evening steak and Bordeaux dinner, a 2019 Chateau Ormes de Pez. And of course chocolate cake for dessert.