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jungle-angel · 1 month

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Sunshine Of His Life (Calvin Evans x Reader)

Summary: Spring has finally arrived in your home town and Calvin has a little surprise for you and your daughter

Warnings: Mentions of pregnancy, birth, parenthood etc.

Tagging: @floydsmuse Meggy dahling, he's back!!!!!! (lol).

"Alright buddy, c'mon, lets head home," Calvin said to Six-Thirty, loading him up in the car.

Six-Thirty yipped before Calvin unhooked his leash and pulled out of the parking lot of the college. Spring fever was already beginning to set in, not just with the students, but with the teachers as well, the weather nice enough to be able to hold classes outside and thank God he had two weeks off for spring break. No lessons, no planning, no having to be up at some ungodly hour to be at the college for eight in the morning. Just you, him, Six-Thirty and the baby.

He had parked the car next to the sidewalk, relieved that the little dress shop on the corner was still open. All week he had his eyes on the two dresses in the window, both of pale blue lace and the smaller baby's dress coming with a pair of little white buckle shoes to match. All week long Calvin had passed by the window, envisioning both you and Baby Ellen in those matching blue dresses, sitting with him, his mother, father, siblings, nieces and nephews in the pews at St. Mary's on Easter Sunday. After two weeks of scraping together the money for them, he could wait no longer.

He let Six-Thirty out, once again hooking the leash to his collar before going in. The tiny bell above the door rang and Mrs. O'Neil's gaze soon met his.

"Wondered when or if you'd finally cave and come by Calvin," she laughed. "How are you?"

"Not too bad, Mabel," Calvin answered. "Just getting off work."

"Ah I see," Mabel O'Neil answered. "And who's this handsome gentleman you've brought in? I don't think we've met before."

"Six-Thirty usually comes with me to work during the week," Calvin explained. "(Y/n)'s home with the baby at the moment."

Mabel gasped. "Oh my goodness!" she exclaimed. "You know, I remember your mother telling me when the rest of the girls were at the house for our Friday game of mah-jongg, but I hadn't seen head or tail of her since then. Are you here to buy something for the both of them? I am so sorry, me talking your ear off."

Calvin laughed a little bit. "Yes actually," he said. "If the two blue dresses in the window are available, could I by any chance take them?"

"Oh by all means!" Mrs. O'Neil told him. "And since it's getting close to Easter, I'll give you half off for the trouble."

"Oh no Mabel you don't have to...."

"Calvin, I insist," Mrs. O'Neil told him. "The other day Doris Barone and Anna Rubenstein were in here and they saw Freida Burns in here trying to buy it for that impossible pig of a niece of hers. (Y/n) and the baby deserve it more than that spoiled, wretched brat anyhow."

"Thanks Mabel," Calvin chuckled.

Mabel quickly took the two dresses and the shoes and packed them carefully in tissue paper. "Oh," she said suddenly. "I almost forgot. The wicked old witch was eyeing this too, but I certainly wasn't about to let her have it."

Out of the jewelry case, Mabel took a little pearl baby bracelet and placed it in a white and gold box with a little bit of cotton packing. "A little gift from me and Lenny, to you and (y/n)," Mabel told him.

"Aunt Mabel this is really too much," Calvin said with a huge smile. "Thank you so much."

"Think nothing of it," Mabel told him. "Last thing I'll give you is a Milkbone for Six-Thirty and send you on your way. Oh and let your mother know that Mariah Daniels and I will be at the house on Friday for mah-jongg and for Easter dinner if you can."

"Thanks Aunt Mabel, I'll let her know," Cal told her as soon as he had the box and had paid for it.

He left the shop and headed back to the car, carefully placing the box in the trunk and letting Six-Thirty lay down in the back seat. Calvin couldn't wait to get home and see the look on your face when you opened your gift.

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You absolutely loved spring and summer, the time of year when you could really be outside in the sunshine and when the weather was warm and perfect for gardening.

You clipped and pulled away all the old debris that had piled up in the fall while Ellen played on the red checkered picnic blanket. You smiled hearing her little baby giggles as she mouthed her favorite ball. You yourself were busy digging in the rose beds, clipping the stems back and covering the ground with fresh mulch and making sure your bluebells had enough room to grow too.

Your face lit up when you saw Calvin pulling into the driveway, letting Six-Thirty out into the yard, the dog making a beeline for Ellen who giggled as he sniffed and licked her face. "Well somebody's happy to be home," you chuckled.

"That makes two of us," Calvin said, sitting in the green grass next to you and pressing a lingering kiss to your lips. "Missed you two all day."

"And so didn't Ellen and I," you told him. "God I can't wait for that new teaching position at the college. It'll be so much less stressful and not only will the girls be able to help me, but I'll be able to teach the way I want for once."

Calvin hummed as his lips ghosted over the soft skin of your cheek. You felt your legs clench just a little bit as he pressed a feather-light kiss in that spot. "I got you a little something on the way home," he said.

"Oh?"

Calvin made his way to the car and back with the box, returning to his spot next to you. You carefully opened it up and gasped at the sight of the two blue dresses inside.

"Oh Cal! These are beautiful!" you exclaimed happily. "I'm afraid to touch them, I don't wanna get them dirty."

Calvin laughed before you kissed each other again. "I saw those in Aunt Mabel's dress shop and couldn't resist," he explained. "Besides, you and Ellen deserve to look your best on Easter Sunday."

You kissed your husband again before he went to go scoop Ellen up into his arms, littering her round little face with kisses. You carefully covered the box and brought it inside with you, following Calvin, Ellen and Six-Thirty inside for lunch. You stowed the dresses away and rejoined your husband in the kitchen, excited and happy beyond words at the little surprise he had brought home for you.

#calvin evans #calvin evans x reader #lessons in chemistry

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wonkaworldwide · 1 year

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Can Wonka (2023) beat Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the box office?

We’re about a year out from the release of Wonka. The upcoming 2023 film, directed by Paul King and starring Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka, will be the third film in the Wonkaverse™, following 1971′s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and 2005′s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I’m not here to discuss whether or not the 2023 film will be a quality movie—I’m almost certain it will be. I’m here to discuss money. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was obviously a huge hit in 2005, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film worldwide in that year. Charlie’s $474 million gross is extremely admirable, but $474 million doesn’t make it unbeatable. It’s within striking range of what the 2023 film could do. The question is: can Wonka beat Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the box office? I’ll be looking at several reasons going for it and going against it.

The Roald Dahl curse

When Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl catalog in 2021, Forbes’ Scott Mendelson described the acquisition as a “huge risk”. Why? Well, Roald Dahl’s films haven’t historically done well at the box office. With the obvious exception of Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl film adaptations are almost always a financial failure.

Not a single Roald Dahl adaptation (sans Charlie) has grossed more than double its budget. On paper, Steven Spielberg’s The BFG may look like it made some money, but if you take into account the advertising and marketing costs, it ended up being one of Spielberg’s only “money-losing mega-flops” (see the above Forbes article). Financial information is largely unavailable on 2020′s The Witches, but considering it went straight to HBO Max during the pandemic and received disastrous reviews from critics, I think it’s safe to say that film was not one of Dahl’s successes.

Again, financial success does not correlate to critical success, as almost all of Dahl’s adaptations have become cult classics, and the only mega-blockbuster is probably the most divisive film adaptation of the bunch. However, I agree with Forbes that pursuing any Roald Dahl adaptation nowadays is a big risk.

However, the magic that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had is (arguably) star power. Any Johnny Depp/Tim Burton collaboration in the mid-2000s was a license to print money. Now, Paul King isn’t a household name, mainly because he hasn’t done much outside of those two Paddington movies. Timothée Chalamet, however, is a household name, and his loyal army of young supporters does bear a resemblance to the following Depp had in the 2000s.

It also helps the 2023 film’s prospects that Willy Wonka is by far the most iconic and recognizable Roald Dahl property, and that the 1971′s financial underperformance could be considered a fluke since it was released more than fifty years ago when moviegoing in general was vastly different. This was years before summer movies were considered a thing. Wonka will be the definitive factor as to whether or not the Willy Wonka property is the one exception to the Roald Dahl curse, or if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory alone is the exception.

Releasing a candy-themed movie in Winter (and competition)

I’ll preempt this by saying that it’s entirely possible that Wonka may succumb to a shuffle in Warner Bros. release lineup. Preferably, that would result in the movie being released sooner rather than later, but November sees the release of Dune: Part Two and two back-to-back Chamalet films seem unlikely.

Wonka (coming December 15, 2023) is the first Wonka movie to be released in December, as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was released in June and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released in July. This seems like a no-brainer and will most likely help the film rather than hurt it. There are all kinds of snowy environments (from what we’ve seen from the on-location shooting) and any movie about candy will be a perfect Christmas film.

It’s easy to look at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s box office and say that it’s a safe bet to release a movie like this in summer, but the truth is that the summer of 2005 wasn't a summer populated with hits. July 2005 saw the release of Fantastic Four... Sky High... uh... March of the Penguins... and that's it as far as movies that kids would have any interest in seeing (unless there was some awesome kid out there eagerly awaiting The Devils Rejects). In fact, July 2005 was such an underwhelming month for kids movies that Charlie’s main competition for it’s opening weekend was considered to be the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (the book, not the movie). That’s right, there were a handful of people that just didn't go to the theaters that weekend because they were reading.

But speaking of competition, let’s look at the movies that are coming out the same weekend as Wonka...

Oh... there aren’t any...

Yeah, it’s probably because we’re still twelve months out, but Wonka is the only movie scheduled for the first nineteen days of December 2023. Obviously, this isn’t going to stay the same, so we’ll just have to see what movies Wonka has to face against in its opening weekend. December 20th sees the release of The Color Purple, which is also a musical. It’s too early to say what age group it’ll be aiming for, but considering the first movie was PG-13 and the story is so profound, I’d imagine there will be families seeing it. December 20th also sees the release of the next Ghostbusters movie, which is an odd choice because I’ve always associated Ghostbusters with autumn and halloween, but whatever. This, to me, poses the strongest competition to Wonka of all the December releases on the calendar so far. It’s releasing only five days after Wonka, and I think once Ghostbusters hits theaters, the kids are going to dig the adventure and spookiness, and Ghostbusters will be the go-to movie for families after December 20th. But more on what kids will be looking for in Wonka later...

Appeal to children

Or actually, more on that now! This one may not spring to mind for most people, but as someone who was five years old when Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was released, I remember the movie being sold to me on the appeal of the child characters. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had a pretty great marketing campaign that emphasized each of the nasty children. As a kid, I thought the kids were the highlight of the film. Wonka wasn’t a character I appreciated until I got older.

I mention this because Wonka most likely won’t have child characters as iconic as the previous two iterations, and part of me wonders if a kid is going to see the promotional material for Wonka and beg their parents to see it.

The chocolate factory was also an appealing aspect to 5-year-old me. A chocolate waterfall with a pink boat, a room with squirrels, the glass elevator passing by room after room of dream-like gadgetry... Obviously, because this is a prequel, there will most likely be very little of the chocolate factory in the movie, and they won’t be used in the marketing because they wouldn’t want to spoil the end. Now because it is a Willy Wonka movie, there’s going to be some kind of magic-like candy environments (we know they are going to Loompaland), even though it won’t be the factory itself. We don’t know anything about what the movie has shot on soundstages, but one can imagine it’s absolutely more magical than the on-location shooting they were doing in dour Londontown.

How much it appeals to children is one aspect of the project that I can’t really judge it on because there hasn’t been a trailer yet. I will say that, beyond the child characters and the factory, the trailers need to have a tone that looks fun. Wonka so far looks smart and it looks sentimental, which means it’s skewing close to the 70s film. There needs to be some wackiness, some adventure and some pure childish fun—all things that the Tim Burton movie got across very well in it’s advertising—to make Wonka a movie that kids will drag their parents to, and not the other way around.

What? A Willy Wonka prequel? Can’t Hollywood get some new ideas blah blah blah

Even though there have only been two Willy Wonka movies over the last fifty years, people somehow have it in their minds that the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory franchise is one that Hollywood continually pillages. I mean, there have been 25 James Bond movies in roughly the same amount of time.

However, a major hurdle that Wonka will have to deal with is perception. Most people are going to say to themselves “Why are they making a Willy Wonka prequel? Who asked for this?” Admit it, you were saying this yourself before you learned about the movie’s exceptional cast and crew (heck, you may still be saying it). The public nowadays is very keen to the notion that Hollywood pillages every franchise it can lay it’s hands on, with Disney’s endless barrage of remakes, prequels, and legacy sequels being the most prominent example. The advertisers of Wonka are going to have a challenge convincing the public that this a story worth telling and worth seeing, and not just a soulless studio attempt at making a buck off the Willy Wonka name.

Of course, the film’s marketing hasn’t even begun. Once people see some images and hear some songs, things may change, but if I were to gauge public sentiment towards Wonka right now, I would say it looks pretty unfavorable for the movie. Critics seem more optimistic than the general public, but that’s mainly because Paul King is well known among critics but not so much among Joe Public.

However, Wonka can overcome this because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory overcame this. Charlie faced a great deal of hostility prior to its release, from people refusing to give the movie a chance because they held the 1971 film in high regard. Tim Burton himself commented on this in June 2005: “The way people talk, it’s like we’re taking copies of the cold movie and burning them so no one can ever see them again.” And despite the die-hard 1971 fans who refused to watch any Willy Wonka that wasn’t Gene Wilder, Charlie went on to become the 58th highest-grossing-film of all time at it’s time of release, and a whole generation of children grew up with it and consider it their preferred version of the tale. I’ve never been so proud.

Wonka has the ability to do just this, become a hit and become the preferred version of story for a generation of children, and piss a bunch of people who grew up on the previous two adaptations (although I hope 2005 fans are more keen to welcome it into the Wonka family).

The quality of the movie itself

Yeah, my final point is that Wonka’s box office performance will be impacted by just how good it is. The public isn’t particularly looking forward to another Willy Wonka movie, but if they hear it’s really good, like really good, then people will flock towards it. This is comparable to Top Gun earlier this year. To me, it seemed like there was absolutely no hype for this movie whatsoever, but it gained popularity just because of how good it was (haven't seen it so I can’t confirm this). I knew people who went and saw it without seeing the first Top Gun.

Paul King obviously has a great track record with family films, with his Paddington movies averaging at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes—compare this to Willy Wonka’s 91% and Charlie’s 83%. This alone shows that King is capable of making a Willy Wonka film is not only good, but that could unseat both versions as being the definitive Willy Wonka film, as both Charlie and Willy Wonka have their own problems: the 1971 film being dated in several areas and having some serious pacing issues, and the 2005 film exploring Wonka’s upbringing in a polarizing way.

However, it’s also possible that the movie FUCKING SUCKS!!!1!!! I’ll use Tim Burton as an example: he had a nearly flawless filmography in the 1980s and 1990s. Honestly, try to find a bad film among the following: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow. And then in 2001 he did Planet of the Apes, which was not only his worst movie at the time, but a frequent contender for worst movie of the year and won the Razzie for Worst Remake. Thankfully, Burton redeemed himself immediately after with four consecutive bangers: Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, and Sweeney Todd.

(This may be a bad example because Planet of the Apes was still the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2001, and therefore it’s negative reception didn’t affect it’s box office gross...)

It’s difficult to assess Paul King overall as a director, because while he’s done arguably the two most acclaimed family films of the 21st century, he hasn’t really done anything outside of the Paddington films to further prove his filmmaking prowess. He did a movie in 2009 called Bunny and the Bull, which has a 6.6 on IMDB, a 3.3/5 on Letterboxd, a 67% critics score and a 65% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes—every metric indicating that it’s pretty decent but nowhere near Paddington.

The soundtrack alone could be enough to boost Wonka to become a hit, considering the previous two films have fantastic soundtracks. The (Academy Award-nominated) 1971 soundtrack has since become ingrained into pop culture, and the (Grammy-nominated) 2005 soundtrack has some of Danny Elfman’s best compositions. The 2023 film’s music will be composed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy. I’d be lying if I said I’ve ever heard any of his stuff, but he’s a more inspired choice than your usual Hans Zimmer or Alexandre Desplat or whoever (I don’t know who the go-to-guy for musicals would be).

So will Wonka beat Charlie at the box office?

Looking at all the facts, Wonka faces an uphill challenge. Ultimately, no, I do not believe that Wonka will make more money than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I expect Wonka to have a lower budget, so there’s a good chance that it will be more profitable than Charlie, but I’m anticipating that Wonka ends up somewhere in the $300–$400 million range.

I do think that Wonka will be the second-highest grossing Roald Dahl film and the second exception to the Roald Dahl curse. And I just think to myself, if Mary Poppins Returns (a movie truly no-one was asking for) could make $350 million in 2019, then Wonka could do just as much. And the Willy Wonka property is far more relevant and in-demand than Mary Poppins. So here it is:

Wonka (2023): Prediction as of December 4, 2022

Worldwide gross: $350 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84% critics, 68% audience

Trust me, I want this movie to do well. Peter Ostrum, the original Charlie Bucket, said something absolutely true, that any Wonka project reignites interest in all the other Wonka projects. So yeah, I’d love to see Wonka do well and there be a huge surge in popularity for the other two movies.

Anyway, thank you so much for reading! I realize I’ve kinda abandoned my Tumblr in favor of posting more frequently on my Twitter, but I want to begin using my Tumblr for more editorial style posts like this, offering my thoughts on any aspect on the Wonka world in general.

#Charlie and the Chocolate Factory #Wonka #Tim Burton #Paul King #timothée chalamet #Willy Wonka #Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

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eddieydewr · 3 months

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I hope if you watch the tutor you’ll post a review after 🙏

you’re in luck bc i watched it yesterday and it was, um… well, the concept is interesting but poorly executed, and the pacing doesn’t make sense. i got the feeling that i’m supposed to root for ethan, aka the tutor, at first. but the actor looked like he was doing the movie at gunpoint and only started to put his whole hedlundussy into the last 15 minutes. which makes sense in retrospect since i read that garrett hedlund wasn’t sure about the script. noah was great the whole time but i hated his character design and i’m not even sure if his character (jackson) was putting on an act around ethan because the writing is that bad. he looks like chuck bass and young sheldon combined, with the pallor of a victorian child half dead from consumption. i’m aware that i should be creeped out by jackson but he clearly has something on ethan. i’m not saying he wasn’t creepy or unnerving but i knew it was on the surface, that there was something more to it. garrett and noah were great and did their best with what they were given, but the initial character design for them wasn’t convincing enough. or maybe it’s just me seeing through the flawed writing and pacing. i knew the film was bad so i was already watching with a critical eye.

the movie opens and ends abruptly. the editing is choppy but also flat. i would’ve liked the movie better if it had a terrible 90s camp vibes, like roald dahl’s the witches (1990) because it didn’t really work as a thriller or whatever genre it’s supposed to be. i’m also stuck wondering if the ending was supposed to be an open ending; again, because of the writing and editing. it’s almost frustrating because the story doesn’t feel complete and i still have questions. and not because it was done on purpose but because there’s no setup that leads to a satisfactory payoff or conclusion. there’s no clear reasoning or motivation although we do get a vague idea. basically the movie is good enough for passive viewing on the lifetime channel. usually i wouldn’t care if i’m watching something crap but i’m annoyed this time because noah’s in the movie and he has the range!! he was great but it felt like i was reading a hyped up book and i only liked the book cover. i’m just glad i didn’t pay for the privilege and used american netflix instead 😭

and that’s all i can say without spoilers, lmao. although i’m happy to reveal the plot (under a read more, ofc) and expand on my criticism, like noah’s character design, for example. i’d also love to complain about ethan’s hair!!!

ALSO… justice for noah because that video of him screaming and having a meltdown was definitely taken out of context. he does not deserve the lashings, omg 😭 like i can say it looks goofy but the fun stops every time noah antis spread it around for clout and to get people to take the piss 😩✋🏻 not to mention the clip of jackson with the gun being included in the trailer (was it? idk); that was done on purpose to make jackson look unhinged or something. and i am disappointed because of spoiler related reasons!!

i gotta stop now or i’ll just keep talking 🙈 sorry about my poor excuse of a review btw. i’m no roger ebert. or any basic movie reviewers, actually!!

#why can’t i be normal when i talk #just pure yappings #beth answers #oh christ i forgot to mention victoria justice

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m0nsterjuice-art · 1 year

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Hiiiiii your artstyle so good for these guys (Alex kinna looks like a character that would be illustrated in a Roald Dahl book) and I love them.

I do got some questions about them

1. How does Alex hide away springs when other people like freinds or technicians coming into the apartment? Not many places for the big guy to hide. Plus there would be that rotting/colone smell to explain away

2. Springtrap was born in the UK right? Why did he leave? Does he miss the place sometimes?

3. Is OMC always this serious slightly grumpy guy or is it just because he deals with they 2 most insufferable people on earth?

4. From what I gather Springtrap likes a good bit of classy/expensive stuff. since Alex lives in a (probably small) apartment and is, y'know, Alex, is it hard for him to get these things for his bf with the wage whatever his new job is pays him? (And does he try any get rich quick schemes to get around that lol)

5. Does Alex have any friends, or was he just this loner guy before Springtrap? If he does, do they find this change in his habits and purchases and this furry he only brings out on Halloween odd or just typical Alex?

6. What was that "newfangled device" that springs screwed up useing so badly it blasted the soul out of him lol I'm curious.

aww thank you! I'm happy ppl like my character designs and art style 😭

anyways, SO

1. Springtrap usually hides in his bedroom closet, or even leaves outright ahead of time. if he's ever in a bind, he can stay still and be passed off as one of Alex's many horror movie paraphernalia. It's thankfully not frequent, and Alex intentionally avoids company, pretending to be embarrassed about his home.

Springtrap would indeed stink initially, but he eventually gets steam+enzyme base cleaned enough so he just smells like a junky old sofa.... that wears middle-aged man cologne lol.

2. William in this AU left the UK for the US to both get away from his overbearing and dysfunctional family, and to find more opportunities for his engineering degree. It's not in any art, only briefly mentioned in a one-shot i wrote over a year ago.

3. OMC is a generally stoic figure, being an immortal god of death, however his patience with William/Springtrap has run very thin. He has a long history with him and his immortality experimentation- playing god, is what led him to getting involved in the first place, as it was inhibiting any souls involved from moving on to the afterlife.

I wouldn't exactly call him grumpy though, actually he's quite patient and compassionate. He allowed Springtrap to set the rules for how his soul is claimed, because he knows how important this life and Alex is to him. He also made sure to let Alex know about this, and settled any lingering doubts. Unfortunately there's a lot of stuff I have yet to get to, but he's ultimately a positive figure, not a negative one. He just wants William's wrongs fixed (more will be shown in Hare-brained)

4. Yes Springtrap was born in a wealthy family, went to one of the most prestigious of universities, and became a wealthy man himself. So even in death, he has... refined taste. Alex works a lot, but Springtrap does not expect anything outside of their price range, because yeeeah he's not exactly working any glamorous jobs. He just wants matching kitchenware and bathroom towels lol, and he makes sure everything is clean. His home might be tiny, but Springtrap is still overall grateful for a place to live alongside his loved one.

Springtrap does manage their finances, and he's able to track what is it isn't appropriate. He also takes advantage of any benefits/ect Alex is qualified for that he's ignorant of. However. they both absolutely would get involved with get rich quick schemes hahaha, which im sure backfire.

5. Alex isn't overly social, but he gets along with people/coworkers, and he does have friends. He avoids hangouts at his apartment, which isn't people's first pick anyways so it works out. This new boyfriend they hear glimpses of is an absolute mystery through, Alex will make excuses or try not to bring it up, but I'm sure he can't hide it forever lol.

a comic I've contemplated for a good while is 1 or 2 good friends forcing Alex to come clean and actually being introduced to him, and while initially freaked out, they quickly realize how suspicious and sinister he really is (they know how gullible Alex is), which Springtrap becomes aware of and becomes hostile in turn, afraid of them jeopardizing their relationship. Little do they know Alex is not the one who's in danger. It'd end with them all realizing they all have his best interest in mind, and becoming another support network in case anything happens to either one of them. some day.

6. Springtrap loves to tinker, he's naturally curious and his neurodivergent ass can't help but tear shit apart to see how it works, or think of new ideas to create. I think it'd have something to do with a modern microwave personally, a transformer from one of those things can easily output a high enough voltage to kill a person.

Alex like to give him junk from pawn shops/ect to tear apart so he can learn, like Bluetooth speakers or older computers. Alex might have no clue what he's doing, but he's always happy to support him and his passions.

Ok I hope that covers everything ok!

#au questions #long post /

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kingstylesdaily · 2 years

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Review: Harry Styles is Fully at Home in ‘Harry’s House’

By RAGAN CLARK | AP News

If the 13 tracks of Harry Styles’ third LP are the walls in which he lives, “Harry’s House” is a place of self-expression, happiness and healing. From the jubilant, funky “Cinema,” to the meandering cruiser “Keep Driving,” Styles shows a breadth of style that matches the album’s emotional range.

Styles set the tone for the album with his single “As It Was.” The up-tempo track sounds carefree at first listen, but the lyrics reveal a heavier premise. It’s a song that thematically explores the fear and pain associated with accepting that you must let something, or someone, go. It’s a single that teases Styles’ comfort with vulnerability — something that he displays countless times on the record.

Similarly, “Grapejuice” is deceivingly upbeat with synthesized horns and even a subtle, cheerful whistle at the end of the second verse. The song chronicles a relationship’s end (“There’s never been someone who’s so perfect for me/ But I got over it”) and how just as a hangover feels harder with age, it is harder, too, to hide from your emotions the older you get (“I pay for it more than I did back then”). Even when teasing out uncomfortable moments, the musical composition suggests there’s freedom in fully embracing each feeling.

In opener “Music For a Sushi Restaurant,” Styles’ feelings are more straightforward as he shares his love for another. The track has funk influences, complete with scatting by Styles, a vibrant trumpet and a groovy bass. Lyrically, it mirrors “Keep Driving” with its stream-of-consciousness style and psychedelic nods (“If the stars were edible/ And our hearts were never full/Could we live with just a taste?”). His joy also feels tangible in “Late Night Talking,” “Cinema” and “Daydreaming,” which features John Mayer on guitar.

In “Harry’s House,” Styles proves his talent for storytelling — whether it’s his own stories of pain or joy or putting himself in the shoes of another. Perhaps the most heartbreaking track is “Matilda” — a song that made several of his friends cry on first listen, according to his interview with Zane Lowe. While nodding to the 1988 Roald Dahl novel by the same name, the song centers on a friend he’s only recently realized didn’t receive the love from her family she deserved. The use of guitar harmonics on the stripped-down track bring intimacy to a song that is both cutting and hopeful as he encourages her to move forward without the guilt of leaving behind those who hurt her.

Likewise, “Boyfriends” finds him empathizing with the women in his life who have been underappreciated by men: “They think you’re so easy/ They take you for granted.”

Throughout the record, Styles is confident, but not cocky, bringing self-awareness and ease into each song. “Harry’s House” finds him at his best — free, observant and content.

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Matilda The Musical (2022)

"Matilda, an extraordinary girl armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand against her oppressive parents and head teacher to change her story with miraculous results."

In 1988 one of the greatest storytellers ever introduced the world to a young girl with “magical” powers. Roald Dahl put pen to paper and gave us the story of Matilda, a young girl who inspired a lot of people at the time, and who continues to do so to this day. I won’t give any specific spoilers here but I think the majority know that this is about good v evil, the battle between authority and those kept down by that authority. The overarching story hasn’t changed in 34 years. What has changed is the way it is told.

Tim Minchin and Christopher Nightingale took on the task to translate one of the most popular children’s books of all time into a stage musical. This can’t have been an easy task, trying to make it new while still doing justice to the characters. The stage show went onto to become a beloved favourite for a great many people. Eventually the time came that someone opted to bring this musical to the big screen, and this could have been a big mistake. Theatre shows work in the theatre for a reason, and not all of them transfer very well to cinema.

I’m very happy to say that this show seems to have survived the transition extremely successfully. It works brilliantly on screen, with fantastic music and slick choreography. The level of professionalism on screen from the dancers etc. is really quite impressive. Important note here......the majority of the cast, performers and singers, is children. They have a level of skill and talent that a lot of more mature people would kill to have.

The entire young cast is great, and the future of musical theatre is in good hands. The films focuses on three main characters, but before I get to them I want to highlight two of the children specifically. Charlie Hodson, as Bruce Bogtrotter, and Meesha Garbett, as Hortensia, are simply magical and they lead the ensemble like they were born to it. They have, potentially, very bright futures ahead of them.

The three main characters are Matilda, Miss Honey and The Trunchbull. Emma Thompson, almost unrecognisable as the terror that is the hammer throwing headmistress of Crunchem Hall, is just fabulous. She exudes an aura of fear and hatred of children that radiates off the screen.....and yet there is one moment where we do see a slightly vulnerable side to her. Yes, she is imagining a world without children but the moment is still there. It is a great performance from one of my favourite actresses.

Lashana Lynch is the timid, and downtrodden, Miss Honey. Having most recently seen her in James Bond and Dr Strange this was a delightful change. From one extreme to another, she has gone from action roles to bringing to life a wonderful, warm, joy of a woman, and it is always a good thing to see the range an actor has. She inhabits each role, making them individual and a pleasure to watch. One thing I wasn’t aware of before this was just how well Lynch, and Thompson, could sing. Lynch’s powerful vocals were firmly on show in the songs she sang, a heck of a voice. I’d love to see her in many more musical roles.

The main character is, of course, Matilda. Alisha Weir is a real star in the making. Matilda is an innocent girl, but she has a dark side when she is plotting, and carrying out, her revenges on those that have wronged her. One of my favourite things about this iteration of the character is the way Weir plays both sides with equally joy, and ability. The way she draws you in when she’s telling her story, and the way she almost makes you a co-conspirator is just awesome. If she keeps performing, in theatre or film, she has a long impressive future ahead of her.

Matthew Warchus, from the director’s chair, had the difficult job of making the stage show work on film. Whatever changes he had to make worked really well, and the film works seamlessly. The transitions from scene to scene, the choice of shots, and the performances he drew out of the actors, were all done with a skilled hand and an eye for detail of a person with a lot of talent and experience. I have nothing else to say other than, Bravo, Sir, for a job more than well done.

Overall this is brilliant, fun, storytelling that is aimed at a younger audience, with more than enough to keep adults entranced. Just to put this into perspective.....I am 45. I grw up loving, and being inspired by, the books of Roald Dahl. Watching this film brought back a flood of memories of the joy I felt when I was immersed in his worlds. This is getting a really well earned 9/10, with the highest of recommendations to go and sww it on the big screen before it hits streaming, if you can.

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Review: The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings and Alex T. Smith

I am delighted to be a part of The WriteReads blog tour for this heartbreaking, magical winter adventure that I know will capture so many of your hearts.

In 1683, the Great Frost swept through the streets of London, freezing the River Thames solid. Thomasina’s family have been selling sweets for generations while her friend Anne works at a new apothecary in town. Rumours of a magical Frost Fair appearing at night sweep through the city and strange, grey-skinned people seem to be showing up. Thomasina and her family are still mourning the death of Thomasina’s twin brother Arthur four years before and Thomasina would do anything to bring him back. Could the new wave of magic and wishes that the Great Frost has brought be the key to restoring happiness to the Burgess family or is serious danger afoot?

Thomasina still hears Arthur’s voice and talks to him all the time. She feels a huge amount of guilt about his death and it was heartbreaking to watch her really take the blame for it. However, Arthur’s presence is always there and it’s clear that he never really left her or her family’s home and hearts.

There are some delicious descriptions of sweets and food in the book that really bring the world to life. I loved entering the sweet shop and the apothecary as my nose was filled with the most wonderful scents. Even the cheese pie that Thomasina makes later on in the book seemed so delicious and made me incredibly hungry. This is certainly writing that touches all five of your senses!

I loved some of the physical descriptions that Thomasina gave, particularly of the shady Dr Silsworth. The fact that he resembles a ‘mouldy apple’ felt so authentic to how a child would describe an unsavoury character’s appearance and I couldn’t help but laugh because I somehow knew exactly what he looked like. It’s a little bit Roald Dahl-esque to describe someone as a mouldy fruit and I really enjoy that brand of dark, child-like humour.

There is some discussion of 17th century treatment of women who didn’t conform to societal norms. They were either considered mad or witches and sadly, Thomasina’s mother falls victim to vicious rumours like this, when she’s actually just overcome with grief for her son. The way that these women were taken from their homes and families, locked away in places like Bedlam and allowed to be spectacles for curious members of the public is such a horrendous thing from our past but it’s an important chapter that everyone should remember and learn from. So, I really appreciated seeing it visited in a historical fantasy story for children.

I can’t deny that there is a huge amount of deep sadness in this book. However, Thomasina is an incredibly kind soul who accepts people as they are and she is determined to rid other people of their judgements too. I loved the overriding theme of love and understanding that rang throughout the book within Thomasina’s character and that these things came out on top at the end.

I really loved all the Scottish folklore references that cropped up. Thomasina’s mother grew up in Scotland and loved to tell her daughter stories from her culture. Celtic mythology isn’t explored in children’s fiction very often but it is one of beautiful, winter imagery and ethereal, mystical magic. It fits the whole atmosphere of this book perfectly and I think I’d loved to see more of it. Hopefully in future instalments, I will!

The Frost Beasts are truly mesmerising and I really enjoyed watching them run and leap around the Other Frost Fair. There are some stunning visuals in this book that thoroughly transport you into the beautiful but dangerous world of Father Winter. Icy worlds are often both incredibly alluring yet deeply unsettling and the world-building definitely achieved that.

The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair is a thrilling, heart-rending, magical ride that is tinged with tragedy and threat. There are some really lovely characters and themes of friendship, courage and kindness are all championed. It’s a fantastic winter adventure for younger readers but everyone can appreciate the heartwarming yet bittersweet taste it leaves on turning the final page.

The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings and illustrated by Alex T. Smith will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books on 27th October 2022.

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A Family Affair (Calvin Evans x Reader)

Summary: Having Calvin's entire family plus close friends under the roof for Easter is never an easy thing, but it's always well worth it

Warnings: Mentions of pregnancy, birth, parenthood etc.

Tagging: @floydsmuse

The church bells pealed as soon as morning services were done. You and Calvin stepped out into the bright morning sunlight, wanting to hang back and share a few words with Father McDowell, but when you heard that the rest of Calvin's family was going to be descending on the house, you two had thought it best to get home quick.

"So remind me again who's coming for dinner?" you chuckled on the way to the car.

"Aunt Marge called this morning and said she and Uncle Lenny were coming," Calvin answered.

You adjusted a squirming Baby Ellen in your arms as she grasped your favorite necklace in her chubby little hand. "So that makes......twenty people for dinner," you squeaked.

"Give or take," Cal said, biting his lip.

That had been perfectly fine by you. Marge had always been good to both you and Calvin and had come by numerous times to help you when Ellen had first been brought home from the hospital. "How much do you wanna bet that Mother Powers will have a tale or two to tell about Mrs. Burns?"

"And if we hear Helen McDowell shouting from across the street, we'll know what happened," he laughed.

Home you headed where Six-Thirty was eagerly awaiting your return on the porch. He practically jumped the front steps and ran to you both, begging for scritches.

"Well, look who's home," Pat greeted cheerfully as you both entered the house. "How'd everything go?"

"As good as it could go Ma," Calvin said, hugging his mother.

"Excellent," Pat remarked. "Your father and I will be going in a few minutes, I just had to put the roast in the oven and have it set for later tonight."

"Patricia!" Henry called from the stairs. "Have you seen my good suit?"

"Your suit's at the cleaners!" she replied.

"Well then what the hell am I supposed to wear to Easter Mass?"

"Wear your damn dress blues that's what they're for!"

Calvin snorted and silenced a laugh that had caught in his throat. "Don't let your father hear that," Patricia warned him.

"I'm not saying anything," Calvin responded.

"Good because I'll be sure to hear about it later," Patricia said as she put the finishing touches on one of the desserts.

You and Calvin set up Ellen's little playpen in the dining room so you could keep an eye on her while Calvin decided to walk Six-Thirty up and down the block a few times. The doorbell rang and who should appear but Marie Bianchi, a close friend of Pat's.

"Good morning dear, Happy Easter," Marie said as she happily greeted you. "I brought a little something for dinner later."

"Marie you didn't have to do this," you told her.

"Oh dahling I insist," Marie said, he Long Island drawl revealing itself. "You and Calvin all have enough on your plates as is, I thought Louie and I would be of some help."

You gasped when you lifted back the tin foil and saw what was inside the casserole pan that had been set on the kitchen counter. "Is that your green bean casserole?"

"None other," Marie answered.

"Marie......."

"I make it every year for Easter and special occasions," she explained. "Secret is never use the frozen stuff, you either get the beans fresh in the produce section or grow it yourself."

The door rang again and this time Henny King had shown up in her purple Easter dress and favorite hat. "That is it!" she announced. "My knuckleheaded grandson has done it now!"

"Oh dear, what'd he do now?" Marie laughed.

"That clueless birdbrain done stole my good jade ring outta my jewelry box because he was plannin on proposin to one of the girls down in front at church this mornin," Henny explained, hanging up her purse and hat on the hooks near the door.

"Oh Henny not again," you laughed.

"Uh-huh and I swore Paul was gonna let him have it that time," Henny answered.

"Didn't you tell him that you were going to leave it to him though dear?" Marie asked.

"When I'm dead Marie, when I'm good and dead," Henny reminded her. "Now what's left for cookin (y/n)? I heard Pat had to run out for a while and where in the hell is Calvin? He oughtta be in here beatin the eggs like they owe you money."

"He went out for a run with Six-Thirty," you told her. "I can handle it."

"Child I know you love him but sometimes you've gotta show'em who the real boss of the house is," Henny joked.

"Oh he knows Henny, don't worry."

"I'm only jokin honey," she said with a wave of her hand. "Now lets get to it before the house gets too crowded."

And the house did get crowded with more family and friends arriving shortly after. Mei Shang and her sister Betty showed up with their grandmother, all three heading into the kitchen to help even though every one of you had insisted that Nainai get off her feet, only to be met with her stubborn remark about how her feet weren't bad and that she was just old. Aunt Marge had already put in appearance along with Rose, Sandy and Joel, with the latter having gone off to find Calvin.

"Alright, it is done and it is PERFECT," Rose declared happily. "Sandy and I were up all night trying to get it done."

"Oh my Lord this is perfect!" Marge exclaimed, adjusting Ellen an little in her arms. "Rose you always spoil us with your cookies."

"I make'em every year when Cal, (Y/n), Pat and Henry come and celebrate Passover with us," Rose said. "Really, it's the least I can do when we come here."

You and the ladies all chattered away as you kept working on the dinner prep and when Calvin, Lee and Joel all came traipsing in through the door with Six-Thirty, you all shooed them away to the living room.

Pat and Henry returned with more family and friends showing up behind them. Before long, your house was full of family and friends who had come from across town to spend Easter Sunday with you. All over the yard, you and Calvin had hidden little egg shaped stones you had gotten at the O'Neil's craft store and painted yourselves for the nieces and nephews to find and collect in their baskets. Plenty of photos were taken while Louie Bianchi had run around with his video camera to capture the memories himself. Calvin's niece, Lucy, and Betty Chin's daughter, Joy, were both excited to show you the eggs they had found, running to you every time they found one.

"Alright you two," Louie Bianchi said to his granddaughter and her best friend. "Big smiles! You're ready for your close ups!"

"Oh Louie leave them alone for God's sake!" Marie told him.

You and Calvin laughed, but you couldn't deny that Lucy looked adorable in her mint green dress and Joy in her little pink and green qipao with the tiny jade frog buttons.

Not since Christmas had the house been this full of joy and laughter, the festive air infectious. When it was finally time for dinner, hardly a seat was empty in the dining room. Calvin stood up and the whole room fell silent with all eyes on him.

"I can't thank you guys enough for all you've done," he said. "You're all like family to us and (y/n) and I wouldn't have it any other way. You were there with us from the beginning and I know you'll all be there until the end. So here's to all of you and the years ahead. May they be just as happy as today is."

Everyone thundered with approval, happy and grateful to be together. But no one could be happier than you and your husband.

"I love you sweetheart," he whispered, kissing the side of your head.

"Love you too Cal," you answered, kissing him back.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Crowned as one of the greatest storytellers for kids of the 20th century, Roald Dahl was a world-renowned British author of novels on children's literature. Reading the masterpieces of Dahl is like experiencing a fairytale-like adventure. By the end of the adventurous journey, readers would learn a treasurable moral lesson from this insightful novelist.Among all the masterworks ofthis talented writer, Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryis undeniably the magnum opus of his entire collection.

Born in a poverty-stricken family, an eleven-year-old boy named Charlie Bucket was struggling in a rotten shack with his parents as well as his paternal and maternal grandparents. Charlie’s father was the only breadwinner of the family, but his small paycheck was only barely enough to make both ends meet. The whole family were all freezing under a cold weather without adequate food to eat except a limited amount of soup with cabbages. Just like any other youngers in the city, the little Charlie was indulged in eating confectionery. Poor as he was, Charlie was fortunate enough to have a tiny bar of chocolate once a year on his birthday.

As a legendary chocolate manufacturer and triumphant entrepreneur, the elusive Willy Wonka owned the largest chocolate factory in history. In order to select a successor for his business, he published an advertisement in the newspaper declaring that if anyone could find one of the five Golden Tickets embedded in random chocolate bars, they would be allowed to take a mystical tour of the awe-inspiring candy factory and earn a lifetime supply of sweets. Charlie propitiously found the last Golden Ticket of the five. Alongside the other four spoiled kids from different parts of the world, Charlie was granted an access to the far-famed chocolate factory with his frail grandfather.

During their tour, all the children were mesmerized by all kinds of wonders and unconventional inventions, including a compelling chocolate waterfall, a three-course bubblegum, a workforce of nut-testing squirrels as well as a state-of-the-art teleportation device. Except for Charlie, the other four brats gave into their impetuous impulses and continuously ignored Mr. Wonka’s kindly advice, resulting in irreversible punishments for the rest of their lives. In contrast to the other urchins, Charlie conducted himself with obedience and respect throughout the visit, deeply impressing the factory owner. Finally, Wonka entrusted the kind-hearted Charlie to be the heir of his enterprise and invited all his family to live in the chocolate factory.

Growing up as an underprivileged kid, Charlie lost at the starting line from birth. But in the end, his kindness and selfless let him win the ownership of the flamboyant factory and take his family out of poverty. The young Charlie was a role model of what a good child should be. Although Charlie was widely regarded as the protagonist of the tale, Willy Wonka was the true leading character of the story.

Wonka was a whimsical chocolate maker who owned a colossal chocolate factory in the city. Described as a quirky businessman with peculiar personalities, Wonka was a sagacious capitalist with vision and passion. He was intelligent enough to invent a variety range of confectionery products which were sold like hot cakes in the market. Also, he was brave enough to explore an unknown frontier, Loompa Land, and hired the mysterious dwarfs named Oompa Loompas to help him run the business. Most importantly, Wonka orchestrated an outlandish tour to help him find the most qualified inheritor to inherit his legacy of creating enchanting candies.

Though written sixty years ago, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is still unquestionably one of the most influential adolescent fiction books in history. The story has been adapted into movies several times over the years, and now it has got a prequel film delving into the origins of the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and his bizarre chocolate factory. The movie “Wonka” has been released in Hong Kong on December 7th, 2023. May everyone enjoy the fantastic timeless tale of Willy Wonka during this Christmas.

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Review: Wonka is eccentric, musical and boring

Literature has played a very important role in the entertainment industry, novels have been adapted to films and these to successful sagas, these works have several varied themes ranging from children's to fantasy and more current themes. We could list the authors who have seen their material in real action on a movie screen, one of them has been the British writer Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) who has delighted children and adults for generations with his works that include James and the Giant Peach (1961), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970), Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972), The Witches (1983), Matilda (1988) among others. One of his most popular works is undoubtedly Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which has had 2 film adaptations, the first titled Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) by director Mel Stuart, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (2005) by director Tim Burton and the animated film Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017) by director Spike Brandt as well as a Broadway musical Charlie & the Chocolate Factory: The musical (2017) with songs composed by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The fantastic story of an eccentric chocolatier returns to the big screen in 2023, director Paul King's Wonka is a modernized film of this literary classic.

What is the film about?

Willy Wonka (Timothée Chalamet) tells the wonderful story of how the greatest inventor, magician, businessman, traveler, and chocolatier became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today, full of ideas and determined to change the world, this enthusiastic young man is ready to prove that the best things in life begin with a dream and it doesn't matter what you have to do to fulfill it. Willy Wonka as a literary character is, by the standards we use today, strange and eccentric, the latter may be timeless, but the truth is that the versions that Gene Wilder and Johnny Deep already embodied at the time have been very different in their context and concept, while one was happier the other was more sinister, the story is the same, a successful chocolate factory that no one can enter and a humble child wins a golden ticket to know the mysteries and secrets that this factory hides. Wonka intends to go further not to the future of the character but to his past so that we can know the origins of how he was able to found that empire based on delicious chocolate, the creators and screenwriters Simon Farnaby and Paul King take too many liberties in wanting to give him a different twist and that in turn can connect with the novel and even the film productions that precede it, this may seem like a good idea and the difficult thing is to give it shape and make it believable within how fantastic it may be that a project like this can work. With multiverses being so fashionable, we dare to say that this is part of something that is but is not within a previously established canon, one that has imposed its own rules and one of them is precisely that everything is independent. There is no relationship. In any of them, it is difficult for us to believe that Timothée Chalamet's Wonka could be the adults, Wilder and Deep, there is simply no connection. The film as a project experiments a lot with exaggerated fantasy and the excessive use of CGI, which although it recreates environments and characters that do not exist is very attractive, the color palette, as well as its photography, becomes impressive at times, and the visual quality is very novel and perhaps it is the only thing that can contribute because on the one hand, we have this and on the other its history and its subplots, that perverse game of us being the spectators having to deduce what is happening with these 2 things is an area of comfort that we have already talked about on many occasions in other reviews. Paul King labels his new film as a traditional and commercial film production but as a visual spectacle. During the opening titles, he describes himself as a musical and adventure film that tries to give a message and fit into the modernity of this century with the new generations and the possibility of it becoming a successful franchise, which is very far from becoming.

We agree that there are things that do not need a sequel or a prequel, nor do they need to be modernized and be politically correct and inclusive, it is evident that the lack of ideas in Hollywood has led its writers to search through what by is and to pretend that a successful product can be born from this, this is already a constant problem that is becoming more and more accentuated and that is losing more audience, not to mention the serious financial problems that the main and large studios have today. His story completely lacks a factor that can pleasantly surprise us, this is because many or few, locals and strangers, already know what this young Wonka is going to transform into, who here is an aspiring chocolatier who already dominates to the point of being able to make magic, to prove himself he arrives in a fictitious European city to compete with the most elegant and respected chocolate manufacturers in the world, what he has in his favor is his incredible creativity to mix flavors to the rhythm of catchy songs that end up being a nuisance. The film has a clear line of how to circulate within its narrative but is not clear about where it wants to go, during the first 10 minutes and with an immediately ingratiating song that talks about his hopes and dreams and how to achieve them, however, The film goes from being fantastic to delving into the world of the chocolate mafia as if it were a drug cartel, among which are the respected Mr. Prodnose (Matt Lucas), Mr. Fickelgruber (Matthew Baynton) and Mr. Slugworth ( Paterson Joseph) who compete to dominate this business and the market in general where they will not allow anyone else, much less an asshole, to succeed with a chocolate that makes customers fly in a unique experience. Doomed to failure and public ridicule and harassed by his corrupt police chief (Keegan-Michael Key), Willy struggles to fulfill his dream. It is evident and predictable that this becomes a problem and even more so when he meets Mrs. Scrubbit (Olivia Colman), a landlady who uses her boarding contracts to turn visitors into slaves, it is there where she meets a girl named Noodle (Calah Lane) with whom she will form a friendly alliance and who, together with her creations, will manage to buy her freedom. After many unnecessary songs and a dose of unfinished action, we well know that he will neither remain a slave nor fail to realize his dream, come on, we already know Willy Wonka, be it Wilder or Deep or even the literary character, what they intend here is to make us believe that all of this does not exist yet and is going to be forged in future films, something that I still believe is not possible but hey, anything can happen in that fantasy world but not in real life. As for what is visually recreated, we cannot complain, the production design by Nathan Crowley and costume designer Lindy Hemming created a world so fantastic and believable that only Wonka could imagine. The recreation of the town square is a strange mix of classic European architectural influences with modern touches. Each setting we see, from the elegant chocolate shop to the Cartel's elaborate lairs, is designed with great care and detail that amazes us as spectators. of the most important point that is its history.

Its biggest flaw is the script, there is too much wasted plot apparently to justify a prequel to a perfect children's/youth story, focusing on that is leaving aside the direction it wants and should take, the subplots are extremely strange and without much sense, its conclusion is guessable and nothing surprising, he befriends this girl, frees her and adopts her, but we are leaving aside one of the key characters in these stories, the famous and hard-working Lofty (Hugh Grant) represents the Oompa Loompas and how that friendship/work that we saw very briefly in the previous films is forged. Musically, Wonka has original songs written by Neil Hannon that contain some samples of the well-known Pure Imagination and Oompa Loompa that shamelessly advocate nostalgia but that in their execution become a nuisance that interrupts at every moment the development of everything else including that of their characters. The film wastes too much time with the songs in which each one tries to carry the message of celebrating the power of imagination and the beauty of dreaming big, that friendship and love for what one does is everything to obtain the desired success, of finding a place in the world and the importance of remaining faithful to one's vision, principles and values regardless of the obstacles, that chocolate no matter what it is is delicious, the theme of friendship cannot be missing that everything can and the politically correct inclusion with this African American girl who despite her condition has everything to succeed, a moral and trite discourse that is more embedded here than in other productions. The cast is made up of Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Jim Carter, Tom Davis, Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant who do much more than is required, faced with this multi-star cast, their characters along with their development fall too short, if we have actors and actresses of this level at least we must offer a good script in which each one can have their fair share of time and that does not happen and is surely due because they continue with this model of continuing to tell things in future installments and I insist, I don't think that will ever happen. The score composed by Joby Talbot desperately tries to keep up with the film's rhythm, the few pieces desperately try to convey some emotion and fantasy in each scene and fail to do so, which is a shame, there are very redeemable pieces that are lost and They are diluted in the edition. In conclusion, if you think that this film will give too many revelations and details about Willy Wonka's past, it is not exactly what it is interested in telling, it is not risky, it is not original, and it is not something that contributes to the genre beyond the technical, It is just a visually entertaining experiment that is completely unnecessary in current cinematography, it is a pretext for Warner studios to remain moderately valid during this Christmas season in which, after a pandemic, returning to theaters is the goal to obtain profits regardless of that the product they present is very questionable. Wonka is already out in theaters in your country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNh9bTjXWg Read the full article

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Deep Roy Movies, TV Shows, Wiki, Biography, Height, Net Worth and Age

Deep Roy is an amazing personality in the world of entertainment who stands out for both his extraordinary talent and one-of-a-kind quality. His exceptional performances and his distinctive height of 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 meters) have mesmerized audiences all over the world. This Kenyan-British actor, puppeteer and stuntman is also a model. Join us as we explore Deep Roy’s interesting life and career to learn more about his outstanding achievements, legendary roles, and other things.

Deep Roy Wiki / Biography

Mohinder Purba, Deep Roy’s birth name, entered the world on December 1st, 1957 (65 years as of October 2023) in Nairobi, Kenya. He was born into a Sikh family of Indian parents, setting the stage for an exceptional life. Despite having unusual physical characteristics, Deep Roy’s entry into the entertainment industry was far from straightforward.

While living in London, he initially tried his hand at the accounting sector but soon recognized that something else was more his true calling. At the youthful age of 18, he bravely decided to discontinue his accounting studies, setting out on a journey that would eventually take him to the most prestigious stages and screens in the world.

A Humble Beginning

Deep Roy’s early years in the entertainment industry were characterized by determination and commitment. When he made his stand-up comedy debut in local cabaret clubs across England in 1970, his career took off. His comedic skill and charisma on stage led him to fame and a big following.

At the Palace Theatre in Westcliff-on-Sea, Roy was performing in Ray Cooney’s “Miracle Worker” by April 1970. This was the first step in a career that would soon have a lasting impression on the entertainment industry.

The Silver Screen Debut

He quickly made the move from television to film. He made his professional acting debut in 1976 in “The New Avengers” episode “Target!”His portrayal of the character Klokoe served as his official access into the film industry.

Later on in the same year, he appeared on film in “The Pink Panther Strikes Again,” playing the Italian Assassin. The career that would eventually feature a wide range of characters and genres was made possible by these early assignments.

The Sci-Fi Connection

His adaptable skills also fit in the world of science fiction. His performance as Mr. Sin, the “pig-brained Peking Homunculus” in the classic “Doctor Who” episode “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” demonstrated his talent for bringing unusual and unforgettable characters to life.

Roy’s role as Yoda’s size double in “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” and his subsequent addition to the “Star Wars” saga further established Roy as a science fiction genre.

The Oompa-Loompa Phenomenon

While Deep Roy has made significant contributions to a number of film universes, his performance in Tim Burton’s 2005 adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” may have been his most well-known. Deep Roy accomplished the amazing task of portraying all 165 Oompa-Loompas in this humorous version. He had to undergo significant dancing, yoga and even minor instrument playing training for the role, which was nothing short of amazing.

A Stint in the Stars

The connection between Deep Roy and science fiction didn’t end with “Star Wars.” As Keenser, Scotty’s assistant on the ice planet Delta Vega, he also entered the “Star Trek” world. The films “Star Trek” (2009), “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013), and “Star Trek Beyond” (2016) all featured this character. He was notable for being one of just five performers to hold the prestigious distinction of having roles in both “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.”

A Multifaceted Career

Over 70 TV shows and movies have benefited from Deep Roy’s talent over the course of his successful career. He has played a variety of characters, from the Tin Woodman in “Return to Oz” to Teeny Weeny in “The NeverEnding Story,” demonstrating his versatility and ability to bring to life a variety of personalities. He has effectively surpassed the limitations of typecasting, demonstrating that talent knows no size.

Awards

He won at Best Shorts Competition in 2012 for The Ballad of Sandeep (2011) as Leading Actor.

He won at Colorado Film Festival, US in 2011 for The Ballad of Sandeep (2011) as Best Actor.

He won at Sunset International Film Festival in 2012 for The Ballad of Sandeep (2011) as Best Actor.

He won at Top Shorts Film Festival in 2017 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as Best Actor In An Indie Film.

He won gold award at LA Shorts Awards in 2018 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as Best Actor.

He won diamond award at NYC Indie Film Awards in 2017 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as Best Actor.

He won Grand Jury Prize at London Independent Film Awards in 2017 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as best actor.

He won at Global Film Festival Awards in 2018 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as best actor.

He won diamond award at Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque in 2018 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as best actor.

He won at Virgin Spring Cinefest in 2018 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as best actor.

He won silver award at Independent Shorts Awards in 2018 for God Came ‘Round (2017) as best actor.

Personal Life

Although Deep Roy is a well-known personality in the entertainment business, his private life has remained wrapped in mystery. Although he is married to Millie Farris, little is known about his personal life. This commitment to privacy underscores the fact that Deep Roy is first and foremost a dedicated artist, focusing on his craft rather than the spotlight.

Deep Roy Height

He has become a recognizable name in the industry thanks to his remarkable physical attributes. He is a living example that brilliance comes in many shapes and sizes, standing at 4 feet 4 inches (1.32 meters) and weighing roughly 105 pounds (48 kilograms).

Deep Roy Net Worth

His net worth is now believed to be between $500k to $1M according to the most recent estimations. Along with his varied range of roles, his efforts to TV and movies have not only made him a well-liked icon but also a prosperous one.

Top Interesting Facts: Deep Roy

His amazing performance in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” as all 165 Oompa-Loompas forced him to take Pilates and dance classes to prepare for the four musical routines.

In 1970, he began his career in stand-up comedy at small cabaret club in England.

The Slim Wood School of Comedy was his place of study.

His career in entertainment began when he was a small child and performed in a circus.

He has performed as a puppeteer and voice actor in addition to acting.

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