mcbwallace

No kids, no golden tickets, no grandparents. This is the story of how Willy Wonka came to be.

I do not like musicals, but this is so charming, funny, and cute. The music is not song with people doing choreographed danced numbers. They dance, but not like a music video, more like the classical musicals, Wizard of Oz, or Gigi. The story doesn't stop while they sing and dance.

This is a great movie to watch with kids. Clean, whimsical, and light. A little long for younger kids, but great quality. The different chocolates, and ingredients, and the origins of his recipes are ingenious, so creative.

Timothee Chalomet is a true natural in the role of Wonka and doesn't feel like he's acting at all, only showing us a different facet of his personality. Noodle, Abacus and the rest of the laundry gang also do great job filling out the rest of the "good guys".

First: when viewers complain about casting changes? Don't be dim. These wonderful actors have moved on to "bigger" things. More likely than not nobody "got rid of them", and you're revealing revealing plots when you put it in your reviews!

Tru-dy, Tru-dy, Tru-dy!- this character in lesser hands is a caricature. Amy Morton has made Trudy a WOMAN! She is amazing! I always want to know what she's going to do and say next. Every one wants her respect, but also wants to get one over on her. Trudy runs that place, and everybody knows it. That's not writing, that's writing inspired by ACTING!

I was a HUGE Third Watch fan, so I like the Trudy, the beat cops, interaction with the paramedics and firefighters and some investigations. Trudy gives it the Third Watch vibe.

The whole "intelligence" unit I find to be too heavy (yeah I know it's crime, crime is heavy), but SIX people showing up to every scene to decide what to do? And what qualifies it as an "intelligence " case and then ALL of them go there? Drugs? Murder? Organized crime? Gangs? Could be any of those- makes ZERO sense. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why that team is dispatched. The different members of the team are all likable, but heavy handed attitudes is a bit much episode after episode. I'm currently only on season 3, but starting watching it because there's so much crossover between Chicago Fire.

Also, not a great idea to introduce a leader by having him first threaten a firefighter for testifying against his son- planting drugs on him, terrorizing he and his fiancé. Really hard to feel good about a character like that.

I NEVER do this. This isn't really a review because I couldn't get through the first episode. I remember this case. Thinking these kids were animals, feeling for the jogger, finding out someone else did it, and these kids had been abused, manipulated, bullied, and just plain had no choice but to confess. The acting is obviously amazing, because I wanted to jump through my screen and help every one of these kids.

Watching this happen, even with actors, is heartbreaking. I've seen documentaries, and it is just incomprehensible that so many people got together to make their narrative of the crime work. We see this all the time. It seems to be more important to prove guilt of the chosen suspect (s) than find the guilty party. This is exactly the kind of behavior that makes it harder for honest police/detectives and prosecutors to get the trust, respect and support they need from the public.

I truly feel for these young men/children who are now adults, and find it frustrating that these police tactics are rarely if ever punished.