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Leo & Wonka

So here we have another double review, mainly because I have 2 movies to go plus the year is almost over and I don't have time to wait a week (or sooner) to review a movie before it's over. I saw Leo a little over a month ago. It's about a class lizard who's apparently about to die and attempts to spend the remainder of his life in the wild, only to be intrigued by the class and help them with their problems. I saw Wonka yesterday. It of course centers on the early life of the iconic Willy Wonka and how he became the person we all know and love. 


Leo


Leo was too cute. While the story isn't super creative, it is interesting enough. It has it's funny moments but it also has some incredibly sweet and tender moments. The bond Leo built with the kids is surprisingly very well developed and none of them felt more favored than the other. This movie is a musical, and the fact that this movie has more memorable songs than Wish says a lot about how pathetic Wish is. The singing wasn't as good as Wish, but this isn't the type of musical that needed amazing vocals. The animation is pretty simple, especially in comparison to other animated movies this year (for example: Ninja Turtles, and of course Across The Spider-Verse). But it was still decent enough. 



Wonka

 

I really enjoyed Wonka. Easily the best thing about it was it's nostalgia. It was obvious that it respected the original (1971) and truly expanded the story as well as add it's own story to it. But I was also surprised that it got dark at some moments of the movie (kind of like 1971's). This is also a musical, and the songs were cute (but not super memorable). But I like that it included some of the original's songs as well. The singing wasn't great, but decent enough (and this is coming from someone who hates it when people who aren't natural singers are in a musical). In terms of flaws, there was slightly too much cgi in some areas and Calah Lane's performance wasn't the greatest. Chalamet on the other hand was great. 


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