I don't know what all the hype is about, but as someone who has seen the original 70s classic, it has none of the zaniness or creativity of it besides some witty dialogue, special effects, and decent music.
The rest of the film just feels like a complete cash grab, with all the usual Hollywood beats and tropes and assassination of Wonka's character. He has little personality besides being creative and an idiot and the actor who plays him is just as boring. The entire plot is stupid. The conflict starts because he decided to sign a contract despite being told not to. We get the generic annoyingly cocky yet bright kid sidekick. And then he gets ostracized due to selling chocolate without a store, which I'm not for sure if that's how things worked in the 1800s but whatever.
I don't know what else to say, it's about as generic as can be. The whole story is just "Chocolat" mixed with generic action-adventure shenanigans. I'm sure this will be forgotten fairly soon. If anything, just stick to the timeless classic and ignore this trainwreck.
The rest of the film just feels like a complete cash grab, with all the usual Hollywood beats and tropes and assassination of Wonka's character. He has little personality besides being creative and an idiot and the actor who plays him is just as boring. The entire plot is stupid. The conflict starts because he decided to sign a contract despite being told not to. We get the generic annoyingly cocky yet bright kid sidekick. And then he gets ostracized due to selling chocolate without a store, which I'm not for sure if that's how things worked in the 1800s but whatever.
I don't know what else to say, it's about as generic as can be. The whole story is just "Chocolat" mixed with generic action-adventure shenanigans. I'm sure this will be forgotten fairly soon. If anything, just stick to the timeless classic and ignore this trainwreck.