Willy Wonka redux

Rating: 5/10 (25 July 2018)

I didn't read more than 30 reviews, but none of them pointed out the obvious comparison to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. In both films the protagonists has to solve puzzles, and prove himself to the exiting owner to gain new ownership. I didn't see much point to the film except an exercise in CGI on a massive epic scale. The amount of license-clearing to exhibit all of these trademarked characters must have cut heavily into the budget. Obviously a lot of work went into this, along with a thrilling music score and superb sound-design. But the message of "reality is well... real" is kind of moronic.