{"id":4274,"date":"2024-02-21T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4274"},"modified":"2024-02-24T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T23:26:43","slug":"the-magic-of-wonka","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/article\/the-magic-of-wonka\/","title":{"rendered":"The magic of Wonka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a>Adapted from both Willy Wonka films and Roald Dahl\u2019s classic novel comes a magical and bittersweet movie that makes us \u201cquiet up and listen down!\u201d From <em>Paddington<\/em> director Paul King \u2013 as well as <em>Harry Potter<\/em> producer David Heyman \u2013 the fun-filled film follows the backstory of how Willy Wonka became who he is today.<\/a> Since its release in December last year, the film has earned itself about $600 million at the box office worldwide, proving to be a \u2018hit\u2019 of 2023 (and 2024). <em>Wonka<\/em> has even been nominated for awards including the Critic\u2019s Choice award for \u201cBest Young Actor\/Actress,\u201d the people\u2019s choice award for \u201cThe Comedy Movie of the Year,\u201d and even a BAFTA for \u201cOutstanding British Film of the Year!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wonka follows the story of a young Willy Wonka (Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet), who is set on his lifelong dream of changing the world, one chocolate at a time. However, he is faced with the of the infamous chocolate cartel, the \u201cDahl-esque&#8221; Scrubbit and Bleacher \u2013 as well as an Oompa Loompa called Lofty (Hugh Grant) who tries to steal his Willy\u2019s chocolates! As Willy overcomes these adversities, he befriends an orphan girl called Noodle (Calah Lane) and the other captives of Mrs. Scrubbit\u2019s laundromat. <a>And together, they help Willy Wonka\u2019s dreams come true.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, Wonka is a wonderful film for the whole family, and I hope that one day we might see some more \u2018Wonka-related\u2019 films in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruby C, Year 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adapted from both Willy Wonka films and Roald Dahl\u2019s classic novel comes a magical and bittersweet movie that makes us \u201cquiet up and listen down!\u201d From Paddington director Paul King \u2013 as well as Harry Potter producer David Heyman \u2013 the fun-filled film follows the backstory of how Willy Wonka became who he is today. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[18],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4274","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4274"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}