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10. The Wonka Prequel

The Film

How Wonka got his chocolate factory, convinced the Oompa Loompas to work for him for less than minimum wage and rose to be the world's chief purveyor of childhood obesity and diabetes. Basically, Willie before Charlie.

Why Not Watch It?

Because it's the most unnecessary thing ever: it's another of those prequels that utterly ruins an important part of the mythology of the original. Wonka is supposed to be a mysterious figure driven underground by his competitors - that's the foundation on which his magic is built. Going back and picking that apart is ruinous to his appeal - it makes him too human before the revelation of his vulnerability in the original film.

In other words, it spoils the original in a way that is already unforgivable before you take into account the fact that Gene Wilder has only just died. Nice timing that. One might even say cynical.

Hollywood needs to stop obsessing about anthology movies that present iconic characters as younger versions: it didn't work for Darth Vader, it didn't work for Wolverine... It won't work for Wonka.