This is probably one of the most disappointing movies I have seen in a few years. Alice in Wonderland should have been something up Tim Burton's alley, and instead he turned it into something it wasn't. He should have taken over the screenplay from Linda Woolverton (whoever that is) and created darker, more dimensional characters; instead, what we get is Tim Burton for kids. I would have preferred his take on Lewis Carroll's novel rather than a rehash of every Hollywood fantasy film. I thought the younger Alice in the film looked the part of the original illustrations and would have been perfect for the role. Depp ruined the Mad Hatter with his accent and incoherent speech, Burton ruined the Mad Hatter with his ugly costume design. Quick edit: I was disappointed to not hear Hatter shout "Change places!" I understand he is saddened by resent events, but even a mumbled, sad, "Change places" would have been nice to hear and keep his character intact through a simple and effective effort. The charm behind Carroll's novel is that there really isn't much of a story, but rather a series of random and always bizarre events that are colorful and imaginative. You start to gain the sense that Alice really is in a peculiar land and at times you even often pity her. With her return to Wonderland the life behind everything the novel created almost evaporated. I say almost because the Cheshire Cat steals the show and truly did save the the film. Regardless, I would have much preferred a stop-motion attempt (The Nightmare Before Christmas) from Tim Burton rather than the use of actors and actresses to portray Carroll's characters. What we're left with because of this is unnecessary, though beautiful, CGI and a lot of it. At the very least the mood atmosphere of Edward Scissorhands would have been a delightful treat. In a sentence: If Tim Burton would have made this film eight to ten years ago, it would have been a masterpiece, instead it's another trite film based on a delightful and well-read novel. What did everyone else think of it?
Hmm, interesting. I've only seen the trailer and that's made me pretty excited to watch it. Big fan of both Johnny Depp and Tim Burton so I probably won't get around to seeing it in the cinemas for another two weeks or so though, but I'm looking forward to seeing it in 3D. I'll report back after
The trailer made the movie seem as if it was a trippy film. Looked interesting. The feedback i got from my friends tell me its a terrible film. I will end up seeing it for myself though.
Lol, I just got back from watching it. It was better than I expected it to be, if you want to know everything about it, watch it yourself I totally recommend it.
I thoroughly enjoyed it to be quite honest. Though I do think darker would have been better and would have liked it do more with the original story. Cheshire Cat was indeed the best part of the film though.
Watched it in the cinema 3D about 2 hours ago, not very awesome but was pretty good. The only reason Iwent to watch the film was because of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.. I love characters like them.
I've only heard 'OK' and bad reviews for this, not looking forward to watching it but gonna watch it, see what it's like
Its not the type of movie I would choose to go see, but my girlfriend wanted to so I went along with a totally open mind. But I have to say, I was sorely disappointed. Like the OP said, I really expected it to be darker. I honestly thought it would be so much more bizarre than it actually was, it was just too straightforward and boring. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasnt seen it, especially fans of the original story.
I think my parents want to go to see it later tonight... so I'll probably tag along since I'm a little curious to see how it is. We'll see.
