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Alice in Wonderland – Movie Trailer 2

Its funny really, since watching some of the Sy Fy series ALICE, my enthusiasm for this Tim Burton lead adaption has increased in leaps and bounds. An insipid anaemic reinvisioning like the Sy Fy series shows us what its possible to do to interesting and visually rich source material when you don’t have enough budget or imagination. Tim Burton’s vision however takes all the money of a large budget movie and funnels it into providing a visual feast that is difficult to dislike. What’s more, by the looks of things in this trailer we’re not seeing a standard retelling of the Alice in Wonderland story.

Almost all versions of Alice in Wonderland have combined elements of the inital book with the follow up Through the Looking Glass, including Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, The Jabberwock and even aspects of the two Queens; The Queen of Hearts in the first book and the Red Queen in the second (two distinctly different characters). It seems Burton has chosen to use elements of the Looking Glass story and expand them to being an all-out war! Though i’m pretty the mad hatter never picked up a sword in my memory….

That said, the film looks like it may be more exciting than the other films made from these stories and  may have the potential to be utterly escapist fun! i just hope that Depp’s Hatte is reigned in a little and is not made the central part of the film. I appreciate a man-crush as much as the next guy… but seriously, the Mad Hatter is not the leading man!

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Do you agree that this is starting to look quite interesting? Will this be Burton’s return to good form?  Or will we be faced with another Willy Wonka that leaves us hungry for something sweeter?

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One Response to “Alice in Wonderland – Movie Trailer 2”
  1. alice adventures in wonderland alice adventures in wonderland says:

    I was able to catch a prescreening of Alice in Wonderland tonight on March 2nd. Despite some pretty nifty visuals, and jaw dropping set pieces, I found the movie to be incredibly dull, flat, and utterly full of itself. The film is merely a vehicle for Johnny Depp to showcase his talents, and he portrays the Mad Hatter as an actor who can’t quite find the right shoes to fill in the role. He rotates from a Scottish brogue, to a feminine lisp, and staggers once in awhile as the unmistakable character of Captain Jack Sparrow. Where the visuals triumph, the story lacks. The proposed ‘sequel’ to Alice in Wonderland is literally a rehash of most of the finer points of the original, except a lot more Johnny Depp- a character who the audience is supposed to sympathize with and root for, but who i found a bit annoying and tiresome after awhile. The plot is fairly simple. Alice (the stone faced, newcomer Mia Wasisoska whose acting is limited to mildly concerned, mildly puzzled, and mildly agitated) flees from an arranged marriage proposal from a wealthy lord. She follows a curious white rabbit and tumbles down a hole into Underland, referred to as Wonderland by Alice. She then meets a variety of odd characters, most of them familiar from the original Alice. The plot is fairly simplistic, and a tad boneheaded. The Red Queen (Bonham Carter, slightly overdoing it, but arguably the best actor of the bunch) rules the land, but is pitted against the tiresome goodness and light of her sister, The White Queen (Hathaway doing an air-headed imitation of, you guessed it, Captain Jack Sparrow). Alice is destined by some ancient scroll to defeat the Jabberwocky and end The Red Queen’s reign of terror. Alice boils down to mere eye candy-something that is visually pleasing, but is only a piece of fluff. If your a fan of Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this movie is right up your ally. I prefer Burton at his best with movies that attempt to involve the audience like Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, and Big Fish. However, this bloated mess is sure to rank in hundreds of millions of dollars, but it tugs at our wallets rather than our hearts. It’s a scary thought, but I hope that Burton’s best work isn’t behind him. 4/10

    March 7, 2010 at 8:44 am

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