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 Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:59 pm
C A D A V E R I C /spoiler/Personally, Alice in Wonderland was my least favourite Burton film. EVER. I feel like the movie made Carroll's books seem slightly ridiculous, much more so than they were meant to be. And some of the characters were extremely under-developed. As a movie, it was good. As a tribute to the books, it was dreadful. And I HATED the Hatter's dance. That scene needs to die. Now. /spoiler/ You've read the books, haven't you? They're completely off the wall. They're meant to be absolutely ridiculous. If anything, what the movie got wrong was that Alice was bonkers too, when in the books she was the voice of reason. But it wasn't intended to be a tribute to the books. It starts out as a non-tribute simply because she's a 19 year old returning to Wonderland, rather than a 7 year old visiting for the first time. Her little dream sequence before the battle scene was a wonderful tribute to Alice in Wonderland, though. Such a cute little girl! Tim Burton never said he was going to keep to the books, why does everyone hold it against him that the movie doesn't exactly follow the books?
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Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:03 pm
You have got to be kidding me! The characters were incredibly well developed right down to their mental disorders, quirks, and twitches. I was amazed by the detail placed in each main character, they even developed the cheshire incredibly well, though I found all the development in their statements and movements.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:52 pm
Bunnywith C A D A V E R I C /spoiler/Personally, Alice in Wonderland was my least favourite Burton film. EVER. I feel like the movie made Carroll's books seem slightly ridiculous, much more so than they were meant to be. And some of the characters were extremely under-developed. As a movie, it was good. As a tribute to the books, it was dreadful. And I HATED the Hatter's dance. That scene needs to die. Now. /spoiler/ You've read the books, haven't you? They're completely off the wall. They're meant to be absolutely ridiculous. If anything, what the movie got wrong was that Alice was bonkers too, when in the books she was the voice of reason. But it wasn't intended to be a tribute to the books. It starts out as a non-tribute simply because she's a 19 year old returning to Wonderland, rather than a 7 year old visiting for the first time. Her little dream sequence before the battle scene was a wonderful tribute to Alice in Wonderland, though. Such a cute little girl! Tim Burton never said he was going to keep to the books, why does everyone hold it against him that the movie doesn't exactly follow the books? Yes, I've read the books, thank you. I know that they were meant to be ridiculous but only to a point. They were satire, not comedy. It could have been done in much better taste. Yes, the Cheshire was well-developed, but he was the only one. The Hatter was slightly over-developed and the others were under-developed.
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:36 pm
I saw the movie in IMAX 3D today.
I loved the Jabberwock he was so pretty
Chessur was so cute.
But overall I really disliked the movie
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Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:16 pm
C A D A V E R I C Bunnywith C A D A V E R I C /spoiler/Personally, Alice in Wonderland was my least favourite Burton film. EVER. I feel like the movie made Carroll's books seem slightly ridiculous, much more so than they were meant to be. And some of the characters were extremely under-developed. As a movie, it was good. As a tribute to the books, it was dreadful. And I HATED the Hatter's dance. That scene needs to die. Now. /spoiler/ You've read the books, haven't you? They're completely off the wall. They're meant to be absolutely ridiculous. If anything, what the movie got wrong was that Alice was bonkers too, when in the books she was the voice of reason. But it wasn't intended to be a tribute to the books. It starts out as a non-tribute simply because she's a 19 year old returning to Wonderland, rather than a 7 year old visiting for the first time. Her little dream sequence before the battle scene was a wonderful tribute to Alice in Wonderland, though. Such a cute little girl! Tim Burton never said he was going to keep to the books, why does everyone hold it against him that the movie doesn't exactly follow the books? Yes, I've read the books, thank you. I know that they were meant to be ridiculous but only to a point. They were satire, not comedy. It could have been done in much better taste. Yes, the Cheshire was well-developed, but he was the only one. The Hatter was slightly over-developed and the others were under-developed. They were a satire of the times they were written in, so how should Tim Burton have done it? Should he have completely redone the text and done a satire of life as we know it today? There were little pokes at Victorian life in the books, so perhaps Tim Burton could have done pokes at teenage pregnancy or perhaps the health care reform? Or should he have just written everyone's scripts completely around the books, Victorian jokes and all, so a majority of the audience would have been in the dark as to what the characters are talking about?
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:29 am
I personally loved it. I liked how a lot of the background was a devastated wasteland (burnt trees, etc) showing how terrible the Red Queen's rule was. The insanity was just wonderful, from the random rants to the twitching. I loved Cheshire(so cute) and the March Hare(he made me laugh) and the Mad Hatter was made of win (naturally).
My favorite scenes were the Mad Tea Party and the execution scene. I was giggling like mad during the execution scene and the people next to me were like "why is she laughing" but I didn't care.
The Mad Tea party reminded me of an insane asylum in the best way. Three crazies having fun together.
The only problems I had were with Alice and the Dormouse. Alice didn't have much personality (bad acting) and the Dormouse was too... spunky. In the books he's really tired, right?
But I liked it and want to see it again. biggrin
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:38 pm
Cheshire Queen I personally loved it. I liked how a lot of the background was a devastated wasteland (burnt trees, etc) showing how terrible the Red Queen's rule was. The insanity was just wonderful, from the random rants to the twitching. I loved Cheshire(so cute) and the March Hare(he made me laugh) and the Mad Hatter was made of win (naturally). My favorite scenes were the Mad Tea Party and the execution scene. I was giggling like mad during the execution scene and the people next to me were like "why is she laughing" but I didn't care. The Mad Tea party reminded me of an insane asylum in the best way. Three crazies having fun together. The only problems I had were with Alice and the Dormouse. Alice didn't have much personality (bad acting) and the Dormouse was too... spunky. In the books he's really tired, right? But I liked it and want to see it again. biggrin I do agree Dormy was pretty bad. xD I'd have preferred a narcoleptic Dormy waving his tiny sword around then falling asleep in different odd ways throughout the movie. Like hanging halfway out of a teapot, or rolling off the table, perhaps jumping onto the Cheshire cat's head to wave his sword, then falling asleep on his head and dropping to the ground when the cat disappears, or falling asleep in a teacup and jumping out screaming when someone unknowingly pours tea on him. And yeah Alice was a bit flat as far as her acting goes, but.. Well, I'm just so goddamn thrilled to have an Alice movie with the mighty trio of Depp Bonham and Burton that I honestly can't bring myself to care if she's a bad actress. xD She wasn't horrific, just not terribly talented.
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