Down the Rabbit Hole
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puppetmakerOr my first impressions having seen Disney Presents Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland with Caroline in 2-D less than two hours ago.
First Caroline’s review: I really liked it especially the stuff with the dog. I am glad that I saw it in 2-D first because it would have been very scary in 3-D at times. I liked the White Queen best. She was very pretty and queen-like. The Red Queen was really mean to everyone. Alice learned a lot during the film and she was very brave. I want to see it again in 3-D
My review, well it was definitely a Tim Burton film from soup to nuts. But it was the good kind of Burton film rather than the “what HAVE you been smoking” kind of Tim Burton film.
Casting was first rate as always. We had the usual suspects Johnny Depp, Helen Bohnam Carter, and Alan Rickman and some new players like Crispen Glover who really needs to do more movies. The guy is a fracking chameleon. The voices to the digital characters were first rate with my personal favorite of Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat. I loved both the Red and the White Queen’s armies. It was very cleverly done.
And that is the word that keeps coming to mind, it is a “clever” film and if you like that sort of thing, then this is your film. It was definitely mine. If clever annoys you, then this might not be your cuppa but personally I would love to join that mad tea party any day.
The person who surprised me most was Depp. I figure he can play just about anything and make you believe it but there was something here he hadn’t done before and it is very subtle acting which I know sounds strange since he is playing such an over the top character like the Mad Hatter. I honestly want to go back and see the film again to see if what I saw later in the film tracks through as well as I remembered.
It is a big screen film that needs that sort of scope for all the little touches like the dragon flies and the horse flies (look quick or you’ll miss them). I am a little unsure if it needs 3-D to be seen. Caroline and I saw it in 2-D and I don’t really feel like I missed anything by seeing it that way.
In terms of younger children, there are some scary stuff including some ‘off with his head’ stuff that gets pretty intense for a while. The armies clashing is loud but the visual is such that it’s not that graphic. I would say that 6 and over should be OK. There is no swearing other than the usual “But I swear that” kind of stuff and no sex or sexual situations so PG for cartoon violence really. I think it also got the PG rather than G due to the Caterpillar and his hookah and their crack down on smoking in any form.
Good family movie that engages the mind which is nice to see these days.
First Caroline’s review: I really liked it especially the stuff with the dog. I am glad that I saw it in 2-D first because it would have been very scary in 3-D at times. I liked the White Queen best. She was very pretty and queen-like. The Red Queen was really mean to everyone. Alice learned a lot during the film and she was very brave. I want to see it again in 3-D
My review, well it was definitely a Tim Burton film from soup to nuts. But it was the good kind of Burton film rather than the “what HAVE you been smoking” kind of Tim Burton film.
Casting was first rate as always. We had the usual suspects Johnny Depp, Helen Bohnam Carter, and Alan Rickman and some new players like Crispen Glover who really needs to do more movies. The guy is a fracking chameleon. The voices to the digital characters were first rate with my personal favorite of Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat. I loved both the Red and the White Queen’s armies. It was very cleverly done.
And that is the word that keeps coming to mind, it is a “clever” film and if you like that sort of thing, then this is your film. It was definitely mine. If clever annoys you, then this might not be your cuppa but personally I would love to join that mad tea party any day.
The person who surprised me most was Depp. I figure he can play just about anything and make you believe it but there was something here he hadn’t done before and it is very subtle acting which I know sounds strange since he is playing such an over the top character like the Mad Hatter. I honestly want to go back and see the film again to see if what I saw later in the film tracks through as well as I remembered.
It is a big screen film that needs that sort of scope for all the little touches like the dragon flies and the horse flies (look quick or you’ll miss them). I am a little unsure if it needs 3-D to be seen. Caroline and I saw it in 2-D and I don’t really feel like I missed anything by seeing it that way.
In terms of younger children, there are some scary stuff including some ‘off with his head’ stuff that gets pretty intense for a while. The armies clashing is loud but the visual is such that it’s not that graphic. I would say that 6 and over should be OK. There is no swearing other than the usual “But I swear that” kind of stuff and no sex or sexual situations so PG for cartoon violence really. I think it also got the PG rather than G due to the Caterpillar and his hookah and their crack down on smoking in any form.
Good family movie that engages the mind which is nice to see these days.
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Date: 2010-03-05 10:49 pm (UTC)Plus, it seems I tend to like the same things you do. Looking forward to seeing what Burton has done to Alice!
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Date: 2010-03-05 11:18 pm (UTC)Enjoy and tell me what you think about it afterwards.
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Date: 2010-03-06 06:04 pm (UTC)I saw it in 2D as well and didn't feel like I missed anything. It was still really beautiful and fun. I was never a huge fan of the Disney version and have never read the books...but I thought the story was good and was able to follow along despite that. I loved Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter!
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Date: 2010-03-06 12:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-06 12:36 am (UTC)It has its charm but, other than the characters and some extrapolation of a suggested plot, it is not Alice in Wonderland or through the looking glass but another animal entirely.
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Date: 2010-03-06 01:23 am (UTC)I can't wait for the DVD so I can rewind it to figure out some of the craziness that the Hatter said! :D
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