New Trailer – Alice in Wonderland
December 16th, 2009 by Febe received 14 Comments »This is the first full trailer for this movie that I’ve had a chance to see. I haven’t been able to get really excited for it yet. I’m not sure that I will. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Burton/Depp pairing but I haven’t been really impressed by them in a while. I’m a huge Depp fan (ever since his 21 jumpstreet days) and will see this movie because of this devotion, but I’m unsure if I will enjoy the movie for reasons other than that. I am not a big fan of CGI.
I know CGI is in theory, a good choice for a movie dealing with this type of subject. However, I think the movie would have been even more interesting if Burton didn’t use it. Anyone remember the creepy awesomeness of Batman Returns?
I’d also like to see a Burton film that isn’t Burton-esque. I realize that’s an oxymoron but I worry that he is type casting himself. It’ll be interesting to see what he is going to do with Dark Shadows. Also, maybe try not casting Helena Bonham Carter. Don’t get me wrong, I love her and her movie roles but maybe try giving another actress a go. Maybe even try going with an unknown? You might just discover a diamond in the rough.
Do you love or hate the trailer?
Even the Queen of Hearts looks CGI, unless they used something to make her head big.
yep. She’s CGI as well. Too much Neil, too much
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I cant wait to go watch the new alice in wonderland movie 2010 when it comes out. I first heard about it being remade about a year ago and I was so excited and once I saw who the actors and actresses were going to be I was very happy. I think that
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But here comes the new stuff. For the first time Burton directs a story with a female main character. Due to his possible inability to make it strong and interesting enough, Alice is a poor character and it throws away the good chance of taking advantage of Mia Wasikowska’s talent. The responsibility of keeping the attention of the public falls again on the capable hands of Johnny Depp, that this time, couldn’t make The Hatter character enjoyable. But actually, with that twisted concept of it (those hideous eyes, the hair and the hysteric personality) no actor can make it enjoyable. It’s a shame that all the commotion that the movie has caused is finally translated into an eternally boring movie experience that could have been resumed in over 40 minutes. You can watch the complete movie at this website for free http://moviemaze.us
Adding a little bit of a background story and a few more characters to Alice’s adventures didn’t do as much as i thought it would for the story. Truthfully i wanted to love this movie, I’m a huge Tim Burton/ Johnny Depp fan. But this just didn’t do it for me. I came out of the theater wondering if it were just the mediocre script or the director who had failed to meet my expectations. The best part of this movie is probably Johnny Depps portrayal of the mad hatter who truly is mad. However, Mia Wasikowska presents Alice in a dull manner that had me checking my watch every ten or fifteen minutes. Overall this film isn’t awful, but at the same time its no masterpiece, for an interesting film to look at I suppose this would be an alright choice, however if you want a great story and compelling acting, you might want to check out something else, because this isn’t the movie you’re looking for.
If a camel is a horse designed by a committee then Alice in Wonderland is a Tim Burton film designed by Disney fatcats in a boardroom. They spent so much time worrying about selling it as a product that they completely forgot about putting together a half-decent story. This Alice has no character arc; she is exactly the same by the end of the film, and therefore her journey is utterly pointless. The narrative thrust is so weak that they have to resort to a hollow battle scene in order to keep everyone awake.
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I went into this film without high expectations. I saw so many ways it could go wrong, and many of Burton’s more recent films have left me feeling somewhat indifferent. However, all my fears were for naught. I adored the film, without reservation. Indeed, this is not only one of Burton’s best films, it is probably the best screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll ever (with the possible exception of Jan Svankmajer’s Neco z Alenky from 1988). It isn’t often that a film ends and I immediately want to see it again, but that’s how Burton’s Alice in Wonderland affected me. The cast is flawless, top to bottom. The film’s vision comes the closest anyone has come to capturing the frenetic, nonsensical impossibility of Wonderland (and I loved the whole “Underland” thing). I’m hearing all sorts of bizarre negative criticisms, though none with merit. This is a bold and triumphant film, one that finally addresses, without holding back, the darkness and complexity and maturity of Carroll’s writing. I will add that I saw it in 2-D, and was pleased that Burton avoided letting the 3-D thing ruin the movie, as is so often the case with that sadly popular gimmick. The film is a giddy, hallucinatory, unrelenting dance of shadow and light, hilarious and heartbreaking, brash and underscored, possessed of all the marvelously contradictory oppositions that characterize the source material. For the first time, I think, it felt as though Alice were truly an integral part of the landscape, and not just some baffled Victorian tourist passing through. And the climactic battle with the Jabberwocky…just wow. I cannot recommend this film strongly enough. (–Caitlín R. Kiernan) Comment by http://cineload.net