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Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"
15 years ago
Saw Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" yesterday and really liked it. If you like fantasy-adventure movies and Tim Burton's style, then you should definitely go see this movie. Without spoiling anything, I really liked how the story moved along and didn't get bogged down anywhere. In particular, they created some really stunning visual effects but were smart enough not to spend excessive amounts of film time showing off their creations, a mistake that too many special effects movies make. You get to see the characters and the effects in a sufficient amount as the story requires, but no more.
Tim Burton really knows how to make movies like this. He brings such a creative and refreshing tone and style to these sorts of stories. I really like the vision he has for this sort of thing. Oh, and the 3D was excellent. They stayed away from silly over the top 3D gags and instead used the 3D like they did in "Avatar" to create a real sense of depth in the world you're watching.
Of course, people who don't like movies that deviate from the original source material will naturally not like this movie since it definitely takes things in a new direction. I don't hold anything as being sacred so it's fine with me if someone like Tim Burton wants to imagine a new take on an existing story. The new take will either appeal to me or it won't, but there's nothing wrong with people trying new things. In this particular case, I really like the darker mood and greater sense of danger than you find in the original material.
And how times have changed! This movie was released under the Walt Disney brand name when as few as 10 years ago they never would have put that name on a movie as moody and violent as this. They used to reserve the Walt Disney brand exclusively for movies that were the most benign G rated affairs possible. Even toony movies like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Nightmare Before Christmas" were considered too intense for the Walt Disney name and were released under the Touchstone brand instead (one of Disney's wholly owned subsidiaries). It's interesting to see how standards like this evolve so that they're no longer afraid to call this a Disney movie.
I give this movie two claws up! Go see it!
Tim Burton really knows how to make movies like this. He brings such a creative and refreshing tone and style to these sorts of stories. I really like the vision he has for this sort of thing. Oh, and the 3D was excellent. They stayed away from silly over the top 3D gags and instead used the 3D like they did in "Avatar" to create a real sense of depth in the world you're watching.
Of course, people who don't like movies that deviate from the original source material will naturally not like this movie since it definitely takes things in a new direction. I don't hold anything as being sacred so it's fine with me if someone like Tim Burton wants to imagine a new take on an existing story. The new take will either appeal to me or it won't, but there's nothing wrong with people trying new things. In this particular case, I really like the darker mood and greater sense of danger than you find in the original material.
And how times have changed! This movie was released under the Walt Disney brand name when as few as 10 years ago they never would have put that name on a movie as moody and violent as this. They used to reserve the Walt Disney brand exclusively for movies that were the most benign G rated affairs possible. Even toony movies like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Nightmare Before Christmas" were considered too intense for the Walt Disney name and were released under the Touchstone brand instead (one of Disney's wholly owned subsidiaries). It's interesting to see how standards like this evolve so that they're no longer afraid to call this a Disney movie.
I give this movie two claws up! Go see it!
TeddyFoxcoon
~teddyfoxcoon
I want to so badly! DX
