Sorry for not doing a review last week, but we start this week off with a fairly new release-- "Alice in Wonderland"
Ups:
Remember when we were kids and we watched with cartoon for the first time? Now remember when we first heard of this film coming out by Tim Burton? I'm betting most of you were like myself hearing that--"I love Tim Burton's work, but will he murder the innocent story with his insaness??" It's up to you. In my own opinion, there were many aspects of the story Burton kept fresh and alive--my favoirte being that he kept the poem "The Jabberwocky" in the movie, which brings back many memories from the book and the cartoon. Another aspect was the fluid way he merged both "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass", using the chess peices and using The Red Queen to represtn her AND the Queen of Hearts. The animation is gorgeous and the way everything is set in detail is astouding. The story wasn't too bad itself (LOVE the Cheshire Cat and the Hatter)... Which brings me to downs.
Downs:
I give this movie a B for a few reasons. Turning Wonderland into a creepy place with darkness everywhere is one thing (We all expected that from Burton) but changing Wonderland's NAME?! I don't reallt know why that bothers me so much, but my hero Lewis Caroll created with world and it was called WONDERLAND. But that might just be me :/ Another reason is the end was a bit drab for how exciting the moive was until that point. Alice defeats the Jabberwocky in no time and all is well just like that. All I ask for is a tiny bit more drama to fill the gap the story was feeding us. And one more thing is the absense of some of the most important characters. I almost fell off my chair knowing Burton wasn't going to add The Dutchess--I would imagine he would have had a TON of creepy fun with THAT particular character. But most of all I missed The Mock Turtle, who was always my favorite.
...When will they ever include an Alice in Wonderland movie with him in it?! D'X *sigh*
All and All, THUMBS UP! Great movie, I recommend it, but it's sad to see it's not what you all were hoping for who read the actual book.
That's Blue's reveiw for "Alice in Wonderland!" Until next week~!!
Please, tell me your stand on this film and any comments on my own views as well.
-*Blue*
