Alice in Wonderland

[andrews]

did anyone see this?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Episode_7/

Thank you moondance! I've just watched the interview, which I missed on Friday night.

[yogi]

i wasnt too keen on this film but NOTW gave it 1/5 , they must not have been invited to the Premiere

I was a bit underwhelmed, but it's definitely not a 1/5 film. Think you're right, there must be something else going on there.

It did look fantastic and on a purely technical level it was quite an achievement, but as a few people have said the 3D was distracting at times, and did give it a cutout look.

6/10 from me, also surprised Didsbury screening wasn't totally full.

[Beate]

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/alice ... 28983.html

The ViewLondon Review

Review by Matthew Turner
03/03/2010
Opens Friday 05 March 2010

Three out of Five stars
Running time: 108 mins

Tim Burton's eagerly-awaited adaptation of Alice in Wonderland is gorgeous to look at and features strong performances, superb character designs and impressive effects but it's badly let down by some pointless changes and a disappointing script that fails to bring the story to life.

What's it all about?
Directed by Tim Burton, this latest version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland positions itself as a sequel of sorts, with 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska, looking uncannily like Gwyneth Paltrow) running away from a public proposal by an unsuitable suitor (Leo Bill), falling down a rabbit hole and winding up in Wonderland once again, only with no memory of her previous visit some 15 years earlier. She duly re-encounters all her old friends - including the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), the Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), the Dormouse (Barbara Windsor) and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) – and discovers that she has to kill the fearsome Jabberwock (Christopher Lee) in order to dethrone the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) and restore the White Queen (Anne Hathaway) as Wonderland's rightful ruler.

The Good
The film is utterly gorgeous to look at and Burton ensures that every frame is packed with minute details that will presumably reward multiple viewings on DVD. In addition, the 3D effects are used well, with a nice combination of Avatar-style enhanced environments and gimmicky things-flying-towards-you moments, while the character designs are extremely impressive (particularly the Red Queen and the Cheshire Cat) and look exactly as you'd expect Wonderland characters reimagined by Tim Burton to look.

The performances are generally excellent. Wasikowska acquits herself well, Bonham Carter rips off Miranda Richardson's Queenie (Blackadder II) to amusing effect, while Rickman and Fry are both superb and whoever came up with the inspired casting of Barbara Windsor as the Dormouse deserves some sort of medal.

The Bad
That said, Depp is over-indulged as the Mad Hatter (the excruciating dance routine should have been cut) and several of the changes (renaming Wonderland Underland, for example) seem completely pointless and don't work at all. On top of that, the script is frequently dull and fails to wring any emotional resonance out of its biggest change - the fact that Alice is returning as an adult.

Worth seeing?
Alice in Wonderland is something of a mixed bag – it's worth seeing for the effects and performances but it's badly let down by a very disappointing script.

[sparklysparkles]

Can't wait for this! Not a brilliant review in the Metro today, but I think the Times raved about it last week. Just hope they didn't sacrifice the story to the altar of SFX!

[tonethestone]

Can't wait for this! Not a brilliant review in the Metro today, but I think the Times raved about it last week. Just hope they didn't sacrifice the story to the altar of SFX!

Sadly they really do sacrifice the story, its one of those films, the more you think about it the worse it is, by this time nxt yr everyone will be saying it’s a pretty naff film really.

[tilly]

Just been to see this tonight(pa*d) with my oh! It was a very packed small screen mind you! I did not care about any of the characters nor did I root for anyone especially in the last scene. There were no twists or suspense it was average . I was very excited in seeing this film but sadly I was disappointed. 6/10 from us

[milkchocmonkey]

Ok so ive finally seen Alice in Wonderland at the IMAX with my bf and I pa*d for the tickets!!! I was so excited running up to last night and im afraid to say I was really really disappointed. I just couldn’t wait for it to end. I thought it was boring and predictable and a kind of pointless movie. I don’t think it needed to be in 3D at all either. I really wanted to like the movie but it failed to impress me. I’d have to give it a 4/10

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I saw this on Tuesday at the IMAX and I have to say, despite the things I heard about it being disappointing I really enjoyed this movie. I went in with no expectation and knowing it will be nothing like the book. I liked what Tim Burton did with it and I loved the characters! Especially the queen...I thought she was great. The monkey furniture was a quirky touch and I thought the Tweedle brothers were adorable in an odd way.

As a child I watched the Disney Animated version so much its all too familiar to me so I was relived that this version was nothing like it.

7/10

[pcRock]

As a kid, I used to watch a lot "Fushigi no Kuni no Alice" - a Japanese series of Alice in Wonderland. Apparently, most cartoons series shown in my country were Japanese.

[pcRock]

Decided to make use of the mycitydeal vouchers yesterday evening and finally watch this.

My expectations for Tim Burton's movies are too high, so I was disappointed with the film. I was slightly bored with the script. Since I had already seen a few trailers, I wasn't that impressed with the look of the characters, so when I left the cinema I was wondering why I spent the vouchers on this!?

I think I'll just stick to watching Tim B.'s stop-motion animated movies from now on.