Seeing Tim Burton's take on Alice in Wonderland was on my list of things that I'm looking forward to in 2010. I've been stoked on the idea of Mr. Burton giving us his take on Alice, Wonderland, The Mad Hatter and everything else since the rumours of the possibility of that happening started years ago. That's a lot of anticipation and a lot of build up, not to mention a lot to live up to for this girl, 'cause Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are two of my favourite books of all time.
And here's the thing, after all that waiting, reading anything that happened to pop up on the interwebs regarding Burton's Alice, and catching little glimpses of his visions of the Wonderland folk, the movie didn't let me down in the least. I think I was smiling from beginning to end. We saw it in glorious Real-D 3D and it was BEAUTIFUL! Absolutely, breathtakingly, beautiful.
I loved that although the story was not an exact interpretation of either Alice in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass, it took elements of both and then added in bits of awesomeness here and there.
Sometimes I surprise myself, as I am in many ways a purist when it comes to translating a book or graphic novel to the screen, and believe that the source material should be honoured above all else, but in this instance, the editions didn't bother me. In fact I think they added a humanity to the residents of Wonderland.
I'm genuinely shocked that Alice in Wonderland is getting such terrible reviews from a lot of people (none of whom I rely on for reviews on a regular basis anyways, the reviewers that I read regularly seem to be on board the good ship Alice). Lets look at the pieces of the movie; the acting was stellar, each actor brought great depth and vision to their character, the script (although not mind blowing) was well written, the visuals and the directing were stunning as we have come to expect from Tim Burton over the years, Danny Elfman once again came through with a fantastic score that suited the action to a t. So when all signs point to yes, then the answer is yes. Fuck yes, see this movie.
That is all. Thank you.
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