![]() ![]() ![]() I could rant about how Tim Burton ruined some of the characters. Coincidentally, a popular Halloween costume for gay men. Quite a life lesson, actually.ĭisney's original Chesire Cat. None of them ever have true loyalty, not even her lover who is only with her for the power and status. The queen is quick tempered and everyone around her is faking their love for her just to save their own skin. This is what Tim Burton understands and incorporated into his version. It's conforting that in this crazy land there is someone she can reason with in her quest to go home, but of course, the queen too flawed to be reasonable for too long. (The mad hatter doesn't count in this context.) The red queen can communicate with Alice on her level - person-to-person and civilized. In 1951 the red queen is the first human Alice interacts with. The red queen adores Alice at first, but 1951 is a bit different. Again, same storyline here in 2010 as in 1951. If you focus your attention on the red queen, however, you get the emotion and the humanity that true movies have. The only happiness and energy Alice even shows is in London (or wherever this upperclass grassy acre of land is) and not in Wonderland.ĭisney's original Queen of Hearts AKA red queen. How can a movie have magic, when the plot of the movie is that the magic is gone? Alice in Wonderland 2010 isn't bad directing, it's just the sad second half of a two-movie storyline. This would have been the time for Alice to have a flashback of how things used to be, you know, to show the audience that he's lacking energy on purpose. The characters are too depressed because of the red queen. Sure, the bottom of the teacups are still missing in 2010, but there's no party anymore, and that's the point. When you meet the mad hatter in the movie, it is just too sad. Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum dress like they can be two of the Addams Family children Alice isn't a kid The queen isn't a fattie and the mad hatter isn't a buck-toothed happy man with a funny speech impediment He's just Johnny Depp.ĭisney's original Mad Hatter. I was a little concerned that Tim Burton would re-create some of these characters too differently upon seeing posters and other promotional material for the movie. People on Twitter are raving about how great this movie is and the box offices are showing profits, but that has nothing to do with the above. I'm sure they exchange some lines in the process, but it's nothing quotable. Yes, you get to watch characters kill time. What's worse is that you get to watch the characters lean over a balcony at least twice in the movie to wait for time to pass. There are some action scenes to show off the 3D effects, but you are literally waiting for the prophecy to be fulfilled. I would say it has a built-in spoiler.Īlice in Wonderland 2010 reveals an unchagable time-specifc prophecy early in the movie telling you exactly what Alice is going to do and when she will do it in order to save Wonderland. Actually, Alice in Wonderland 2010 is even worse than that. Then it turns out it was all a dream! There, that's the plot. The little girl gets sad and wants to go home, but can only do so after some type of magic given to her by the evil woman's sister of the same profession. Little girl meet some crazy characters at the start who become her friends and then runs into a wicked woman who rules over the land. Alice in Wonderland 1951 is the same plot as Alice in Wonderland 2010 which is the same plot as The Wizard of Oz. There isn't and never was in the original either. It's about the characters - the mad characters Alice meets along her adventures, but I'll get to that in a bit.Īlmost every review you'll read about Alice in Wonderland will complain that there is no story. To me, this is never what Alice in Wonderland is about. ![]() So, if you are into putting on your robe and wizard hat and slaying dragons, then this may appeal to you. 2010's Alice in Wonderland has also added dragons and other big mythical powerful beasts, whereas the original had small goofy-looking petting zoo animals you may see on your Fruit Loops box. I was wrong.Īlice in Wonderland 2010 is a typical fantasy flick where Wonderland is akin to Narnia the rabbit hole is the wardrobe and the witch is the red queen. Going into the 2010 Alice in Wonderland, I was expecting this to be a musical because of the soundtrack that is promoted and that Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake has new musical scores as well. I suggest you watch the 1951 movie first or even read the book. Once I learned that it was a continuation of the story and not a remake, I felt I definitely had to revisit the 1951 Alice in Wonderland which was way ahead of its time. So please proceed reading with caution.īefore this movie was released, it started with hype that kept on building. ![]()
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