Originally Posted by _____V_____ (Post 852812)

It is. A real blast to watch, with friends and over a beer-soaked weekend. Definitely tossing this a rec.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 852772)

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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Well, I went into it knowing that the script kind of removes the magic from the book (and I love the book), so I didn't let that bother me. I just watched it as a movie. So from there, it's a pretty good watch. Special effects are really fun, but so obviously special effects you can never completely sink into it. I really liked the pacing, and I thought they did a great job taking their time with the story...that is until the end. The third act is mostly awful; it's clear the studio couldn't resist an inflated, extraneously action-packed (and cheese-packed) climax and hurried resolution.
That said, I'm still glad I went to see it. Burton's vision is there, mostly, and that was fun to see. Helena Bonham Carter's turn as the Red Queen is pretty wonderful. And there's certainly more to enjoy in Alice in Wonderland than not, I thought, but there are definitely enough problems to also make it frustrating.

And one more complaint, as pissy as it is: they kept calling the creature the Jabberwocky. Jabberwocky is the poem, Jabberwock is the creature. Sure it's a fairly small issue, but it's a detail you'd think a huge multi-million dollar blockbuster would get right.

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus (Post 852823)

I have one word for you my Amontillado loving friend, and that word is Svankmajer. Just saw his Alice. Here's a man that cares about Wonderland and as much as he plays with the imagery, he keeps the spirit very much intact. His Alice sees the hollow, frightening, ersatz qualities of the world around her, made up of toys, tools, bare identical rooms and...well, stuff. It captures the wonder and the barebones logic of Lewis Carroll's world wonderfully. For once the Hatter and Hare are as frightening and offcenter as they are in the book. I was really happy with Svankmajer's vision.

Originally Posted by neverending (Post 852844)

I've seen the one from the 30s and I love it. It's mainly cool for the experience of seeing Cary Grant as a turtle and WC Fields as Humpty Dumpty. And Edward Everet Horton was born to play The Mad Hatter.

Originally Posted by Doc Faustus (Post 852840)

Wow. That is some thrifty storytelling. I'll have to show my girlfriend this. She's always on the lookout for new versions of Alice.Have you seen the 30s one? I'd like to look around for it, but don't know if it's worth my time and attention.