Alice and Wonderland
 

Almost everyone knows about Tim Burton's remake of Alice and Wonderland.
Did you see it?
What did you think of it, and why?

Personally, I was a little disappointed. Of course, that's my own fault. I had been fantasizing about how amazing the movie would be back when it was just a rumor. So when I did get around to finally seeing it, it couldn't possibly meet up to my expectations. The graphics and scenery was amazing, but the plot just didn't 'click' with me. I'll probably enjoy it more the second time around, though.

It wasn't really a remake.. It was sort of a continuation. Alice is older and everyone said she had been there before. >.> I kind of enjoyed it somewhat but yea it was disappointing. Johnny Deep was the best part of the movie xD like always

I'm sorry, but I just flat-out don't like Tim Burton's "re-imagining" stuff. I didn't like his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I didn't like his Alice in Wonderland. Both, I think, suffered from the same problems of trying to "darken" a source material that was never really dark to begin with. And that annoyed me a lot.

I suppose I'm the opposite of you, Faye. I thought it had an okay plot - the "return to mythical place as an adult when you thought it was a dream all along" thing has been done before, just not with Alice in Wonderland, so a half a credit should probably be awarded there - but the visuals really ruined it for me. Wonderland is not supposed to be "dark". The weirdly ultra-contrasted, ultra-shadowed colors just made things hard for me to see, didn't really enhance the atmosphere or anything.

I thought it was alright, but eh, nothing that really blew my mind away, just like most pop culture renditions of Alice that I've seen. While his visuals were a major part of the film, it just felt to me like Burton was rehashing things he'd already done in better movies and was trying to appeal to the Hot Top tween crowd to sell T-shirts, which isn't necessarily bad, I guess, but not my cup of tea. I really didn't like many of his character designs, especially the Hatter. There was just too much going on and not in a good way. I also wish that Burton would use different actors, even though most were pretty alright in this film. I like Johnny Depp, but lately it seems the characters he plays in Burton films are just generically weird instead of weird and lovable. I didn't find the movie bad, just alright.

I wish that someday there'd be an accurate film rendition of the books, but since there isn't exactly a traditional plot (the books are mostly a series of events and a barrage of jokes and funny poetry), it would be hard to make a movie of it.

To tell the truth most his movies are overrated. You can thank Johnny Depp someone even goes to see them for most of the time. I am pretty sure. lol

I disagree about alice not being dark to begin with, I always felt aspects of it could be easily adapted to be darker. I really enjoyed it, It wasn't quite as zanny as I imagined it was going to be, but I did expect it to be dark and slightly creepy, which it was, and I wasn't disappointed. I liked the story too, a little different than most adaptations taking from the 2 books not just the one...

i think its not a remake its a continuation and i love it...but i dont like the ending it feels like something i missing it has a boring ending

didnt care for the movie but i loved the white queen and the OUTFITS!!!

It reminded me of like a Chronicles of Narnia-like influence which is alright but like what Archaical said I love their outfits too Especially Alice's red dress. I finally found one on ebay/fansplusfriend where they made them XD

I liked it a lot, though I liked the original Alice in the Wonderland better.

not to mention the movie was a mash-up of both books i believe.

I really enjoyed the movie.
But I've never read the books so I can't really compare it to anything. >.<

The book was wonderful if you ever read it you would enjoy it. You should also looking into the looking glass wars.

Ah, then I will have to look into reading the books during the summer then. ^^

I fell asleep inbetween some parts of the movie so my memory of it is pretty derned fuzzy. All I can remember is when that girl chopped off a dragons head (was it a dragons head???) I remember being horribly bored with it.

I loved the movie, but having already read the Wonderland book for lit class and being well aware of what movies tend to do to books, I was fairly well prepared for the differences that might come up and generally approached it with an open mind. Although, I did write a lit paper on Tim Burton in school and I'm always curious to see if my observations hold up. They did in Sweeny Todd.

I had a great time watching it. I could pick apart little details and things from the books versus other sources, like how Johnny Depp is quoting the poem "Jabberwocky" when he and little Alice are walking through the woods, and the scene where she faces down the Bandersnatch to me mirrors the scene in the book when little Alice encounters a puppy, except things have taken a nasty turn. The making of was fascinating to watch as the movie was a mix of cg and live action. The red queen's dress was designed to accentuate the shape of her head, which was expanded with computer, the same as Johnny Depp's eyes for his mad hatter role, and the futterwacken dance was done by a guy from myspace wearing the mad hatter outfit, minus the 360 degree spinning of the hips and head and such ;).

I have to admit, I am a bit sour with Disney's version of Alice, but then Disney doesn't have a good track record in it's past when it comes to some literature. Alice went from being more sure of herself and ultimately the one in charge in the book to being wussy "oh no! the cards are after me and I can't defend myself!" type. Sigh.

To decide is people are making more out of something than it is, one would first have to decide what it is. Not sure how I would go about doing that.

To each their own. I liked the book well enough, it was interesting and cute. I liked the Tim Burton movie for the visuals since that's one of the main reasons I watch movies. Lots of people seem to really like the Disney version though I don't recall being all that fond of it, and I'm not now. Why does anyone like anything, really? Sometimes, it's just because people do.

I thought it was okay. xD I heard about it long before trailers or anything were released and and so my expectations were high. I enjoyed it, but not to the extent of buying oodles of Alice merchandise.

Maybe I'm just cynical when it comes to movies. I try not to expect or anticipate anything. Even though I like it, I haven't actually bought the movie yet.

I was kinda disappointed too. I heard SO MUCH good things about it before I saw it. The effect were great, and Johnny Depps acting were as awesome as always.... but I didn't like the way Tim showed his side of the story. Also the main actress, sorry I don't remember her name, played her part like she was really bored! But hey.... Cheshire did his part SPLENDID! c:

I liked both myself, and have seem both multiple times but I haven't read any of the Sweeny Todd serials though so I can't comment on comparison to the original, but I don't think I'd bother anyway. I've stopped comparing books and movies all together really. I just find it makes for annoyance or dissapointment. Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton is effectively a new story since it is supposed to take place ten years after the original story. I haven't read Through the Looking Glass or other stuff but for the "Jabberwocky" poem which references the Bandersnatch and the fight with the Jabberwocky. I think I prefer to look at is as a fanciful period piece of sorts rather than as a representation of literature.

I was confused at first....then realised it was supposed to be where she was returning to wonderland. man, it would of be fun to see it how i thought it would of been. I thought it was good though. I can't say the original isn't better.. some defaults in it though. she didn't have blue eyes either.. I had noticed that. alice of alice in wonderland is supposed to have blue eyes! lol x3 just made me mad.. not cause i have blue eyes but just cause thats the detail of the character and well.. mehhh there is things bout it i didn't like in some ways but, it was a pretty good movie!

Never read the books though I do remember the Disney Cartoon. I couldn't stand it. That tempermental, stupid queen grr. There are plenty of things Tim Burton did that I didn't like. But I had low expectations to begin with when I walked it. It was really good in my opinion. I like the design of Alice's red dress and the queen's castle. Personally I thought the lack of illogical stuff in it compared to the cartoon made it MUCH more endurable. Even as a kid it upset me and I'd verge on arguing with the tv. xD

I seen it.
I think it was pretty good of a movie.. since almost all ages could watch it ^^

Jabberwocky was my favorite poem so the whole time I was watching it I was extremely excited because of the fact that it's... well, a lot based off the poem >3<

Oh i saw it! uhmm i prefer the cartoon

I wasn`t familiar with the poem myself but I`d come across pieces and eventually learned that he had written a poem by that name in lit class. I just so happened that I bought a cheap omnibus of poetry classics for children and it was in there.

My G.A.T.E. teacher in elementary school made us memorize the poem and also write our own version sorta, so for a long time I had it memorized. I still have the first... what, stanza? memorized.

Depp was awesome! But yeah, they did edit his eyes to he disproportionatly large compared to the rest of his face, and I'm sure Johnny added his own oddities to the role. I liked Helena Bonham Carter too. (I'm pretty sure I spelt her name wrong). I usually don't notice her too much in Burton's films, Sweeny Todd aside, but I liked her Red Queen, and I'm an Alan Rickman fan too, so I was all over the movie.

I saw it once... I was a little upset, because, just like you, I expected SO much more.

I mean, come on! Its a Tim Burton movie! It was supposed to be amazing! /le sarcasm But ... I don't know. Maybe I'll have to watch it myself a second time around. But I do have to say.. Johnny Depp made a really good Mad Hatter. xDD;

Rickman was the voice for Absolem, the catepillar.

Personally, I didn't really think there was much hype at all but given that I usually don't bother to look at anything in the way of movie info at all, it's a fair thing to say that I wouldn't have noticed anyway. I knew that Tim Burton was directing a new version of Alice and Wonderland and it seemed more or less in line which what I've seen from him before.