tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post5994741814002309110..comments2023-11-05T03:44:32.728-08:00Comments on Disney and more: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland Review - with Hi-Res PicturesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-86856701709375682402010-06-03T13:20:35.160-07:002010-06-03T13:20:35.160-07:00Movie was fantastic the first time around in the t...Movie was fantastic the first time around in the theatre and even better on DVD, now that I can watch certain scenes over and over again. My 6 and 4 y.o. kids are still a bit too young for this entire version of AIW, but they love things like seeing Alice fit in the teapot and the Mad Hatter's Futterwacken dance.<br /><br />Lots of rebate offers out there on the DVD, for those who are FYDSignehttp://www.foryourdisney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-66260368838165132322010-03-06T17:18:43.144-08:002010-03-06T17:18:43.144-08:00Nobody is saying that it is "a wonderful adap...Nobody is saying that it is "a wonderful adaptation and artistic interpretation of the book", everybody - beginning by me - keep saying that you must NOT expect a strict adaptation of the books.Alain Littayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536386034439567179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-60976119178253574382010-03-06T15:09:35.083-08:002010-03-06T15:09:35.083-08:00One of the worst movie's I've ever seen in...One of the worst movie's I've ever seen in my life. I have to GREATLY disagree with those people saying that it is a wonderful adaptation and artistic interpretation of the book. The characters were too drastically different from the book to be considered an artistic interpretation. "Tim Burton directs another movie to cash in on with Johnny Depp."<br /><br />I do not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-67679317163399270672010-03-06T14:50:51.499-08:002010-03-06T14:50:51.499-08:00I say in the article that "more than a strict...I say in the article that "more than a strict adaptation of Caroll's books the movie was done from an original script written by Linda Woolverton" and it's probably more important to remember this than anything else.<br /><br />It is NOT a adaptation of the books, so, as a previous comment said, if you're looking for that you take the risk to be disappointed and if you thinkAlain Littayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536386034439567179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-55983353475948444592010-03-06T12:29:41.058-08:002010-03-06T12:29:41.058-08:00Saw it today. I was so disappointed by the story, ...Saw it today. I was so disappointed by the story, effects, and overall lack of creativity. I felt bad watching it because most people didn't like it in the theater and were leaving. I wanted to leave but felt sorry for lewis Caroll's book to get such a horrible movie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-41646712969064832842010-03-06T07:14:53.153-08:002010-03-06T07:14:53.153-08:00If you're wedded to Carroll's books, then ...If you're wedded to Carroll's books, then don't go see the film. In fact, if all you ever expect from a film of a book is a page-by-page literal translation, do yourself a favor and just stay home.<br />However, if you're mature enough to enjoy a variety of interpretations on a theme of interesting novels written by a great artist who also happened to be a pedophile and drug user,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-79952083090989081062010-03-05T17:43:44.905-08:002010-03-05T17:43:44.905-08:00Trumple, Alice is not supposed to make sense at al...Trumple, Alice is not supposed to make sense at all, that's why it belongs to a literary movement called nonsense. As for the movie, I can not wait to see it, but we in Brazil will unfortunately have to wait more than a month to have this privilege. Hope that they at least show it with subtitles, as people here tend to bring Disney (including Pixar) movies to the cinema just in dubbed Marco Antonio Garcia- São Paulo, Brazil.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-90235518940792870352010-03-05T14:42:29.763-08:002010-03-05T14:42:29.763-08:00Great pics and looking forward to seeing it next w...Great pics and looking forward to seeing it next week.Robert/Colognenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-68925630983298690922010-03-05T13:55:44.809-08:002010-03-05T13:55:44.809-08:00Like Burton's ending to Planet of the Apes?Like Burton's ending to Planet of the Apes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-91823001917079691682010-03-05T13:34:34.716-08:002010-03-05T13:34:34.716-08:00I just saw the 3d-version in the cinema. It is a r...I just saw the 3d-version in the cinema. It is a really fun movie, but the dance right after the great battle just didn't make sense :PTrumplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-35357668615230635052010-03-05T11:08:41.330-08:002010-03-05T11:08:41.330-08:00Well, maybe Carroll intended to make the Queen of ...Well, maybe Carroll intended to make the Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen the same character (in the same way as the Mad Hatter and the March Hare appear in both books), but they finally became two very different characters. Tim Burton didn't respect that and other things, such as making the Dormouse look like a mouse, or the Queen of Hearts' soldiers look like "hearts" cards, Edgar Tornéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222557087012287914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-54853654390228666792010-03-05T11:00:49.303-08:002010-03-05T11:00:49.303-08:00Excelent movie.Has been launched today. You can wa...Excelent movie.Has been launched today. You can watch it already today on http://www.movietalkcenter.com/adventure/alice-in-wonderland/Mastahhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362173572702917079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-54028347554013857732010-03-05T07:58:28.659-08:002010-03-05T07:58:28.659-08:00If you read "The Annotated Alice" (an am...If you read "The Annotated Alice" (an amazing book)several experts go over the original manuscripts of both original books, and there's much speculation that the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts are supposed to be the same character. Many Wonderland characters seem to secretly play a second role in "Through the Looking Glass". None of this is ever proven definately but Eric Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149591952925380521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-15513863734895661172010-03-05T03:35:33.502-08:002010-03-05T03:35:33.502-08:00We'll go on wednesday. You can see the movie h...We'll go on wednesday. You can see the movie here in germany since yesterday (3.3.2010), so we were first :-P The more I read about it, the more I can't wait. Thanks for your posts, Alain!Guidonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-6606176813489930742010-03-05T02:57:02.146-08:002010-03-05T02:57:02.146-08:00Me and my friends can't wait anymore for this ...Me and my friends can't wait anymore for this movie to come out here in Israel. I love Burton movies.<br />We baught Disney ALICE t-shirts in Castro (israeli brand) for the premiere in 18/03/10 (http://www.castro.co.il/1883-he-r1/Castro.aspx ).Giladnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-30510546253981194082010-03-05T00:19:53.332-08:002010-03-05T00:19:53.332-08:00Not really. If you go to see the movie, you'll...Not really. If you go to see the movie, you'll see that the "chess" part of the Red and White Queen is not forgotten, and especially in the end "battle" sequence.Alain Littayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536386034439567179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843951187592993602.post-28771545113178689232010-03-05T00:14:34.345-08:002010-03-05T00:14:34.345-08:00I don't understand why the Queen of Hearts is ...I don't understand why the Queen of Hearts is called Red Queen here, since the Red Queen was a chess piece (and the White Queen's sister) in Through the Looking-Glass, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.<br /><br />Tim Burton tends to take these annoying liberties with other people's material.Edgar Tornéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222557087012287914noreply@blogger.com