Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

flippyshark · 03-09-2010, 04:47 PM

I'm glad I read enough here that I went into Alice with adjusted expectations. I had a pretty good time while watching it, but now, just a couple of hours later, I can only remember things about it that I didn't like.

It really did feel more like a Narnia story with a Lewis Carroll visual overlay. (And could the Dormouse character have been any more of a distaff Reepicheep?)

How did anyone think that the Mad Hatter's little dance was a good idea? (Especially unfortunate for its musical accompaniment. Yuck.)

I'm giving it a pass here, because they made the Red Queen's giant head part of the story, but I do not want to see any more digitally inflated head characters at the movies ever again. (Same goes for digitally embiggened eyes.)

But, I didn't hate it.

bewitched · 03-09-2010, 06:30 PM

We saw it in IMAX 3D and I have to say that I really liked it; but I wasn't expecting it to be a true "Alice in Wonderland". I knew it was based more on Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky".

That said, I too found the Mad Hatter's dance entirely out of place.

Snowflake · 03-13-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

I'm glad I read enough here that I went into Alice with adjusted expectations. I had a pretty good time while watching it, but now, just a couple of hours later, I can only remember things about it that I didn't like.

It really did feel more like a Narnia story with a Lewis Carroll visual overlay. (And could the Dormouse character have been any more of a distaff Reepicheep?)

How did anyone think that the Mad Hatter's little dance was a good idea? (Especially unfortunate for its musical accompaniment. Yuck.)

I'm giving it a pass here, because they made the Red Queen's giant head part of the story, but I do not want to see any more digitally inflated head characters at the movies ever again. (Same goes for digitally embiggened eyes.)

But, I didn't hate it.

I'm pretty square with Flippyshark. Having read the comments online, I just went in to the theater and put on the 3D glasses and said okay let's watch it. I enjoyed myself and really felt Helena Bonham Carter walked away with the film. The Mad Hatter dance was truly awful and should have been jettisoned.

I came away feeling like I enjoyed it, but I really did feel they made this Narnia in Wonderland and I was half expecting Alice to be crowned in the end.

I do not feel I wasted my time, I had fun and enjoyed the film. The hand pulled ramen afterward was splendid.

03-09-2010, 04:47 PM	#1
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I'm glad I read enough here that I went into Alice with adjusted expectations. I had a pretty good time while watching it, but now, just a couple of hours later, I can only remember things about it that I didn't like. It really did feel more like a Narnia story with a Lewis Carroll visual overlay. (And could the Dormouse character have been any more of a distaff Reepicheep?) How did anyone think that the Mad Hatter's little dance was a good idea? (Especially unfortunate for its musical accompaniment. Yuck.) I'm giving it a pass here, because they made the Red Queen's giant head part of the story, but I do not want to see any more digitally inflated head characters at the movies ever again. (Same goes for digitally embiggened eyes.) But, I didn't hate it.
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bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	We saw it in IMAX 3D and I have to say that I really liked it; but I wasn't expecting it to be a true "Alice in Wonderland". I knew it was based more on Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky". That said, I too found the Mad Hatter's dance entirely out of place. __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.
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