ALICE
IN
WONDERLAND
With
Mia
Wasikowska,
Johnny
Depp,
Helena
Bonham
Carter,
Anne
Hathaway,
Crispin
Glover,
Matt
Lucas,
Stephen
Fry,
Alan
Rickman
Written
by
Linda
Wolverton
(based
on
the
books
by
Lewis
Carroll)
Directed
by
Tim
Burton
Part
live-action
dream,
part
digitally
animated
extravaganza,
this
modern
production
of
this
timeless
tale
could
not
have
been
molded
better
than
in
the
hands
of
the
master
of
big
budget
dark
fantasy,
Tim
Burton.
With
two
of
his
muses
on
set
(Depp
&
wife
Bonham
Carter),
last
seen
together
in
his
rendition
of
the
musical
Sweeney
Todd,
he
takes
the
best
and
strangest
of
Lewis
Carroll's
warped
literary
creation
and
gives
it
new
life.
Alice
is
being
pushed
into
marriage
with
an
upper
class
twit.
After
escaping
the
scenario
she
falls
down
a
rabbit
hole
where
she
enters
Wonderland
-
a
place
vaguely
familiar
from
her
childhood,
with
wildly
imaginative,
weird
and
wonderful
creatures
and
characters,
including
the
Mad
Hatter
(Depp),
the
psycho
big-headed
Red
Queen
ruling
with
an
iron
fist
(Bonham
Carter),
and
her
ousted
sister,
the
White
Queen
(Hathaway),
Tweedle
Dum
&
Tweedle
Dee
(Lucas),
and
of
course
the
Cheshire
Cat
and
the
Blue
Caterpillar
(voiced
respectively
by
Fry
and
Rickman).
The
good
creatures
of
Wonderland
had
been
waiting
for
Alice
to
return
as
it
is
foretold
that
she
will
slay
the
vicious
Jabberwocky
terrorizing
all
under
command
of
the
Red
Queen.
Depp
is
utterly
freaky
and
Bonham
Carter
is
fantastic,
her
digitally
enlarged
head
a
scream.
Crispin
Glover
is
always
excellent,
this
time
as
the
Red
Queen's
tall
and
creepy
henchman
Stayne.
With
constantly
advancing
digital
technology
this
movie
is
far
beyond
any
previous
takes
on
it,
the
expected
detail
and
texture
quite
breath-taking.
The
newly
resuscitated
3D
spectacle
(in
both
senses
of
the
word!)
got
utilized
to
good
effect
-
although
I
think
if
one
watches
too
many
3D
movies
in
succession,
the
effect
may
become
less
awe-inspiring...
and
also
in
this
case,
with
all
of
the
rich
colours
and
contrasts,
the
3D
glasses
tends
to
wash
away
a
lot
of
that
detail.
In
whichever
dimension
you
catch
this
one,
it
is
bound
to
be
a
feast
for
the
senses.
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/
B
-
Paul
Blom
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