Avis sur le produitAlice in Wonderland (DVD, 2010)

POOR DVD package, film better than expected

OK, I had my doubts about this film.

I will STILL watch the 1951 Disney classic above this one.

I had doubts when "Pocahontas" was released in 1995. Turned out to be a great film.
<br>This film is good NOT GREAT. I have never read the Lewis Carroll book, just know the 1951 film.

Of course, we do NOT have songs in this 1. You can always listen to the songs in the 1951 film.

Depp, he has done this type of role before, so this was no stretch for him. Carter, Burton's girlfriend so that is how she keeps getting these parts in his film, good as the Red Queen. The big head bit….with special effects the way the are today this effect should have been done better. Hathaway needs Disney to get hit films. OK job as the White Queen with no screen time till 2cd half of film.

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum were a let down compared to the 1951 film. All the animated characters NOT even close to the classic film.

The ending was bit of a let down.

NOW, I find myself having to say this with recent Disney DVD releases.
A line on the back of this DVD case describing the film "The extraordinary characters you’ve loved come to life richer and MORE COLORFUL THAN EVER". OK, Disney, if you are prompting how the film looks then why are you guys resorting to PLAIN SILVER DVD'S LIKE WHEN DVD'S CAME OUT IN THE LATE 1990'S?

No chapter search list or any information on film inside.

Disney has gone CHEAP & I just hate this.Lire l'avis complet...

Johnny Deep...not late for very importanr date.....

For some reason I was compelled to buy this DVD after seeing the 3D version at the movies. Johnny Depp, I feel is the consummate actor of his generation. He has come a long way from the flicker of 21 Jump Street. Tim Burton has always been sort of hero guru to me because of his Independence and vision. His particular vision of his universe has titillated and inspired many a film maker and artist. Rightfully so, this latest joint effort of the Boys from another Universe having a look see into and at the world created by the genius of Louis Carrol and his warped insight into bedtime story telling was on the whole close to brilliant. I just find that this current fad being bandied about of being bombarded with 3D effect until my eye are bleeding and my head ready to explode a bit to much. This a seems to take away from the story and muddles the story telling a might to often. I feel that a little tighter editing would have served the situation and conveyed the film to its rightful place in the realm of great films...Lire l'avis complet...

5 Stars for Alice in Wonderland

From the devilish mind of Tim Burton comes a fascinating take on the story of Alice in Wonderland.

Mia Wasikowska is Alice, only this take on Wonderland takes place 12 years in the future from the first time Alice visited Wonderland. Unsure of where she wants her life to go, Alice runs away from a gathering where she is supposed to become engaged. She follows the Rabbit to the Rabbit hole and falls down into Wonderland. From there the similarities of the story pretty much end. All the characters are the same, only it is years in the future and things in Wonderland have changed a lot.

Tim Burton can take a simple fairy tale and turn it into a dark and twisted place that is so fascinating you cannot take your eyes off the screen.
Johnny Depp gives a great performance as "the Hatter". The character he plays is far different than his character in Pirates of the Caribbean and it was a pleasure to watch him in this role.

Other cast members include: Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, and Helena Bonham-Carte

There will be those who think this movie is too different than all the other Alice stories, and there will be those who think this is to Dark and evil. I suggest you watch it yourself and make your own decision.

I highly recommend this movie for anyone who loves a great story that captures your attention and holds it throughout the entire movie.

I would also suggest that Parents watch this movie before allowing younger children to watch it and use your own judgement in allowing them to watch it.

Get this one and add it to your collection, you will be glad you did.Lire l'avis complet...

The TimBurton Film That Has More Questions Than Answers

Regardless of how compelled you feel to believe that this film could very well be the best film Tim Burton & Johnny Depp have created/collaborated together on, there are more unexplainable holes in the plot that makes watching very dark & confusing. The feeling passed over just the same within me when I tried watching the remake Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Much to my dismay, when you are at least partially familiar with the characters of a major fairy tale or children's film, it's very hard to reshape your mental perceptions about how things should really be told. Although this Alice in Wonderland is a continuing sequel & not a retelling of the original novels by Lewis Carroll, it soon becomes apparent that poor Alice may have been spending the last 12 years sniffing airplane glue. Of course, we are introduced to an Alice that is now 19 years old & pretty close to the passing of her father. She seems quite preoccupied & spaced out which is pretty evident. Feeling trapped into getting engaged to a young Lord that she cares nothing about, the pressure of the situation causes her to make an excuse & chase the white hare back down a big hole.

Following this white rabbit back into this hole allows her to fall back down into Wonderland, a place she only vaguely remembers from childhood. There, she meets past familiar faces as the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), the Blue Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), & eventually the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), who has been terrorizing the land with her harsh rule and beheading of heads. Alice finds out that her destiny is to end the Red Queen's rule by slaying the queen's dragon, Jabberwocky, as written in prophecy. Along the way she meets up with all sorts of colorful characters.

Here's the scoop on why, what, & how this film got made. Take the 2 Lewises & toss their works together like salad. 1 wrote a small but great children's book that still delights, surprises, & enchants. The other wrote a large, artistic series of children's books that features Christian sermons at us in the guise of adventure fantasy. The 1st author, Lewis Carroll, wrote Alice in Wonderland. The 2nd, CS Lewis, wrote the Narnia saga. When the light bulb came on in screenplay writer Linda Woolverton's brain, the new Alice in Wonderland was formed. She thought, "What if we turn Wonderland into Narnia? What if an older Alice revisits her dream world, now called Underland, & discovers a giant battle in progress between good and evil? We could have a Red Queen's army fighting a White Queen's, a Mad Hatter as saintly mediator, and a lot of Armageddon spectacle sure to bring in the youngsters & spawn a new game."

Thus Burton's new Hell is born. You will not believe the dreadfulness of Burton's new world Underland. The film takes your noble view of enchantment & throws is straight to hell in a breadbasket. Once down the hole, Alice, played with brave yet doomed grace by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska, discovers that her old chums all walk a darkened and gloomy land bearing Tolkienish or Lewisitic names. The dormouse is Mallymkun, the Cheshire cat Chessur, the caterpillar Absolem. Soon the throng is joined by dragons who seem to have come from Avatar. The tea party has 10 seconds to flatter us with incipient charm; its chaotic table & moth-eaten March Hare suggest a Samuel Beckett revamp before it too is sacrificed to sword, sorcery and showdown. Depp's Hatter showed promise but failed to deliver.Lire l'avis complet...

ALICE in WONDER LAND!

Director and subject matter make for a perfect adaptation in Tim Burton’s version of the Lewis Carroll classic. ALICE IN WONDERLAND stars frequent Burton collaborator Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, DEFIANCE’s Mia Wasikowska as Alice, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen & Helen Bonham-Carter(Planet of the Apes). One of the Best new films of the year and definitely will be regarded highly when it comes time for the academey awards for perhaps an oscar or two nominations for a great film.

Credits
Producer: Jennifer Todd, Joe Roth, Richard D. Zanuck, Suzanne Todd
Cast: Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Helena Bonham-Carter, Johnny Depp, Mia Wasilkowska

Editorial reviews
"Burton has delivered a subversively witty, brilliantly cast, whimsically appointed dazzler that also manages to hit all the emotionally satisfying marks."
Hollywood Reporter - Michael Rechtshaffen (02/25/2010)Lire l'avis complet...

Watched twice the first day. Named my work shop after the " Hatter "

It seem that every one asks if their mad. And, it seem that the best of people are. And, so if we are were in a good grope of people. And, so I see this movie a good lesson to learn by. I think it also shows how hard it can be for a women to step out on her own. And, the thinking it can take to make up her own mined. And, how most of us don't every want to be brave. And, how hard it is to step up. How hard it is to think about being brave. But, in the end She " Alice " was a grate Heroine. And, would think we all have to be brave and be a hero. No matter what place we are in life. Even the father was though of as being a wee bit out there. And, maybe we all are. And, should be love for suck. The inventiveness in us all may seem a wee bit strange and mad at time. And, even the Mad Hat a number of time was a un-sung hero. He save the White Queen, by pulling the horse away. And, helping Alice in the big fight seen. Yes, I think this is a great book or movie to learn by. First rate. Up right. Well played. And hard challenge to do better. And, if you know were the White Rabbit's hole is?? Tell me !!*****Lire l'avis complet...

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Tim Burton's spin on this loveable Disney classic

I have been a huge fan of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp since Edward Scissor hands. Critics did not give this movie due credit!!! First off this movie is not Tim Burton's usually dark movies, he gave the characters new life if you will, a fresh new and invigorating spin on the Disney classic. The characters are fresh, and uniquely different than the original. I truly enjoyed how he shows little girls to grown woman alike to never forget or stray from our dreams! The costumes were amazing and fit the movie to a T. I respect that he kept most of the major chacters and cut out the unnessary ones like the walrus who tricked the baby oysters and ate them before his coconspiritor could even have a chance to enjoy the sight of them. This is really a spin this movie craved for! Its almost like Fantasia(the disney movie) meets Alice In Wonderland and Sweeny Todd. I truly look forward to Tim Burton's next feature film, as well as Johny Depp's next role!!! I hyope you enjoy this movie as much as my family and myself have!!!
I bought this movie because I just had to add it to my collection!!!!Lire l'avis complet...

Alice meets "Lord of the Rings"

This movie is a special effects extravaganza, along the lines of "Lord of the Rings." Especially at the end, the film borders on being a horror show. As such, it's not suitable for young children or even squeamish adults. Nevertheless, the story line and characters are interesting and quite a change from past editions of Alice. We found enough in this version to go ahead and order the sequel, "Through the Looking Glass." Most reviewers thought that production to be better all around so we'll keep an open mind and check it out. Meanwhile, the earlier production gets a mild thumbs up but not an enthusiastic endorsement.Lire l'avis complet...

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Alice In Wonderland for All Ages

We bought this DVD because Johny Depp is the archetypal Mad Hatter, and even if the story is all wrong, he's so good at it, he makes it all right. Alice In Wonderland was a hit around here, having seen the Twilight series the kids we spoke to, and our own felt that the appeal of the Mad Hatter far surpassed the characters from Stephenie Meyer's vampire cult phenomenon.

But for those of us old enough and foreign enough to have acted in a play of Alice in Wonderland, we know different. Now how many of us can say they sung the Mock Turtles solo on stage? From the original story anyone will tell you this Alice has an entirely different feeling to what was intended. This Alice is on a mission with a sword and she follows a plot. Yes. Indeed, tis what most of us complain of there not being enough of. In this case the opposite is true.

This is a tale of Alice Kingsley, who has visited this place she calls 'Underland' several times before, forgotten each escapade as if a dream, and, determined this is still a dream despite the infected scratch on her arm goes from being a 'stupidgirl' according to Absolem the Hookah Smoking Caterpillar, to a young lady with a purpose and a plot to kill the Jaberwoky on the Frabcious Day.

It is an evolution, Alice in Wonderland becomes a person bigger than she was before she went down the rabbit hole, she victoriously goes from dreamer to master of her own destiny. This was never the story as it was written. Just the opposite.

Nevertheless, in this day and age it seems we need young women dreamers to wake up and smell the coffee. Which our heroine Alice does, admirably, and jet sets of to China to broker deals as an apprentice to her father's trading company.

As far as the characters we see along the way, what a fantastic bunch they are. Our favorite was the deliciously quirky White Queen, played beautifully by Ann Hathaway. Totally lah-dee-dah as we say in the Queens English. We loved her for her vows against violence, yet others could do her violence for her, and we loved the Mad Hatter, oh yes we did, indeed. His irreverence towards the Bloody Red Queen, or Bloody Big Head comes second only to his fantastic Scottish Accent and lunatic fringe schizophrenic character played artfully by Johny Depp. In his element, is Depp, he throws himself into it as a little bit scissor-handsy and a little Jack Sparrow.[caption id="attachment_88" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Groovy Florida Keys teens showing the after effect of Alice Kingsley and the Mad Hatter"][/caption]

The kids gave it 10/10, but the general consensus was it was too far from the original to be granted the full monte, so an 8/10 was the final score. However, it was a better show than Twilight, the acting in which was rather 'rock-like.'Lire l'avis complet...

On a Dark & Dreary Story

Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and dear beloved (RIP) Allan Rickman. . .I couldn't ask for any more from any one movie, except MORE! There is a moral to Tim's stories and a darkness that should be appreciated as without the dark how can one truly appreciate the light? There is beauty in darkness (not evil) just simple dark and dreary; dark clouds, forest, lighting etc. Same being made the dark as well as the light, balance. I say that to say that yes, this is a Burton production and it is "dark", but ever so beautiful!Lire l'avis complet...

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