...Big head and all.I have NO idea what this movie was REALLY about. The film's prologue isn't about anything and honestly all they had to do was start with her falling down the rabbithole and the movie could have begun. Instead they try to give it some subplot or story or something to try and make it a legit film when everyone is just there to see certain characters in 3-D. SO, JUST GET TO IT ALL READY!!!!
Back story:
Tim Burton said the original Wonderland story was always about a girl wandering around from one weird character to another and he never felt a connection emotionally, so he wanted to make it feel more like a story than a series of events. He was also quoted as NOT seeing this as a sequel to previous films or a re-imagining.
WELL THAN, WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!?!?
I mean, it DEFINITELY wasn't re-imagined. I got that. Re-telling, perhaps, but I couldn't figure out what the end of the movie was about or why she has to fight a dragon or whatever it was...until I got home and saw the film billed as a "Fantasy/Action".
Really? It's an ACTION film? Ugh. What a joke...fuckin' Hollywood drives me crazy.
The Cast:
Mia Wasikowska who plays Alice, really could have been played by ANYONE. How or why she got cast in this role is BEYOND me. Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter was a total disaster. Here's what Wikipedia said about his character:
Tim Burton explained that Depp "tried to find a grounding to the character, something that you feel, as opposed to just being mad. In a lot of versions it's a very one-note kind of character and you know his goal was to try and bring out a human side to the strangeness of the character. The orange hair is an allusion to the mercury poisoning suffered by many hatters who used mercury to cure felt."
According to Depp: "I think he was poisoned, very, very poisoned, and it was coming out through his hair, through his fingernails and eyes. Depp stated that the Mad Hatter is like 'A mood ring, his emotions are very close to the surface'. Depp and Burton decided that the Mad Hatter's clothes, skin, hair, personality and accent should change throughout the film to reflect his emotions. The Mad Hatter is "made up of different people and their extreme sides", with the Scottish Glaswegian accent (which Depp had modelled after Gregor Fisher's Rab C. Nesbitt character) reflecting a darker, more dangerous personality.
You're kidding, right?
ALL of THAT went into that? You guys are WAY too into yourselves. The look had NOTHING to do with anything, the same with the accent. I didn't think you were a talented actor, Johnny, I thought you were making a fool out of yourself worse that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If he would have just played The Mad Hatter and not try to be so fucking narcissistic about some artsy career, you would have been able to give a good performance, instead we got a Carrot Top looking Jake Sparrow knock-off talking hack job of a character by an actor who has to hide behind costumes to shield poor performances.
Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, is seriously perfect. One of my favorite roles EVER. Funny, mean, awful, right, wrong, fabulous, spoiled. Everything. The film is hers and no matter of billing or editting can take it away from her.
Anne Hathaway as the White Queen, is boring and as distracting as her eyebrows. I think I may just hate her though, so I'm probably not being entirely fair. You can see by her portrayal of the character that she thinks it's very eccentric and dramatic. According to Hathaway,
"She comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen. She really likes the dark side, but she's so scared of going too far into it that she's made everything appear very light and happy. But she's living in that place out of fear that she won't be able to control herself." Hathaway describes her interpretation of the White Queen as "a punk-rock, vegan pacifist", with inspiration drawn from Blondie, Greta Garbo, and the artwork of Dan Flavin.
Um, "A" get a grip. "B" It's uneven, distracting and unreal at best. (But I'm glad she thinks she's a real actress!)
Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts is entertaining and the stunt casting of Matt Lucas (Little Britain) as Tweedledee and Tweedledum works.
What do I REALLY think? I think it's in 3-D and there are TONS of things to look at when you get bored so you'll be kept busy the entire time. Did you see The Fifth Element? I have NO idea what that movie was about but I LOVED it. That's kinda like how I felt about this. It's pretty to look at, a performance or two is stunning and the movies not really about anything. The movie "goes somewhere" but when it's over you really don't know what happened, but you enjoyed it.
Let's put it this way, this review is as uneven as the film.
There.
NOW does it make sense? LOL!
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