Trailer
Cast
Johnny Depp ... Mad Hatter
Mia Wasikowska ... Alice Kingsleigh
Helena Bonham Carter ... Red Queen
Anne Hathaway ... White Queen
Stephen Fry ... Cheshire Cat (voice)
Alan Rickman ... Blue Caterpillar (voice)
Timothy Spall ... Bayard (voice)
Plot
Alice is a young nineteen year old that has dreams of a strange other world. She doesn't want to be like the other girls in corsets whom flit about like mindless creatures. She'd rather not wear the multiple layers (that Victoria age says should be normal). She attends a party which she finds out is an engagement party where she is going to be asked for her hand in marriage in front of hundreds of people. Finding it rather sudden, she spots a white rabbit in a suit top. Leaving her engagement party, she follows said rabbit and falls into a long hole filled with strange items and where logic and physics do not matter.
After she gets to this other realm, she finds herself being asked if she is THE Alice. "But she can't be. She's not Alice enough." *SPOILERS* Turns out that Alice was the one that had been to Wonderland before (called Underland, not Wonderland?) and that she needs to remember herself to become more like she was. Maybe she needs to imagine things more? Or believe in things that could "not possibly" occur/exist but do in this world?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3.5/5 - Okay, so I did let my viewing of the 1951 Disney version sway my feelings towards this movie. It was much darker than the 1951 version: epic battle between white queen and red queen, death of the Jaberwocky, gouging of the Bandersnatch's eye (and popping it back into place? ew), and other things. The Red Queen was a laughable character versus what she was in the 1951 version [whom was scary to see chasing this young character and trying to kill her]. In this version, the Red Queen is super sensitive about the fact that she has a HUMONGOUS head. {Watching the video by Wotso Videos regarding The Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen, it looks like the two characters were separate entities in Lewis Carroll's story so I will let this sit as is.}
This movie was missing something, as a stand alone movie, but I can't say what. The graphics were good but weren't amazing. Some people have said that this movie was a waste of Special Effects (and 3D?). I wanted more world building in the movie, but it was snuffed short. The only explanation about the world was this clip:
I've heard that the next movie "Through the Looking Glass" tells more of the past of the world, which I will look forward to eventually but not right now. I'd say that the music from this movie kept it from losing at least another half star of rating. WONDERFUL music, even if you don't want to watch the movie. Here's a copy of the soundtrack on YouTube that I found.
Yes, this is a PG rated movie. Why? The few examples I gave at the beginning of the criteria as well as the caterpillar smoking a hookah and other things. If you want your kids to watch it (which might be okay), just remember to remind them that this is a story. If you get offended by any violence, don't watch. Otherwise, I recommend for the music. It isn't a bad movie to watch in general but not my top 100 favorite for the storyline, especially for everyone saying "You're not Alice" where she actually is but needs to find herself (but they never say "you used to be more courageous"; the Hatter says at one point "You used to be much more Alice."). Watch if you wish!
*SPOILERS*
Everything Wrong with Alice in Wonderland
Thanks for reading my review.
~Gracie
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