Despite Carroll’s works being period pieces, Woolverton had jokes the evoked 2016’s culture. Woolverton updated both the story and the language gave it a particularly modern sense of female strength. The wordplay was often, I assume having also never read any of Carroll’s work myself, mostly the original story. Woolverton’s writing intrigued me and entertained me. As someone who generally finds the Alice in Wonderland stories irritating at best and boring at worst (I know… Go ahead, just put my head on a pike from now), Ms. No doubt that Lewis Carroll gave the screenplay writer a solid foundation for the story. Yes, she’s got some great material to adapt.
First, the writing was both Carrollianly hilarious and relevant to today. However, for two reasons, I really think that Ms. GeekMom Corrina adored how Alice was portrayed, and I totally agree with her. I know, riiiight? You were totally thinking that I was going to go with Mia Wasikowska as Alice. Linda Woolverton, who wrote the screenplay. Baron Cohen performs the role with a sense of bewildered fear in his facial expressions that belie the bravado of his words and actions.ġ. His devotion to Iracebeth is intensified by her dismissal of him. Despite him supposedly being the antagonist of the story, he plays the role in a way that makes you want him to find his happy ending as well. He plays the role with the perfect combination of humor and pathos. His faux-lisping-germanic accent never got tiresome. His introduction to the audience included a pratfall and righteous outrage, “Me shaped door” was hilarious. However, the Borat and Ali G characters both alienate some people in that sort of South Park Thunderdome of Humor way. Admittedly, I love him in his own movies. I was pleased to see that he didn’t do another Captain Jack Sparrow reboot. “But what about Johnny Depp?” Depp was Depp. The houndstooth and the decoration created a contemporary Sir Conan Doyle that I loved.Ģ. Personally, one of my favorites is the hat that Alice almost wears. Aside from the gorgeous colors and textures mixed into the steampunk quality, there’s a sense of whimsy and humor throughout the designs. That sort of “wide top” of the heart shape is mirrored throughout.Ĭorollary: The costuming screams “cosplay” from start to finish. The bright heart of red lipstick that doesn’t match the lip line is the obvious choice for a shout out but does really pull together the intended aesthetic of large head and hair with the smaller body. From these aspects all the way through the deep greens of the forests to the Mad Hatter’s makeup and Iracebeth’s bright red hair. Add in the almost blue willow china aspect of the “Pull Me” handle that is reminiscent of the pull cords in old 19th-century toilets. The kronosphere is beautifully done with the 1800’s dark of the metal combined with the bright gold of the magical power. Inside Time’s home is gorgeously executed with the gigantic gears grinding away. The art has his darkness combined with pop of color, but its steampunk aesthetic was less Burtonesque than I expected. Despite this being titularly a Tim Burton movie, Burton’s main credit is as a producer. They’re hilarious, adorable, endearing, and metallic.ģ. Wilkins is the perfect little tin butler and the tiny little oil can second is the perfect representation of a sweet puppy. Speaking of Wilkins, the Seconds, aka Time’s miniature minions, are awesome. Matt Vogel, well known for his roles as various Muppet favorites, rocks the house as Wilkins.Ĥ. Stephen Fry is perfectly wry as the Cheshire Cat. It was short but perfect.Ĭorollary: All the voice actors are amazing. My heart sank to the bottom of my stomach in sheer pain then fluttered back up in joy like a butterfly. As soon as I heard Absolom’s deep, drawling speech, I knew who it was. Alan Rickman’s last performance (or at the very least near to last). With that in mind, here are five reasons you want to see Alice Through the Looking Glass.ĥ.
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Shockingly and surprisingly, I checked my watch only once (thinking I’d be seeing what time a good bathroom break came which turned out to be a half hour before the movie ended). So color me happily surprised by my positive reaction to Alice Through the Looking Glass after the free screening. I love Johnny Depp (I think it’s a contractual obligation of being a late-30s American woman… they take your card away or something?), but Tim Burton’s not my most favorite aesthetic. Mainly because I’m just not that into you, Alice. In other words, no matter how not-in-my-wheelhouse something is, or how low my expectations are, if you offer it to me for free, I’ll give it a whirl.Įnter Alice Through the Looking Glass. In case you haven’t read any posts by me, let me preface this by saying that I am by nature a cynic who loves free things.
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