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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
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George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I always get the feeling that this is a film Tumblr teens love.
Banjotanooki
Member
Average movie, this scene pretty much made me wonder to no end WTF Burton was smoking when he filmed it:
It suffers from the same problem that Burton's Wonka and various other Alice re-imaginings do. You do not need to 'weird up' Alice In Wonderland. The novel is already as weird as it needs to be, but everyone who gets a hold of the world feels that they just need to make it a little more weirder. That they need to overload the dreaminess so much that the only thing it's missing is the Saved By The Bell pink dream framing.
It comes off as trying too hard to be a spectacle, trying too hard to stand out when a more tame approach on an outlandish property will always translate better and make the abstract parts stand out far more. It's a problem Burton has suffered with for a very, very long time.
It comes off as trying too hard to be a spectacle, trying too hard to stand out when a more tame approach on an outlandish property will always translate better and make the abstract parts stand out far more. It's a problem Burton has suffered with for a very, very long time.
BattleMonkey
Member
Average movie, this scene pretty much made me wonder to no end WTF Burton was smoking when he filmed it:
I thought it was so so movie, but that scene pretty much killed any ok feelings I had about the movie. Completely killed the film
Souldriver
Member
One of the worst movie experiences I've ever had. Me and my company were actually embarrassed when at the end the lights in the theater went on again. "sheesh wtf!?"
User 479360
Banned
It was kinda boring. Burton's last really good movie was Big Fish.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I enjoyed it.
Discotheque
Banned
sleepy hollow was his last good movie. big fish is..ehh
A lot less bad that some people think it is, but nothing special and it has a really atrocious ending.
Edit: To the people saying "X is his last good movie" Have you seen the 2012 Frankenweenie? It's really good and absolutely gorgeous to look at. (The 1984 short is also quite excellent)
Edit: To the people saying "X is his last good movie" Have you seen the 2012 Frankenweenie? It's really good and absolutely gorgeous to look at. (The 1984 short is also quite excellent)
megamerican
Member
It's shit from top to bottom. It's not even pretty to look at like most of Burton's other movies.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It's fucking garbage. The art design is p cool though, in a over the top Burton way.
Real Tumblr teens are into watching Alice in Wonderland 1951 muted with Pink Floyd's The Wall looping throughout the movie.
block tower
Member
its a fun watch if your high, sober its boring and slow as hell, very similar to his Willie Wonka flick in that respect.
User 479360
Banned
Big Fish is probably my favourite Burton film anyways. Edward Scissorhands is also solid, but I'm not as in love with it as a lot of others are.
I always thought he'd directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, but I was wrong.
I always thought he'd directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, but I was wrong.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
Much like every single post 2000 Tim Burton movie, it's completely uninspired and generally terrible.
Well I'll be damned.
bengraven
Member
Basically exactly like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Burton is given something you think he's going to excel at, he only gives it half a thought, they spend hundreds of millions to make it and yet the CGI looks incredibly fake and the cinematography is gross and boring and the script is dead, the actors are chewing scenery.
Huge disappointments.
Burton is best when he's allowed to do something he wants to do, that's he's passionate about. Not these "we must have Tim Burton on this project" paychecks
Burton is given something you think he's going to excel at, he only gives it half a thought, they spend hundreds of millions to make it and yet the CGI looks incredibly fake and the cinematography is gross and boring and the script is dead, the actors are chewing scenery.
Huge disappointments.
Burton is best when he's allowed to do something he wants to do, that's he's passionate about. Not these "we must have Tim Burton on this project" paychecks
User 479360
Banned
I'd like my money back from seeing this one in theatres.
BertramCooper
Banned
Dog shit.
Succinct Verbosity
Member
This is my view on all things Tim Burton too.
Astral Dog
Member
Meh, i just remember it being boring and looking ugly.
Go play the game instead.
Go play the game instead.
eternalblue
Member
One of the most awful movies I've ever watched. I honestly can't think of anything redeemable about it. I'd hoped that at least the visuals or music would make this film worth the watch for me, but I still hated it. Then again, I've never really liked the story or any of the characters from Alice in Wonderland, so it's not too surprising that I didn't enjoy this adaption either.
cj_iwakura
Member
The actress playing Alice was all kinds of fine, so there's that.
Carnby
Member
FlowersisBritish
fleurs n'est pas britannique
This si the movie that made me realize all of Burton's terrible tropes.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
For me, his last good movie was Batman Returns(directed)/The Nightmare Before Christmas(written), basically the 1992-1993 era.
PirateKing
Junior Member
It's eh, some of the arts were great. Pan's Labyrinth has to be the best Alice movie.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
Absolute dogpoop rendered watchable by some good design choices.
You probably should watch more movies then.
That actually sounds pretty cool
LongDongJunon
Member
Watching Alice C-Walk at the end made me do a double take.
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