Alice In Wonderland

Having read some of the negative reviews, admittedly with a pinch of salt, I was a little apprehensive when I sat down to watch this film. I need not have worried.What an excellent take on this classic story. I'm sorry, but Lewis Carroll would have heartily approved. His stories were ahead of their time, and different, to the point where, I hazard, many of those at the time of first publications probably thought this strange novel not worth the paper it was printed on.I say bravo to Mr Burton and the script writers. To have simply taken the original story and made a film from it, true to the last word would have been a mockery. We have many of those already.The twists and turns in the plot, and the growth of Alice, and the realisation who she is, was wonderful, suspenseful, and kept you wondering what was going to happen next.And Mr Depp, Ms Carter, and the cast in general are most stupendous.Watch this film with an open mind. Do not expect it to be faithful to the original.Oh, and I had the usual excellent service from Amazon and Indigo Starfish. First rate, chaps.

I have been a crazy Alice in Wonderland fan, Johnny Depp fan and Tim Burton fan for years so when I first heard this movie was being made I was elated!! I first heard about it whilst researching for my university dissertation on 'Alice' a couple of years ago. This film was well worth the long wait!Tim Burton's creations are always brilliant but this has been my favourite so far! It's a terrific take on the story of 'Alice'! I love it! Johnny Depp is outstanding as The Mad Hatter - is there anything he can't do?! Well, it would appear not.The 3D aspect of the film just made it all the more exciting - I wish it would stay at the cinema for longer because the 3D thing is nowhere near as good when you're at home.Absolutely amazing film and completely hilarious the whole way through!!

A new film version of Alice in Wonderland. But rather than film the works of Lewis Carroll as they were written, what we have here is basically a sequel to them, as nineteen year old Alice returns to the world of her childhood.The film establishes from the start that she's a free thinker and rather smart and prone to flights of fancy. And that her father doesn't mind that at all, even though it doesn't sit with the way women are supposed to behave in Britain of her time.But on the verge of adulthood she's unsure of herself and her future. Pressured into a proposal from a stuffy young aristocrat, a white rabbit runs by in the nick of time to lure her away and send her tumbling down a hole.None of which is familiar to her.Wonderland is a place in turmoil with a tyrannical and rather spoilt queen having seized power. The creatures of the place await their alice to come and save the day. But is this her? And can she do what is required?You can see from the beginning that this is going to be a 'be happy to be who you are' film script, but even something so obvious never really matters so much. I have never read the books so I can't comment on how it compares to the writing style of them, and the purists don't seem to be too happy with it. But event though this probably isn't director Tim Burton at his absolute best [he didn't write the script] there are more than enough incidental delights here to get by very nicely on.A great cast of character actors from both sides of the atlantic bring rise to their characters very well. Michael Sheen probsbly being the best, making the white rabbit a very timid and rather stuffy would be hero. The mad march hare acts like a certain groundskeeper from the Simpsons. Johnny Depp has stylish costumes and makeup and hair for the mad hatter, who slips between one personality when focusing on the here and now and another when remembering the past. Something doesn't quite gel about the character, but it's a fun performance. Although it's a pity Christopher Lee doesn't get more than a couple of lines as the Jabberwock.Wonderland itself looks like a pop up picture book, even when not seen in 3d.Mayee it's a bit inconsequential and maybe it's not on a par with the books, but it's a fun bit of fantasy entertainment and a real treat for the eyes at times.The dvd has the following set up options:Subtitles: English. Dutch.Languages: English. Dutch. Belgian.It's also English audio captioned.The disc begins with a few trailers that you can get past by clicking the next chapter button. Be aware that it uses a system called fast play which means that it plays trailers movie extras all in a row with no breaks unless you click on the main menu button. Fast play can then be accessed again from it, but it won't come back in at the same point as before.The only extras are three six minute long features;The Mad Hatter; All about the characterFinding Alice: All about her characterEffecting Wonderland: All about the rest of the productionAll are short bt pretty good, with behind the scenes clips and good contributions from cast and crew, not least a fair few from Johnny Depp.All in all, it's a good dvd package.

this Johnny Depp dvd of Alice in Wonderland is terrific. the sets and special effects are first class. the acting is very excellent and there are also "Guest" actors doing some of the voices. like Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall and Stephen Fry. you have to see the cast of names to see who was doing who? the is a first rate dvd great value of entertainment that will never spoil. I fully enjoyed the dvd that I did'nt want it to end. only Disney can bring all the true colours and story line to life in there own way a truely very entertaining and beautiful fantasy of film.

Love this film, I went to the cinema recently to see the sequel 'Through the Looking Glass' and promptly pre-ordered it for hen it comes out. This film, like the sequel is beautifully coloured, fabulous costumes, and well acted, I was so glad the sequel had the same actors in despite a 10 year gap between films, great for keeping the continuity going. The story is not quite how I read it a million years ago as a child, but it is brilliantly told and portrayed in pure Tim Burton style, which gives it a bit of a twist, and who are we to say that Lewis Carroll might have loved to have told it this way if he was here today!

I have seen Johnny Depp in this film and it blows the rest out of the water, I've got quite a few plaques from this film and now I've got the film, well definitely going to be a classic