Finally saw the trailer for Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and my Lord, that looks like tripe.
I have not yet seen the trailer; I've been dubious since Comic-Con, where Burton declaredin re prior versions of Alice in Wonderland that "It was always a girl wandering around from one crazy character to another, and I never really felt any real emotional connection," at which I decided he had completely missed the point. Also if you want a film about Alice's complicated emotional relationship with Wonderland, what you want is Dennis Potter's Dreamchild (1985); it's not yet on DVD and it has a weak B-plot, but the stuff with Alice Liddell and Carroll and her aging hallucinations of mad tea parties and sobbing turtles is flat brilliant. Also, I've always liked the Mad Hatter, but somehow, with Johnny Depp, I worry.
I also love the clip which has Holmes mentally breaking down how he's going to break down his bare-knuckle boxing opponent, then physically doing it, while Irene Adler completely ignores him in the background.
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Date: 2009-12-23 12:24 am (UTC)I have not yet seen the trailer; I've been dubious since Comic-Con, where Burton declared in re prior versions of Alice in Wonderland that "It was always a girl wandering around from one crazy character to another, and I never really felt any real emotional connection," at which I decided he had completely missed the point. Also if you want a film about Alice's complicated emotional relationship with Wonderland, what you want is Dennis Potter's Dreamchild (1985); it's not yet on DVD and it has a weak B-plot, but the stuff with Alice Liddell and Carroll and her aging hallucinations of mad tea parties and sobbing turtles is flat brilliant. Also, I've always liked the Mad Hatter, but somehow, with Johnny Depp, I worry.
I also love the clip which has Holmes mentally breaking down how he's going to break down his bare-knuckle boxing opponent, then physically doing it, while Irene Adler completely ignores him in the background.
Okay; that's great.