Alice in Wonderland was pretty trashy, and so continues Tim Burton’s slide into creating things to look at but not much else. Sweeney Todd worked pretty well for me on the whole (apart from H.B.C.’s singing – it’s still ringing in my ears), but Alice in Wonderland returns to the spectacle without girders. Granted, I think this film would be a lot more enjoyable in 2D – the 3D here gave me an insane headache and I constantly was aware of the technology, whereas with Avatar I at least had the feeling I was seeing something new (irony!). Johnny Depp acts weird in weird make-up again, and everything around him looks great. Actually, after trashing Helena for Sweeney, I have to say she’s fantastic here, as the petulant over-browing evil Red Queen. And then there’s a big fight at the end, and hooray, the flighty weird White Queen rules again and the Jabberwock on Frabjous Day has been slain. With all the news lately about Alice being such a success that it’s justifying raised ticket prices for 3D movies, I can only hope that this technology dies a sudden and unmelodious death. Keep it to the IMAX theaters for things that were made for it, because when they magically process it into 3D after the fact, it looks like shit. (My company paid for my ticket – NYC charges upwards of 18$ for a single movie ticket to a 3D movie. Are you insane? Wait a couple months, buy it on Blu-Ray (it’ll look better and your floors won’t be sticky*), and then sell it afterward. Or rent it from Netflix. There is absolutely no excuse for charging such exorbitant ticket prices.
*no judgments
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That’s pretty much how I felt about the movie, Jake. Though I liked it a *lot* better than the last Johnny Depp movie I saw (Public Enemies).
That was pretty good! (Your rant, not the movie.) 3D is pretty gimmicky. I am looking forward to seeing How to Train your Dragon this weekend, though.