Alice In Wonderland: Blu Ray Review
Alice In Wonderland
Rating: PG
Released by Disney DVD
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton reteam once again - this time it's for
an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.
Mia Wasikowska is 19 year old Alice, a girl who's facing the
possibility of being married off to a man she doesn't love and on
the verge of enduring a life she really doesn't want.
As she runs off to consider the proposal, she falls down a rabbit
hole and finds herself in Wonderland.
However, on her entrance to Wonderland, she finds she has a destiny
to fulfill - she must free the land from the tyranny of the Red
Queen (Helena Bonham-Carter) and restore happiness to the land she
visited as a child in her dreams.
But with the Red Queen on the war path, and the evil Jabberwocky to
be unleashed, Alice is facing a whole heap of trouble.
Burton's created a nightmarish version of Wonderland - full of odd
colours and architecture which seems perfectly in tune with his
vision; there's some great images - such as Alice negotiating a
raft of heads the Red Queen's had cut off and cast in the moat
around her castle. It seems as if technology's finally got to give
Burton the chance to create the vision he's always hinted at in
previous films - and he's relished the opportunity to create a
memorable Wonderland.
Ultimately, this Alice In Wonderland is an insight into Burton's
mind - it's zany and visually crazy in parts; however, due to a bit
of a lack of an emotional connection, it's a little bit sprawling
at times and doesn't quite live upto its initial promise.
Extras: The Mad Hatter, Finding Alice and
Effecting Wonderland - all behind the scenes docos
Rating: 6/10
