But here’s the thing: it was only supposed to be a two-year exposition, and while battling the windy sea, Alice comes home to discovers things aren’t quite steady at home. Except now she’s a sea captain, and she took over that position from her recently deceased father, as she voyages across the world on a three-year trip in 1875. I apologize, there is still a character named Alice again, played better-than-last-time by Mia Wasikowska. This new film borrows the same title as Carroll’s sequel novel, but it doesn’t hold dear to any of the plot details. mostly because it’s not creatively charged in the first place. This new film can’t accomplish any of that.
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And if there’s one thing an Alice in Wonderland movie needs to succeed, it’s a sense of wonder. You know, beyond the dollar signs and whatnot. No, this is merely a sterile, boringly unenthused piece of work, and one with no real reason to exist. Especially since there’s clearly no interest in furthering the story here, nor is there much desire to find new and exciting ways to bring Lewis Carroll’s iconic creations back to life on the big screen.
Good luck trying to find that amount of interest again, though. That time, however, it had the coattails of Avatar‘s success to thank for that. It’s a contractual obligation through-and-through it’s pedaled out to the public well beyond the point of relevancy in a meager attempt to earn back some of that billion dollars from the first time around. Behind the eight ball by nearly four years, Disney’s latest live-action adaptation is perhaps their biggest cash grab to date. And as the sequel to 2010’s disappointingly mishandled, distinctly human-less Alice in Wonderland, I suppose this was only expected. Through the Looking Glass is the type of shallow, patronizing, blatantly half-hearted blockbuster that’s produced by a financially-stimulated committee over one sincerely-inspired artist. But let’s talk about Alice Through the Looking Glass. I’m just saying that not everything needs to be someone’s long-gestured passion project to work. Look, I’m not saying people need to slack off behind-the-camera. In doing so, he’s created some of my favorite movies of all-time. Woody Allen, for instance, treats filmmaking as a means-to-an-end, a way to keep himself busy while retaining some semblance to formality. And that’s fine, as long as you push out a quality product in the process. For some, however, moviemaking is just a day job. And I know that not every director is Jim Jarmusch, nor do I expect them to be. I know moviemaking is a business, and a multi-million dollar one at that. Well, at the very least, I’m not completely naïve. Everyone else would be advised to skip it.“It’s not impossible, merely unpossible.”īeing a pessimistic optimist, I like to imagine movies generally come from an earnest place, one filled with passion, creativity and love, but I’m not dumb. I am comfortable mildly recommending this film to anyone who is a fan of the artistry of animation, makeup and costuming. The extravagant costumes and sparkling makeup are colorful and wonderful and simply perfect, capturing the vivid imagination of author Lewis Carroll. Guess Disney misguidedly spent all of their CGI budget on this film. Yes, the movie looks like a huge cartoon but it’s clear that the animation was crafted with the utmost care (unlike recent Disney and Pixar films “ The Jungle Book” and “ Finding Dory,” which both had surprisingly poor animation). Quickly bored with the story, I found myself scrutinizing the costumes and special effects, and I cannot find any fault with either.
Alice through the looking glass? More like Alice in the time machine. The unoriginal plot is at least simple to follow and semi-interesting Alice travels through time to prevent disaster but learns that she cannot change the past. Anne Hathaway (Mirana) must be shooting for the 2016 Razzie award for Worst Actress she is SO AWFUL in this movie that even my fellow audience members were laughing out loud whenever she delivered her lines or pranced about. Sacha Baron Cohen carries the movie as “Time,” but I quickly grew tired of his humorless portrayal (when I see Cohen I want to watch him doing what he does best: comedy).
In fact, Depp is featured as no more than a supporting performer he doesn’t have much screen time and when he does, it’s not in any meaty scenes. The trio of actors are more than capable in their roles and the characters they create on film are fantastic, but none can save this mechanical movie. Johnny Depp is back as the Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska returns as Alice and Helena Bonham Carter is once again Iracebeth the Red Queen. I didn’t want to believe it, but this movie is every bit as bad as everyone says it is. Everything else about “Alice Through the Looking Glass” is a less-than-enchanted mess.
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