Comments on: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

By: Biblioteca I – Julho | Livraria do Thiago

Biblioteca I – Julho | Livraria do Thiago — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:57 +0000

[...] e te prendem na narrativa de modo irresistível, como poucos livros de ficção. Por conta da versão do cineasta Tim Burton para o cinema, que sairá em Março, resolvi ler Alice no País dos Espelhos, para fechar o ciclo das aventuras [...]

By: Dave the Longwinded

Dave the Longwinded — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:01:37 +0000

Red, if you want to look at something different, click my name to go read my review of Transformers 2!

By: Red Rocker

Red Rocker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:19:03 +0000

Watched the clip. Found it tragi-comic rather than comic, mainly due to Landau’s battered dignity as the old actor. Enjoyed watching Lugosi taking stock of the indignity of the situation, and deciding if he had it in him to actually do what was required.

Would appreciate it if someone puts up more posts pronto, because staring at Depp’s demented Hatter is beginning to get to me. His eyes look crazy.

By: Dave the Longwinded

Dave the Longwinded — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:12:13 +0000

Red, Martin Landau won an Oscar for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi. One scene in particular, involving a drunken Lugosi and a giant octopus, gave me and my friends comedic fodder for years afterward.

It’s better in the context of the film, but here’s the scene from YouTube (because everything’s on YouTube). I will warn you, there is a bit of language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZbLFXqhbQM

By: Red Rocker

Red Rocker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:11:25 +0000

I'm more into Johnny Depp than Tim Burton whose vision I find beautiful but chilling. My favorite Burton is an old one: Edward Scissorhands and even that I like for aesthetic reasons rather than emotional ones. And he certainly seems to bring out the psycho-weird in Depp. But if Ed Wood is as funny as you say, then I definitely have to give it a try. Because The Big Lebowski is in my list of top 5 funniest movies ever. Maybe top 3. And of course I'll go see Burton's Alice, what with Bonham-Carter playing the Red Queen, and Anne Hathaway playing the White Queen, how could I miss it?

By: Dave the Longwinded

Dave the Longwinded — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:57:17 +0000

Okay, so I guess Burton's weirdness, multiplied by Johnny Depp's awesomeness just has me way excited for this. The only Burton film I refuse to watch is Planet of the Apes. The rest are imaginary genius in my book! Sleepy Hollow is wickedly spooky. Edward Scissorhands is heartbreaking and poignant. Sweeney Todd is gory, but somehow beautiful. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a sugary confection of weirdness. Mars Attacks is wonderfully satirical. Ed Wood is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, second possibly only to The Big Lebowski. He was responsible for the only good Batman film until Christopher Nolan came along. And do I really need to bring up Peewee's Big Adventure? Yeah...I'm a fan... The only other director I would trust a story like Alice to is Guillermo del Toro. Pan's Labyrinth is his own fairytale opus. He would also do a brilliant adaptation of Lewis Carroll's work.

By: deacondon

deacondon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:54:20 +0000

Charlie and Chocolate Factory captures the spirit of the book better then the early ’70s Gene Wilder version. The Oompa Loompa songs rock. Still pretty weird in places though.

By: jensenly

jensenly — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:12:14 +0000

Burton’s just too weird for my taste. Big Fish was ok, but I really haven’t enjoyed much else.

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:20:58 +0000

Plus, the last version of Alice in Wonderland I enjoyed was Tom Petty’s music video “Don’t Come Around Here No More.”

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:18:51 +0000

I’m thinking the last Tim Burton movie I liked was Beetlejuice. And I’ve never been a big Depp fan.