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thorn69
06-21-10, 12:39 AM
So I bought the new Alice in Wonderland movie with Johnny Depp for my 4 year old daughter and I was not all that impressed with it. I wanted something more horrifying and twisted. I wanted it to be more like American Mcgee's Alice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-19MnWlUc

Of course I wouldn't let my 4 year old watch something like that but chances are she'd just laugh at it while I'd be cuddled up against my wife scared out of my mind. Not really, but it makes a good excuse to press up against her boobs! ;)

GoldenRivet
06-21-10, 12:42 AM
Ok... i wasnt going to see alice in wonderland, but i guess if we get to press up against your wife's boobs... im in. :haha:

Weiss Pinguin
06-21-10, 01:25 AM
Eh, I have a friend who really likes Alice in Wonderland, and she thought the new one was pretty good :hmmm: Doubt I'll get to see it though.

robbo180265
06-21-10, 02:05 AM
I've seen it and I loved it.

I'm a big fan of Tim Burton movies and I think Johnny Depp is fantastic as the hatter.

Bilge_Rat
06-21-10, 08:56 AM
Tim Burton did say in interviews he had to restrain himself since it is a Disney movie.

It is supposed to entertain children...not give them nightmares for the rest of their lives...:o

Weiss Pinguin
06-21-10, 08:58 AM
Tim Burton [...] children
Yeeeaaaah... ;)

thorn69
06-21-10, 09:15 AM
Tim Burton did say in interviews he had to restrain himself since it is a Disney movie.

It is supposed to entertain children...not give them nightmares for the rest of their lives...:o

And we thought the same thing about Coraline, but I'm still having nightmares after watching that! :oops:

Creepy moms with button eyes - ick! :dead:

AVGWarhawk
06-21-10, 09:18 AM
Both of my daughters loved it.

nikimcbee
06-21-10, 09:21 AM
Were you expecting pirates?

frau kaleun
06-21-10, 12:50 PM
http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/129210411614444618.jpg

Blacklight
06-21-10, 03:02 PM
What I want to know is.. The book is a classic piece of literature. Why can't ANYONE acutally follow THE DAMN BOOK when making a movie of it ??? Seriously !!! Not one "Alice In Wonderland" movie has gotten it right yet !!

Sailor Steve
06-21-10, 04:06 PM
What I want to know is.. The book is a classic piece of literature. Why can't ANYONE acutally follow THE DAMN BOOK when making a movie of it ??? Seriously !!! Not one "Alice In Wonderland" movie has gotten it right yet !!
Ah, but that's true of so many movies, ever since the beginning. Some make a small attempt, some don't even try.

UnderseaLcpl
06-21-10, 04:33 PM
I was a little disappointed by the White Queen's chess soldiers. I thought they should have been bigger and less numerous to reflect the struggle of good against a sea of chaos, much as chess is a game of skill while cards are a game of luck. It also would have been cool if they moved like chess pieces. :yeah: Like Blacklight, I'm not sure I totally approve of the reinvention of Wonderland. The book was a complex social satire, the movie is a 100-minute long sledgehammer that pounds the idea that nonconformity is good into viewers' heads. Not that I'm against nonconformity, far from it; I'm a rabid individualist, but even I got tired of the obvious parallels between the "real-life" characters and the Wonderland characters.

Even after all that, I'll probably watch it again, though only for what I would call a "visually-entertaining experience".

Weiss Pinguin
06-21-10, 04:49 PM
Ah, but that's true of so many movies, ever since the beginning. Some make a small attempt, some don't even try.
Not that that's always a bad thing, mind you ;)

kiwi_2005
06-21-10, 07:16 PM
Thought it was okay. Johnny Depp saved the movie from being a flop imho

Platapus
06-21-10, 07:21 PM
Thought it was okay. Johnny Depp saved the movie from being a flop imho

Well Depp can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your viewpoint of him as an actor. :O:

It sounds like a Netflix movie. Too bad it looked promising. :nope:

Dowly
06-22-10, 06:03 AM
I kinda liked it, maybe because I haven't read the book and the only Alice movie I had seen before this was probably some disney cartoon. Well, Depp made a solid, maybe one could say "safe" performance as Cpt. Jack Sparrow in Wonderland (I hope he gets more serious roles in the future, Sweeney Todd & Public Enemies were grrreat performances). Can't say I liked the style, not the usual Tim Burton IMHO, anyone could've done that.

Ow and Alice was HOT. She looks the same as my ex's friend... maybe I should ask if I could have a peek into her rabbit hole the next time I see her. :hmmm:

Weiss Pinguin
06-22-10, 10:59 AM
Ow and Alice was HOT.
http://screencrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Mia-Wasikowska-Alice-in-Wonderland-6-12-09-kc.jpg

:D

Dowly
06-22-10, 12:59 PM
http://screencrave.frsucrave.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Mia-Wasikowska-Alice-in-Wonderland-6-12-09-kc.jpg

:D

No no no, that's taken BEFORE the bunny had an "accident" and had to be replaced by a double.

Here ya go.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/971/aliceferret.jpg

Weiss Pinguin
06-22-10, 01:32 PM
Lucky devil :haha: