The movie that I choose to do my movie review on was Alice in Wonderland. And for anyone that has been around for awhile would also know that this is a remake, in fact a remake of several different Alice In Wonderlands. The original Alice in Wonderland or Alice Adventures in Wonderland, was made in 1903 almost 100 years ago. All the Alice in Wonderlands follow about the same story line, a girl who follows a white rabbit into a magical world. This Alice, although follows about the same story line, has a very big imaginative twist on the beloved story. .
The first Alice in Wonderland's were originally called Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Alice Through the Looking Glass. Much of the film and play incorporate both novels together as one. The first book has a game of cards theme, and the second a game of chess. These are touched on in the new version on Alice where the Red Queen has her soldiers as decks of cards and the White Queen has pawn pieces. The most unalike common theme, is that Wonderland is taken over by the Red Queen, and Alice is the heroine, this never happens in the novels. But this isn't where the differences end between novel & film. The character's themselves have interesting meanings behind them. In both novels Alice is 7 years old, but a smart and adventurous child that acts beyond her years. In Disneys animated version she's older around 12 or 13 or so. In the more recent film, she's 19, and now dealing with the threat of an engagement.
As for the movie having being a remake of course there was going to be already pre-expectations about the it. And for the mere fact the movie being made by Walt Disney which is leader in family oriented, children friendly animated films. I think viewers expected the movie to be more geared toward a childerns genre of movie. Where I think this Alice in Wonderland had a little darker and a little closer to the Middle of Kingdom and "Narnia"-style movies, in which a good queen has been replaced by an evil one. I differently think with director Tim Burton use of characters such as Johnny Depp as mad hatter, Anne Hathaway as the white queen, Helena Carter as the red queen, and Alan Rickman as the blue caterpillar. I believe the director had more of an adult audience in mind where there is differently more violence in this Alice. In the film we encounter a skewered eyeball, bobbing heads, and Alice has to slay the jabberwalky and drink its blood in order to return back home.
This Alice in Wonderland is different right from the beginning with the 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 in which she must free the land from the Red Queen 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, it looks like Alice really has her work cut out.
The genre of this movie is adventure, family, and fantasy. An adventure genre, in the context of a narrative, is typically applied to works in which the protagonist or other major characters are consistently placed in dangerous situations, and a fictional character who lives by their wits and their skills is often called an adventurer. Adventure films are both prominent genres in their respective media. I believe Disney brings this to Alice and Wonderland by the who adventure of a 19 year who is stuck between a rock and a hard place as they put it with her decision to marry or stay single. Who in a fit of furry runs off and goes to a fantasy word of unbelievable make believe character's. As for a family genre of movie I feel it fits this category because in all reality Alice in Wonderland was made as a childern's movie. As for this Alice movie with its bright colors, animated character's, fun, magical and whimsical era about it makes it designed for viewing for childern. At the same time the more adult Alice and a sort of darker side to this movie in slaying the Jabberwocky makes it also geared for a more adult audience as well. Combining the two makes it a suitable for a family genre of movie.
This Alice in Wonderland is different right from the beginning with the 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 in which she must free the land from the Red Queen 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, it looks like Alice really has her work cut out.
The genre of this movie is adventure, family, and fantasy. An adventure genre, in the context of a narrative, is typically applied to works in which the protagonist or other major characters are consistently placed in dangerous situations, and a fictional character who lives by their wits and their skills is often called an adventurer. Adventure films are both prominent genres in their respective media. I believe Disney brings this to Alice and Wonderland by the who adventure of a 19 year who is stuck between a rock and a hard place as they put it with her decision to marry or stay single. Who in a fit of furry runs off and goes to a fantasy word of unbelievable make believe character's. As for a family genre of movie I feel it fits this category because in all reality Alice in Wonderland was made as a childern's movie. As for this Alice movie with its bright colors, animated character's, fun, magical and whimsical era about it makes it designed for viewing for childern. At the same time the more adult Alice and a sort of darker side to this movie in slaying the Jabberwocky makes it also geared for a more adult audience as well. Combining the two makes it a suitable for a family genre of movie.
Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of ,plot, theme and/or setting. Many works within the genre take place in fictional worlds, such as in Alice in Wonderland, Wonderland being the fictional world where magic is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction in that it does not provide a logical explanation for the scientifically impossible events that occur, though there is a great deal of overlap between the two. Alice endeds up going to Wonderland and the audience is very much in the dark about the fantasy world or the character's she meets and her real reason of being at Wonderland to slay the jabberwocky. So really there is no explanation for the the impossible events that occur or mythical character's in the movie. The genre of adventure and fantasy I believe visually are held up by Disney in this movie to be stunning if not anything are enough to attract people of all ages to this movie. Costumes that are used and the animations I think are brilliant.
I personally liked the movie, but it took me a few times to watch it before I understood it completely. There was some parts of the movie that was kind of a blur as to what was going on. The characters, costumes, and animates were all really good. I personally love Johnny Depp and he made the movie an advent full one. The Hatter is indeed mad, his orange hair, stained hands and eyes are evident of that, his eyes often changing color when his mood goes into a more insane demeanor. For more about the movie check out Disneys site on the movie....
