Despite that the sheer novelty effect of the 3D IMAX medium may have worn off after Avatar made box office history, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is a dream-like cinematic adventure suitable for nearly all ages.
Disney alumnus screenwriter Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), does a formidable job of working with Lewis Carroll’s original source material (though purists may disagree), while finding an avenue to present a completely fresh story.
We meet Alice as an independent-minded 19-year-old, burdened by English aristocratic life. Pressured to wed a man of the correct status that’s not quite her taste, she escapes a tense moment by chasing after a rabbit and falling down a hole back into Wonderland.
Upon her escape to the alternate universe, she finds that the burdens of expectation await her in Wonderland as they did in London. Her fate is to slay the feared Jabberwocky and free the people from the terror of the Red Queen—and reinstate the White Queen. While a predictable finish sums things up tightly in both universes after two hours, it’s good clean fun all the way.
Disney alumnus screenwriter Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King), does a formidable job of working with Lewis Carroll’s original source material (though purists may disagree), while finding an avenue to present a completely fresh story.
We meet Alice as an independent-minded 19-year-old, burdened by English aristocratic life. Pressured to wed a man of the correct status that’s not quite her taste, she escapes a tense moment by chasing after a rabbit and falling down a hole back into Wonderland.
Upon her escape to the alternate universe, she finds that the burdens of expectation await her in Wonderland as they did in London. Her fate is to slay the feared Jabberwocky and free the people from the terror of the Red Queen—and reinstate the White Queen. While a predictable finish sums things up tightly in both universes after two hours, it’s good clean fun all the way.
