Alice on IMAX
Published on Saturday, March 06, 2010.So I went to go see Alice in Wonderland on IMAX 3D opening night. As always, Tim Burton has amazed me. Johnny Depp's performance is further evidence for his versatility as an actor.
Disney, however, proceeds to disappoint the Alice in Wonderland franchise. They continually diverge from the true essence of the characters to suit their storyline. For instance, the "Red Queen" appears in this and other Disney interpretations of Alice in Wonderland. In the book, the Red Queen first makes her appearance in the sequel, "Through the Looking Glass." The Red Queen is not to be confused with the villain in the first book, the Queen of Hearts. Disney thinks these two should be the same character. Regrettably, the only thing the Queen of Hearts and the Red Queen have in common is that they are both queens.
I guess I will have to once again accept the fact that another book was butchered on the big screen by production companies.
About this blog's headline image: The Cheshire Cat is one of many iconic characters depicted in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. At one point, the cat disappears gradually until nothing is left but its grin, prompting Alice to remark that she has often seen a cat without a grin but never a grin without a cat.
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