A Visit Into Wonderland From Tim Burton
June 23, 2009
All this discussion of cartoons, villains, and characters we’ve loved since childhood always draws me right into wonderland. And with news of Tim Burton’s next movie to be “Wonderland” I felt it a must to bring up.
Now, I have mixed feelings about this honestly. I have a difficult time these days to get excited over any movie… The Dark Knight was the last movie that really delighted the child inside me, keeping true to the integrity of the characters and story. But so many movies these days take classics and “revive” them with a campy unnecessary or just completely wrong twist. My opinion only of course, but I save judgement until after the movie is out and I have seen it. Only then will I know.
In the mean time I will indulge in the photos as I keep a cautious eye and ear in mind. Alice In Wonderland is very dear to me and so I do not want my heart broken.
This movie is to take a different story but with the classic’s tale in mind. In Tim Burton’s wonderland, Alice is 17 years of age and attending a party at a Victorian estate. She soon discovers that she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types, to which she then runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole which returns her to Wonderland. In this film, wonderland is a place she has once visisted 10 years before but does not recall it. I think this allows for more possibilities for Tim Burton to put his own creative take and not disturb the classic. Creating a twist from the story from the beginning leaves some room for freedoms. We shall see how it all comes together in 2010.
Below are some photos courtesy of stylefrizz of Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen.
You can read more about this film from USA Today where they also offer more photos and a panoramic exclusive view into the art concept of Alice In Wonderland.
I absolutely love Tim Burton’s renditions of classics. Such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I love how he always brings out the dark twisted side of things. This is the perfect story to have him remake too. I love your blog =]
ohhhh coool
That should be fun!
Thanks for posting!
Carlin
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I think I’m more fond of Tim Burton’s older movies than I have been the new ones- I go back and forth on some lately; am truly hoping for something grand but don’t want to set expectations too high (especially since it is my favorite tale). We shall see
What I actually would really love to see is “Phantasmagoria” that Marilyn Manson had begun with Lily Cole. I think the presentation would be a dark glamor and interesting perspective into the life of Lewis Carroll, but I haven’t heard anything in a long while.
Anyone else know more on the status of that film?
I love the art of the costumes for this movie and cannot wait already to see Tim Burton’s vision! IMO he is one of the more creative mainstream directors out there today and Johnny Depp is always good in my books.