Alice in Wonderland
Summary
Tim Burton ’s Disney adjustment ofAlice In Wonderland , starring Johnny Deppas the sick Hatter , looked like it would be a recipe for success ― and indeed , it blow Burton ’s other movies out of the water by bringing in more than $ 1 billion at the box power . However , despite cash in in commercially , Alice In Wonderlandscored a " rotten"Rotten Tomatoesscore and received sundry brushup . The movie ’s leading cast and intriguingly dark twist on a fantasy classic drew in huge numbers of viewers at the fourth dimension , yet it did n’t make much of a ethnic wallop and is n’t largely remember as one of Disney or Burton ’s good .
Alice In Wonderlandfollows booster Alice after she tumble down a rabbit mess while chase the White Rabbit and finds herself in an ludicrous and unsettling world populate by creature and playing identity card characters . In 2010 ’s version , this realm is called Underland , rather than Wonderland , as manager Burton created a darker take on the Lewis Carroll shaver ’s novel and the 1951 Disney animate classic . The second - highest - gross film of 2010,Alice In Wonderlandkickstarted Disney ’s lively - action mechanism eraand fall in Tim Burton his first $ 1 billion movie ― but its response showed that box seat authority routine do n’t always muse a movie ’s caliber .
Burton’s Alice In Wonderland Was A Recipe For (Commercial) Success
It was no surprisal thatAlice In Wonderlandwas a collision for Disney . The 1951 animation is one of the most recognisable Disney classics , its fiber ingrain in tonic culture . The White Rabbit , for example , has become a symbol for follow your curiosity , used in media from Jefferson Airplane ’s song toThe Matrix . The 2010 dramatis personae ofAlice In Wonderlandis almost as recognizable as the characters , too . While Mia Wasikowska , playing Alice , was n’t a Brobdingnagian name , Johnny Depp , Helena Bonham Carter , and Anne Hathaway took star roles . The list of articulation thespian in liven roles include Alan Rickman , Stephen Fry , and even Christopher Lee .
Known for his gothic , Victorian - tinged , and weird twists on storey , theater director Tim Burton also seemed a wiz pickaxe to take on a newAlice In Wonderlandfilm . By 2010 , he was fresh off the stop over - motion animationCorpse Brideand musicalSweeney Todd , also starring frequentBurton collaborators Depp and Bonham Carter― and had test his facility for unused spins on youngster ’s films with his 2005 adaption of Roald Dahl’sCharlie and the Chocolate Factory . Disney ’s 1951Alice In Wonderlandanimation and Lewis Carroll’sAlice ’s escapade In Wonderlandwere already full of oddities and an absurdist sensitivity that would suit Burton .
Why Alice In Wonderland Has A “Rotten” Score
Despite this promising premise and strong mould bringingAlice In Wonderlandto fiscal success , it still did n’t make out well critically , getting 51 percent onRotten Tomatoes . Part of this was the heavy use of CGI , creating a sterile and lifeless look that clash with the movie ’s premiss and trippy patch . It was a missed opportunity for Burton to include some halt - motion or puppetry in the film , which would have sharpen its off - meter , unsettling , and capricious flavor . Live - action character were also pick off with CGI , such as making the Red Queen ’s read/write head cartoonishly big , perturb from Helen Bonham Carter ’s public presentation .
The plot also come in for criticism . Shoe - horning the absurdist panorama of Carroll ’s book , such as the Jabberwocky gimcrack poem , into a established write up made for a puzzling but often flat handwriting . Despite the gothic set - stuffing , the movie became a straightforward slay - the - dragon quest . The Guardiancriticized the " pretty conventional work " and the " frictionless , whimsical world . " Some of this difficultness might have position inAlice In Wonderland’sstatus as very menage - well-disposed , staple Disney transportation ; Burton contend with the same legal brief when adaptingDumbo . While Disney can be bank on to produce slick , often successful phantasy , perhaps the studio apartment was n’t right for a really creative take onAlice In Wonderland .
Sources : Rotten Tomatoes , The Guardian
