The new
Alice in Wonderland, a sequel of sorts to the animated Disney classic, is a tricky idea. I like the imagination and I think the film was visually stunning - a usual compliment to the team of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who consistently produce "weird" films, but in a good way. I also loved the non-Wonderland scenes and thought Mia Wasikowsa, who portrayed Alice, was fantastic. What I didn't love, oddly enough, was the whole Wonderland part of the film. The effects and make up were awesome and as I said it looked really cool, but I don't think it had a strong enough story to compliment all of the eye candy. And I'd have to agree with a thread on over on IMDB, I couldn't understand half of what the characters said either.
A movie I wasn't expecting to like as much as I did was
Brooklyn's Finest. This film tells three different stories of three different cops all working at the same Brooklyn precinct. I really liked all of the stories and thought they were held together well by Gere, Hawke, Cheadle and Snipes. I really would have liked the characters to have crossed paths a little more, sometimes it distinctly felt like three different films, but I did like how their storylines ended in the same location albeit again with minimal path crossing.
The new Alice in Wonderland, a sequel of sorts to the animated Disney classic, is a tricky idea. I like the imagination and I think the film was visually stunning - a usual compliment to the team of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who consistently produce "weird" films, but in a good way. I also loved the non-Wonderland scenes and thought Mia Wasikowsa, who portrayed Alice, was fantastic. What I didn't love, oddly enough, was the whole Wonderland part of the film. The effects and make up were awesome and as I said it looked really cool, but I don't think it had a strong enough story to compliment all of the eye candy. And I'd have to agree with a thread on over on IMDB, I couldn't understand half of what the characters said either.
A movie I wasn't expecting to like as much as I did was Brooklyn's Finest. This film tells three different stories of three different cops all working at the same Brooklyn precinct. I really liked all of the stories and thought they were held together well by Gere, Hawke, Cheadle and Snipes. I really would have liked the characters to have crossed paths a little more, sometimes it distinctly felt like three different films, but I did like how their storylines ended in the same location albeit again with minimal path crossing.
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