¨You used to be much more...muchier. You`ve lost your muchness.¨

Those are the words the Mad Hatter tells Alice after she has returned to Wonderland, but now much older as a 19 year old girl who has no memory of her last visit there when she was a little kid. Tim Burton directs this classic Disney tale and he teams up once again with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. They have already worked together in Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton`s…

'Alice in Wonderland' has become a poster child for the overly CGI-ed, clumsy re-tellings of familiar tales, but while some of the criticism is justified, there's still plenty to like. Most of the problems are connected with the story - ironically, it makes too much sense. Burton had said that he had never been able to connect to Alice emotionally since all she ever does is wander around aimlessly from one bizarre encounter to another, but that's kind of the…

Het is haast onmogelijk om te schrijven over 'Alice in Wonderland' zonder een woord te reppen over de polemiek die als een donkere schaduw over Burtons jongste hing. Bioscoopexploitanten besloten de film immers te boycotten omdat ze hun winsten alsmaar zagen slinken door de steeds korter wordende window (de tijd tussen de release van een film in de bioscoop en de film op dvd). Heel de heisa indachtig zou je haast vergeten dat Burtons knieval voor de grote studiobonzen ook…

For me Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland is an interesting take on Lewis Carroll's classic story. I really did enjoy the film, and it's a well made film. I can understand why most fans of the novel are angry, but this is a totally different take on Carrol's novel. You've heard that the story happens when Alice is 19 and returns to Wonderland. Right off the bat, that should give you a hint that its not Lewis Carrol's classic Alice…