Alice In Wonderland on Blu-Ray
posted by BigDaddy
Having received the Disney Blu-Ray of Alice in Wonderland to review I couldn’t wait to watch it. Tim Burton is one of my favourite film directors and to me this project was ideally suited to his style and boy I wasn’t disappointed!
The director really does create a visually stunning world which is a true feast for the eyes. Every detail is well thought out and quite clever. For instance in the evil Red Queens palace, every piece of furniture is held up by an animal, birds hold up the chandeliers and monkeys hold the candlesticks. I didn’t even realize that was the case until I had watched it twice!
The acting and voice over performances were all very good with the awesome Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter given a run for his money in the best performance stakes by Helena Bonham-Carter as the wicked Red Queen who is stark raving mad and deliciously evil and her cries of ?off with their heads? will be ringing in your ears for ages. I was however not convinced by Alice herself, Mia Wasikowska, who was slightly out of her depth in such esteemed company. Also for movie geeks like me, watch out for Stayne, the Knave of Hearts who is played by Marty McFly’s dad from Back to the Future!!
I think the plot was pretty standard fantasy stuff, with Alice being the chosen one and slaying the Red Queen’s feared Jaberwocky but the film more than makes up for that with it’s outstanding visuals and a truly immersive world in which to loose yourself in, especially on Blu-ray!
In my eyes this more than makes up for Burton’s other ?re-imagining? that was the farcical Planet of the Apes and while fans of the Lewis Carroll’s book may be underwhelmed by the so-so story fans of Burton will be happy because it just looks so damn good. Welcome back Tim, we missed you.
3.5 stars out of five
