I was going to jump in and note that Lewis Carroll was not on drugs when he wrote Alice and Through the Looking Glass, but Movie Aristotle beat me to it.

I think that Carrol wrote the story to amuse his daughter and it skyrocketed into popularity. Though it's very wild and crazy, I'm pretty sure that Carroll wasn't high when he wrote it.

Well, I've seen it, and I love it! The music too, is beautiful. God bless each and every one involved in this movie.

MovieAristotle: Really? I never knew that. I have to admit that I've never actually researched it in depth, but I could have sworn that I read it in some sort of literary encyclopedia or something. Oh, well.

Yeah, you might have, but you can't believe everything you read.

I've found this website to be helpful:
http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/
It's something like a Narniaweb for Alice.

I don't really follow stuff in here.. due to the fact that movies tend to come out so late here that by the time I've watched anything, it'll be out on DVD in the rest of the world.
But.. I have been looking forward to Percy Jackson, and..

Overall I thought the movie was ok, but as an adaption is was horrible.

This kind of puts me off. Will I really not enjoy it if I enjoy the books? lol.. I still want to see it, but I'm disappointed to find out that it didn't stay true to the original story. I watched the trailer, but it seemed to tell me absolutely nothing about what the movie would be like.

Well, I've seen it, and I love it! The music too, is beautiful.

yeah, I didn't hate it. I was very underwhelmed. I will say that the music was beautiful. I agree. Tweedle Dee and Tweelde Dum were my favorite part of the movie. They were fantastic.

As promised earlier, I had the opportunity to view Percy Jackson this weekend. Keep in mind that I've not read any of the books, so my comments are restricted to my reaction to the film as a movie only (and as a mythology buff).

The comments I've heard indicate that while the movie is entertaining enough on its own, it takes a lot of liberties with the source material, and thus is not a very good adaptation (a criticism very similar to that made about the Walden adaptation of Prince Caspian. )

A few of the scenes intended to be impressive or surprising were given away in the trailer

And my familiarity with mythology allowed me to see some things in advance (such as

Still, the original premise -

And I was spoilered as to the presence of the

I'm not sure that

AC: It depends. If you tend to be a book purist (like me ) you probably won't enjoy it that much. As a stand-alone (w/o the books) it was merely ok. As a film adaption it was horrible.

stargazer: I agree with most of your spoilers. I just didn't like

I saw Alice in Wonderland on opening night with my sisters, and for once we all agreed: It was a good film. Entertaining, at least. I would NOT take my child to see it and I think it should have been rated higher, but as a grown mind I liked it. The costuming was spectacular. I, too noticed some of the links between Wonderland and Narnia (Hatter/Tumnus, Mouse/Reep, Alice/Lucy), though that could be just becuase I was thinking about VoDT at the time.
Did anyone other than me think that Anne Hathaway's performance was not *ahem* quite up to snuff?

Did anyone other than me think that Anne Hathaway's performance was not *ahem* quite up to snuff?

No. If anything she was too expressive for the White Queen. In the book the White Queen is relatively disinterested in everything. Hathaway seemed to take interest in everything.

I saw Alice in Wonderland with some friends today. I thought it was very good but the story was tried-and-true and rather predictable. There was some good humour, action and adventure. Thankfully the amazing visuals, the brilliant characters and the imagination of the piece helped to make it an entertaining movie. I enjoyed it far more than Avatar. It was a good bit of fun.
Warning: rated PG for some dark images (not for the youngest of children). I think PG is a perfectly appropriate rating for the movie. It's not nearly dark or violent enough for PG-13 (PC had far more of each). 7.5/10

Here's an idea that will keep you awake nights, (either worrying or imagining the fun possibilities) -what if Tim Burton got the rights to The Wizard of Oz? All he'd have to do is change up some of the CG charachters from "Alice" and viola! It's practically the same story. Human casting wouldn't be a problem either, of course he'd make Helena Bohnam Carter the Wicked Witch of the West, and Johnny Depp is a shoe-in for the Scarecrow. The movie could switch to 3-D when Dorothy steps out of her house into Oz. (And I'll bet it's a darker, scarier, more twisted Oz than we've ever seen before!)

But this wasn't really all that dark. Tim Burton is more about Gothic sensibilities and sombre moments and wacky characters than scary, dark movies. Besides, I don't think he could make a creepier Oz movie than 'Return to Oz'.

Here's an idea that will keep you awake nights, (either worrying or imagining the fun possibilities) -what if Tim Burton got the rights to The Wizard of Oz?

Has that possibility been brought up by Burton or someone else officially?

*prepares to invite the furor of NWeb's legions of Tim Burton fans*

I do not care for Burton's movies or his directing style. In all honesty I can't really say I've ever seen one of his movies that I've really liked or connected with, and his quirky/dark style tends to grate on my nerves. He's the nails to my chalkboard. So if he got ownership of the Oz "franchise" I would...not be happy.

Secondly there are certain movies that should never, ever, ever be remade. They are sacrosanct and are treasures as they are, and the original Wizard of Oz falls directly in this category, alongside of Star Wars, Gone With the Wind, and a few others (imagine Burton's Star Wars, with a striped Darth Vader, a grey-pallored Luke played by Johnny Depp, Leia by Helena Bonham Carter, and the Death Star with dead leaves blowing everywhere with a creepy full moon hanging in the background. ).

I'm sorry for the venting there....I really am trying to like the guy's films. I just watched 9 the other night and recently viewed a sizable portion of the Wonka remake a month ago but I just can't seem to warm to it.

Star Wars should never be remade, nor Gone with the Wind but The Wizard of Oz was originally a book, so a remake is perfectly fine. Personally I never liked the Judy Garland version. Dorothy is a push-over compared to her book-character. Don't worry about Burton remaking Star Wars. He won't do that.

^lol I didn't like Wizard of Oz either. The book is better.

Shadowlander: I LOVE Burton's Wonka! Soooo much better than the old one. I like the feel Burton gives his movies. Yes Wonka is different in the movie then he is in the book but I like his character in the movie much better. You should watch the whole movie