Alice finds new adventures in Wonderland but not without facing a new villain played by Sacha Baron Cohen as Time. Johnny Depp returns to play the Mad Hatter, but this time his father Zanik Hightopp (Rhys Ifans) is introduced.
In Disney's "Alice Through the Looking Glass," an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll's beloved stories, Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. Directed by James Bobin, who brings his own unique vision to the spectacular world Tim Burton created on screen in 2010 with "Alice in Wonderland," the film is written by Linda Woolverton based on characters created by Lewis Carroll and produced by Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd and Tim Burton with John G. Scotti serving as executive producer. "Alice Through the Looking Glass" reunites the all-star cast from the worldwide blockbuster phenomenon, including: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter along with the voices of Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall. We are also introduced to several new characters: Zanik Hightopp (Rhys Ifans), the Mad Hatter's father and Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen), a peculiar creature who is part human, part clock. Alice Kingsleigh (Wasikowska) has spent the past few years following in her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of Underland and her friends the White Rabbit (Sheen), Absolem (Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Fry) and the Mad Hatter (Depp), who is not himself. The Hatter has lost his Muchness, so Mirana (Hathaway) sends Alice on a quest to borrow the Chronosphere, a metallic globe inside the chamber of the Grand Clock which powers all time. Returning to the past, she comes across friends - and enemies - at different points in their lives, and embarks on a perilous race to save the Hatter before time runs out.
Alice returns to the magical world of Underland, only to find the Hatter in a horrible state. With the help of her friends, Alice must travel through time to save the Mad Hatter and Underland's fate from the evil clutches of the Red Queen and a clock like creature, known as Time.
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping there would be a sequel so we were very happy to go see this. Amazing special effects, keep you on the edge of your seat story and wonderful performances by the 3 main actors.
Alice's new adventure in wonderland is filled with excitement, each frame hand me gripping the edge of my seat. The film itself was simply perfect in terms of expectation; we've needed this sequel for a long while. It served as a good reminder that Alan Rickman will forever be in our hearts, simply beautiful and knocks the original off of the podium as the better of the two. I think the majority of people saw the film to once more gaze upon Professor Snape, which is fine by me. The Red Queen couldn't have been introduced at a better time; the writers know what they were doing.
ReplyDeleteVisually this movie is a real treat. I enjoyed the lighthearted performances, especially Mia Wasikowska as the plucky Alice, and of course I fell hard for the visual effects, Dan Hennah's production design, and Colleen Atwood's costume designs. Sadly, all the world-building that was set up in the first film took forever to manifest into a sequel.
ReplyDeleteThe filmmakers tap into both the darkness and the lightheartedness of Carroll's world in broad strokes, even if they don't really get or even attempt to do justice to the deeper social allegories.
Alice's feminist credentials are satisfied the easy way, by having her do physically brave things, like outrun three pirate ships as a captain in a bizarrely unexciting pre-credits sequence, and by letting her make "brave" decisions whose outcomes are never in doubt.
ReplyDeleteThere is not a single effect in the movie that stirs the mind, a single composition that stirs the eye, a single line worth remembering. Danny Elfman's score ladles Magic and Wonder over every scene, to convince you that what's onscreen doesn't look like a Shrek film as painted by an amateur who idolizes Leroy Neiman.
ReplyDeleteThe sky, the watches, the walkway on which Time stands, Time's costume, Alice standing behind him—it all looks neither real nor fake, primitive nor sophisticated.
A mere shadow of the first magically and visually impressive first! An interesting concept of time, but makes time seem painfully slow in this bore of a movie!
ReplyDelete"Alice Through the Looking Glass" is an improvement over the first Alice, with better acting and writing.
The success of Alice in Wonderland kicked off a mini-wave of live-action big-budget “action-ish” fairy tales and eventually birthed Disney’s new franchise consisting of live-action variations on their animated films.
ReplyDeleteDisney certainly wanted to know if their live-action fairy tale films could justify a sequel. After all, Disney has been knocking it out of the park with these live-action fairy tales of late, but Alice 2 was the first sequel of the bunch. Now that it bombed, it should serve as a warning sign that not every successful live-action fairy tale demands a sequel.
Alice in Wonderland was an of-its-time smash hit. But the sequel found itself out of time and thus out of luck.
ReplyDeleteIt is great follow-up to the 2010 blockbuster Alice in Wonderland. Definitely not going to miss this movie!