Director Tim Burton and Walt Disney Pictures have teamed up again for a new adventure in Wonderland.
In Burton’s take on the Lewis Carrol novels “Through the Looking Glass” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” viewers are able to return to a live-action version of Wonderland.
The film begins when 6-year-old Alice Kingsleigh, played by Mairi Ella Challen, awakens from a nightmare about a rabbit in a waistcoat and a blue caterpillar.
Later 19-year-old Alice, played by Mia Wasikowska, must attend a party where a revolting lord plans to propose to her.
Unable to make a decision about her potential engagement, Alice sets off into the garden chasing after the white rabbit. She follows the rabbit, falling into a hole and tumbles down to Wonderland.
Danny Elfman, composer for “Alice in Wonderland,” brings magic to the screen through his use of music. The score enhances the imagery that Burton creates in Wonderland. Elfman does a great job of helping move the plot ahead and enticing the audience with eerie songs.
Once in Wonderland, Burton takes the viewers to a place unlike any other, using details that no other director could imagine.
With floating pollen and the sounds of grass rustling, this unimaginable world comes alive. These small features visually add to the atmosphere, making the film unique.
In this wondrous new place, Alice meets Tweedledee and Tweedledum, both played by Matt Lucas, the blue caterpillar, voiced by Alan Rickman, the white rabbit, and the cheshire cat, all made famous by other versions of the story.
Alice is then told that she is the only one who can save Wonderland and the White Queen, played by Anne Hathaway, from the infamous Jabberwocky, controlled by the Red Queen, played by Helena Bonham Carter.
Alice must make the hardest decision of her life, whether to save Wonderland or to let the Red Queen’s terror reign.
Burton brings back Johnny Depp for another one of his films, as the Mad Hatter. Depp does a marvelous job as the crazed Hatter, showing a side that was not seen of the Hatter in Disney’s original 1951, “Alice in Wonderland.”
Burton does a fantastic job of mixing the live actors with the computer animated creatures of Wonderland.
Burton, his cast and Elfman made a thrilling film that is suitable for all fans, both of the original “Alice in Wonderland” and Carroll’s novels.
“Alice” will definitely make it onto the list of Burton’s masterpieces, along with “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
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