http://www.doyoulikemoviesaboutgladiators.com/date-night-alice-in-wonderland/ A Movie Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.doyoulikemoviesaboutgladiators.com/date-night-alice-in-wonderland/comment-page-1/#comment-815 Somebody Owes Me $10 – The Worst of 2010 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:18:04 +0000 http://www.doyoulikemoviesaboutgladiators.com/?p=886#comment-815 [...] It’s a shame to put a Tim Burton film on the list in that, in general, I’m a fan of all of his other flicks. And truthfully, this adaptation is much closer to the Carroll classic than the Disneyfied cartoon from 1951. Plus, Depp gives a fine performance as the Mad Hatter. Unfortunately, this update was still produced by Disney, and it’s almost as if Chairman Mouse stood next to Burton during the last few days of filming and squeaked: “Where’s the gimmick? Haha. You know, the hook? Haha. Something to market?” How else does one explain the inexplicable “funderwhacking”? What’s more, 3-D killed this film because it was added in post-production. So, while most of the shots were 2-D, a number of gimmicky scenes were transferred to 3-D, which makes the film jumpy and disconnects the audience. (Read full review) [...] [...] It’s a shame to put a Tim Burton film on the list in that, in general, I’m a fan of all of his other flicks. And truthfully, this adaptation is much closer to the Carroll classic than the Disneyfied cartoon from 1951. Plus, Depp gives a fine performance as the Mad Hatter. Unfortunately, this update was still produced by Disney, and it’s almost as if Chairman Mouse stood next to Burton during the last few days of filming and squeaked: “Where’s the gimmick? Haha. You know, the hook? Haha. Something to market?” How else does one explain the inexplicable “funderwhacking”? What’s more, 3-D killed this film because it was added in post-production. So, while most of the shots were 2-D, a number of gimmicky scenes were transferred to 3-D, which makes the film jumpy and disconnects the audience. (Read full review) [...]

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