The oppressive sky, the curled dead wood, the grotesque shape, and the existence of Tim Burton's iconic style are destined to be by no means a fairy tale with orthodox blood such as princes and princesses getting married. When the genius Burton meets the extremely creative Tension's "Wonderland", when Burton + Helena + Johnny Depp joined forces again, this unprecedented fairy tale, the strange and absurd atmosphere of deja vu was born.
In the process of watching the film, whenever there is an unpredictable bad possibility in the plot, a little girl in the back row will whisper to her mother that she is afraid. In the fairy tale, after Alice falls into Wonderland, there has been a discussion of right and wrong. Is she the real Alice or the fake Alice? In fact, all the choices that Alice made at the age of six were based on her simple view of right and wrong, without so many constraints of human society, and as she grew up, her experience increased. Nineteen-year-old Alice has inevitably become a member of society. Although she is rebellious, she is very confused in her bones. She doesn't know how to face her future, and she doesn't know where the future will be.
At the beginning of the film, whether Alice agrees to the choice of the proposal in real life, but Alice did not give the answer directly. Although she knew that the suitor was not her love, but due to the pressure of her family and friends (or society), she Losing herself, right and wrong are not so simple, so she chose to escape. In Wonderland, when she first learned that she was on a mission, she would say that she did not kill, let alone kill monsters. In the process of growing up from the age of six to nineteen, there were naturally some things in her heart. Depressed, so this second roaming in Wonderland after thirteen years is more like Alice's process of returning to herself and finding herself. Here, Alice, with the help of a group of friends in Wonderland, in order to overthrow the Queen of Hearts, Drawing a sword and stabbing at the monster can be compared to her resistance to the distorted values of the real society. The final victory also heralds the return of Alice's true nature. In the process, Alice gradually came to know who she was and what she really needed in her heart. This is actually very much like us in the past. In the face of growth and future, no one has been influenced. In the film, Alice said something like this, since I came here, people have been telling me who I am and what I should do. But I'm going to solve the problem in my own way. This is probably the answer Burton gave us, to find ourselves and understand what we need in our hearts.
Although the art style of this film is still Burton, the theme and value orientation of this film are still biased towards the mainstream of Hollywood. Teenagers cut off the heads of monsters, which has always been the theme used by Hollywood. Have ghosts bowed their heads to the mainstream of Hollywood? It seems to be understood here that the theme of fairy tales itself is the mainstream, so this film just uses the shell of madness to express the orthodox growth theme of this film, and Burton's old work "Big Fish" is also an absurd plot and absurd character. The theme of love and growth is the same as this film. However, the plot can be fuller. The process of Alice's inner thinking transformation is not natural enough. Her resistance behavior is a bit like "people are in the rivers and lakes and can't help themselves", so there can be more psychological dramas of Alice's self-seeking. And "Let's go to China" at the end of the film seems to be the foreshadowing of the sequel, but it seems that I don't know what it is. If there is a sequel, I would like to see what medicine Burton's gourd sells. But from another point of view, this movie is the first time that Disney's fairy tales think about problems from the perspective of adults, and it is also the first PG-13 (guided viewing for adults under 13) in the history of Disney's fairy tales. For Disney's traditional animation in the bottleneck period, it is a very bold breakthrough.
In terms of character completion, Helena's role as the Queen of Hearts is undoubtedly the most outstanding, and she is quite bold in terms of styling. Helena once again performed hard for her husband regardless of her image, and made this Queen of Hearts, who is surly and cruel and dictatorial in appearance, but lonely in heart. , the completion is very good, but the Mad Hatter played by Johnny Depp of the "Iron Triangle", may be due to the small number of scenes, it seems a little restrained, not crazy enough and not "crazy", unfortunately it failed to achieve the expected value , I was worried before that Anne Hathaway's temperament of the girl next door would not be suitable for the role of the White Queen. Now it seems to be superfluous. Justice represents the White Queen's cunning hypocrisy and hidden desires. Well, as for Alice, neither her style nor her acting skills left a deep impression. This is the disappointing part of this film. And Tim Burton's best gothic style is vividly displayed in the supporting characters. In the film, the Cheshire cat is the most impressive. His illusion is also the main element of several key plots in the film. In addition, the twins, white rabbits and other supporting roles are also the highlights of making jokes.
On the whole, this film has not lost Burton's consistent level, and in this materialistic era, there is undoubtedly a great need for post-adolescent fairy tales similar to "finding oneself", so on this level, this film is very good for Disney and Disney. As far as M Burton is concerned, it is a successful attempt, but this time, Burton, who is a little niche, came to shoot a big production with an investment of more than 200 million US dollars, which made him have a tendency to move towards the mainstream. For the portrayal of Burton, it seems a little powerless. Look forward to Burton's trio's next big comeback.
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