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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

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Major Britten

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Depp casting confirmed

Well after Tim Burton returned to form and made the fantastic Sweeney Todd earlier this year I have high hopes for this one. Johnny Depp playing the mad hatter is a no brainer really for a Burton Alice film. Also Mia Wasikowska plays Alice. Im hoping that this is going to be a dark, fucked up vision of this classic story in a similar vain as American Mcgee's Alice game. Lastly the film will be in 3D and is being made by Disney.

Something to look forward to for next year I think :unsure:

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Major Britten

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Argh! Beaten to it while I was helping my daughter brush her teeth! :D

EDIT:

What's the betting that Helena Bonham Carter will be the Queen of Hearts?

Hey its not very often that I beat you :P

Well shes got to be in there somewhere hasnt she. Also whats the betting that Danny Elfman will score the film? :unsure:

Again: Rolling my fucking eyes

Why, Tim Burton's style and Alice in Wonderland make a perfect match to me (shame hes not doing this animated like Nightmare Before Christmas or the Corpse Bride).

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Why, Tim Burton's style and Alice in Wonderland make a perfect match to me (shame hes not doing this animated like Nightmare Before Christmas or the Corpse Bride).

Because Tim Burton makes my fucking skin crawl. I'm sick of the swirly, spinny, stripey, pseudo goth, spikey wankery that is his "trade mark style". Depp is a great actor, but when he's involved with Burton's films it's like a repaint of whats gone before. I can't explain it too well, it just makes me roll my eyes, sigh, and think what something like this could have been with someone who wasn't a predictable fuckwit.

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Because Tim Burton makes my fucking skin crawl. I'm sick of the swirly, spinny, stripey, pseudo goth, spikey wankery that is his "trade mark style". Depp is a great actor, but when he's involved with Burton's films it's like a repaint of whats gone before. I can't explain it too well, it just makes me roll my eyes, sigh, and think what something like this could have been with someone who wasn't a predictable fuckwit.

Did you see Sweeney?

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See that first then before you write this one off. Best Burton film since Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood (although obviously very, very different).

Given the source material I can see it being more Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It just lends itself to his more swirly stripey style than Sleepy Hollow/Sweeny Todd (going on the trailer).

Course it could be an absolute masterpiece.

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I love Big Fish (I can imagine why others might have a problem with a film about stortelling made by a filmmaker whose plots are generally viewed as being secondary to the visuals... but the ending made me cry, at least) and Ed Wood. Mars Attacks and Batman Returns are fun. I really like both Corpse Bride and his short film Vincent (on the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD).

I haven't seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (although it's got to be better than that other version :unsure:).

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I haven't seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (although it's got to be better than that other version :unsure:).

what other version?

surely you cant be referring to the gene wilder incarnation?

anyway, i'm looking forward to this. it's been far too long that it's been neglected for a big budget effort. the story is amazing.

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I thought the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was fantastic, apart from Johnny Depp. I thought his interpretation of the character was awful, and it completely ruined the film for me.

I'm looking forward to some shots of this though, I loved every other Burton/Depp pairing.

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I love Big Fish (I can imagine why others might have a problem with a film about stortelling made by a filmmaker whose plots are generally viewed as being secondary to the visuals... but the ending made me cry, at least) and Ed Wood. Mars Attacks and Batman Returns are fun. I really like both Corpse Bride and his short film Vincent (on the Nightmare Before Christmas DVD).

I haven't seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (although it's got to be better than that other version :)).

Actually I thought it was rubbish, turned off after an hour, Depp was exceptionally dull (TBH I've been going off him since Finding Neverland), amazed you don't like the original, whatever it did to the book Wilder is amazing.

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It's such a shame Burton keeps doing adaptations of things that've already been filmed (especially the ones which are pretty hard to top like Planet of the Apes or Charlie), seems like such a waste when you watch Beetlejuice or Edward Scissorhands. I mean there must be a million original scripts floating around that he could take a stab at. He's much better at creating his own worlds from the ground up... I know it's probably easier to get money for another remake but it's disappointing all the same.

That said, there's plenty for him to run with in a version of Alice in Wonderland . It'll probably look amazing at least.

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I'm assuming another Elfman collaboration is due, then.

Would it really kill the bloke to deviate a bit? I'd wager decent money that plenty of composers would kill for the chance to score a Burton film.

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