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Tim Burton and Disney have found their new Alice — not in Wonderland or down the rabbit hole but Down Under.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ifb184e208a328349dfd5290665fa6854
I’m leary of this sort of technique (the motion capture and then recreation of the entire thing as computer graphics). Maybe’ I’m a bit backwards that way, but everything I’ve seen to this point seemed so life-less, and with Burton’s love for the artifice, it has a chance to be mega-plasticky. But we’ll see. Alice is definitely a great story for Burton to make.
[to be honest the only exciting thing in this news-piece is that Mira Nair is shooting an Amelia Earnheart biopic. yay.]
I hear ya. I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – Burton is no longer making interesting choices. He’s lost his edge.
I’m not sure – I actuallly quite loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but his ’emotionality’ seems to have changed in many ways – he’s hit and miss. Still, let’s just wait and see,
He’s just trying things out I think… and they don’t always work (POTA ahem!). I think it’s good he’s exploring. No artist wants to just churn out the same stuff. His stuff hasn’t been as good recently as his early stuff in my opinion, as Danny’s hasn’t been as good. But I think some of it is down to their inherent love of exploring… which is admirable, I think. They’ve got some fun projects coming up, so hopefully they’ll hit on smething. Danny’s ballet sound like it’ll be a blast!
It seems like the film will less like “The Polar Express” and “Monster House” and more like the last 2 “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, which utilized the technology in breathtaking ways when applied to the captain and crew of the Flying Dutchman. That’s me looking at the film optimistically; really, I’ve never been a huge fan of the Alice story, but I’m always willing to give Burton the benefit of the doubt.
Johnny Depp is playing the Mad Hatter. I wonder how that’ll go?
I’m starting to get a little tired of these Burton-Depp collaborations. Is he ever gonna work again with Michael Keaton or Chris Walken or Jack Nicholson or any of his previous collaborators? What about Ewan Mcgregor (or however you spell his name)? He was great in Big Fish. Or what about Tim Roth? I disliked Planet of the Apes, but Roth was great in it. Or, I don”t know, maybe someone he has never worked with before.
You’re right. The results are great and I hope to see them work more in the future, but four movies in a roll is too much. There’s other actors that would be nice to see in a Burton movie.
I agree with both of you. Considering the the Mad Hatter isn’t that big of a role, I don’t have a problem with this. It would be nice to see Burton work with others, and he is. I haven’t ever heard of the girl who is playing Alice, we don’t know who else will be casted so I think he will be branching out with other actors in this one. We just have to wait and see!
Well, considering the lead role isn’t someone he’s worked with in the past (as far as I know), I don’t see what all the complaining is about. I think the movie sounds freaking awesome, and I can’t wait to see it. I can’t think of a better director to cover this story other than Terry Gilliam. Can you imagine the Elfman score?! It’s right up his alley, and I’ve ALWAYS wanted to hear what he could do with a story like this.
Would be nice if Danny went back to writing a purely orchestral score for this one. Mmm… Sleepy Hollow.
Yeah, I’m pretty damn excited. Not only is it gonna look cool, but it’ll be 3D as well. Not that View Master-esque 3D in NMBC (which is still beautiful), but something that is actually intended to have a 3rd dimension. Say what you will about the zombie eyed characters in Polar Express and Beowulf, it was a blast to watch in 3d; and now to have Tim do it with such a fantastical pallet will be brain melting.
I for one hope he casts Glenn Shadix (Otho) to play the Caterpillar. He would be perfect, right? And you can bet your bottom dollar that Helena will play the Queen of Hearts, much to the chagrin of Burton haters (not on this site, of course
)What other cast prediction do you guys have?
Lucius
P.S. Oh yeah, Steve Buscemi for the Cheshire Cat.
boingomusic Wrote:
> Well, I would pretty much picture DANNY as the
> Cheshire Cat(smacks forehead) Of COURSE…what was I thinking, that’s great. He already has the smile.
Lucius
But this Alice movie is such a blah idea. Been there, seen that.
His choices are lazy, not just in film projects, but in design and in making of his movies. Burton and his team (whether or not they change from film to film, just look to be treading water with an uninspired master at the helm. I used to love his stuff, but man…. I’ve crammed my Tim Burton movie section to the bottom of my shelf.
I love the idea of Danny as the Cheshire Cat! The only other person I could see as the Cat would be Jack Nicholson, but he probably wouldn’t do it. When I heard Depp was playing the Mad Hatter I was a little disappointed, like some of you were, but then I thought, what if Michael Keaton played the March Hare? You’d have Keaton and Depp in the same scene playing off eeach other. That would be awesome!
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