Burton's "Alice..." Stills are Giving me Nightmares

Submitted by mark on Monday, Jun 22nd 2009

Even if you hadn't heard about the movie previously, would you really blink if I told you that Tim Burton is directing a re-imagination of "Alice in Wonderland" with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in starring roles? Of course you wouldn't. Although many people are getting sick of Burton's creepy power couple, it seems that he's got a couple of tricks up his sleeve to keep things fresh, mainly using CGI to augment and distort live action, a technique which has come into use recently with action films, but hasn't been stretched (no pun intended) to this level before.

These two shots (and one boring one of Anne Hathaway at the source link) are just the tip of the iceberg, as live actors will also be playing The White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), The Caterpillar (Alan Rickman), The Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), and so on. I'm really curious to see these characters in motion, mostly because if these stills keep staring at me like that I might just have to claw my eyes out. Either way, It's been a really long time since there has been a mainstream animated (or psuedo-animated) "drug" film, and although I love all things Pixar, it's about goddamn time that someone uses the medium for something other than cutesy talking animal flicks. "Alice in Wonderland," will also be in 3D for additional mind-fucking, and as someone that loved Sweeny Todd, I'm certainly not averse to a little cerebral shagging.

Sources:
First Photos from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway, First look: What a weird 'Wonderland' Burton's made

Comments

Am I the only one?

Submitted by Casey on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:45.

Am I the only one that thinks Johnny Depp looks like Elijah Wood there?

I don't know, I'm not completely sold yet, but come on people! Tim Burton's using COLOR! That's a first ain't it?

Wood

Submitted by Prisoner Abel on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 01:53.

Yeah now that you mention yes, he really does. I think its the shading of the cheeks and his girly lashes.

Honestly I can't remember the last Burton film I really liked. It might have been Sleepy Hollow. Willie Wanka was an utter trainwreck so I'm not too excited for this.

"I like it when they lie still like that."

I agree that Willy Wonka was

Submitted by mark on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 02:09.

I agree that Willy Wonka was pretty awful but I loved Sweeny Todd. I'll be interested to see this from a pure visuals standpoint, because it seems like it could be pretty groundbreaking.

Sweeny Todd

Submitted by Prisoner Abel on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 18:15.

My wife and I seem to be one of the few who didn't like that movie. I thought the singing was terrible and she's a huge fan of the Broadway version, which apparently the film can't hold a candle too.

"I like it when they lie still like that."