| slasherbabe |
08-18-2008 01:01 PM |
Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter... honestly, and everyone's gonna hate me for this, it seems a little done. Actually, everything about Tim Burton directing Alice in Wonderland feels a little too perfect, in a way.
Like, it's too obvious - of course Tim Burton would direct Alice in Wonderland, I'm surprised no one's suggested it before. But it's getting to the point where Burton (whom I adore, don't get me wrong) has a monopoly on every weird, creepy, sorta dark fantasy/horror movie, and it's gonna start getting predictable. And the last thing we want is for Alice in Wonderland to be predictable.
Like, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a good movie. It was creative and well-directed. But nothing surprised me about it - every aspect that made that movie creative and creepy was something we'd expect Tim Burton to do. Same thing with Sweeney Todd - the insane violence was less effective, at least for me, because I expected it.
So even though I'd definitely watch Burton do Alice in Wonderland, I feel like I already know, basically, how it's gonna look, and that it's gonna be creepy and weird in the usual Tim Burton-esque way. Which, unfortunately, may make it forgettable to most people, especially when compared to Burton's best movies, like Edward Scissorhands.
personally, I'd rather see a newer directorial talent take on an Alice in Wonderland film made for adults. Guillermo del Toro would be ideal (he's doing the Hobbit), or Alfonso Cuaron or Timur Bekhaptyev (spelled that wrong - he directed Wanted). Or someone totally unexpected, because sometimes the least obvious directors are the best for a particular movie. Like who would have expected 'that Aussie dude who made those zombie films' to make Lord of the Rings. Or 'the dude who made Memento, I think' to be the best thing to happen to the Batman franchise in years.
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