I think a lot of people are out to forget the one thing about this film: it is a family film that takes elements from a children's book to craft a story.
Now, given that, it's not perfect. There are confusing bits and some strange acting from time to time but there are the brilliant bits as well.
It's quirky and an interesting play with the Time Travel Paradox (a confusing conflict) mixed with the confusing world of "Wonderland". I do believe that is the mesh of confusion.
A lot of the elements are play offs and adaptions of fragments of the books, just as was with the predecessor movie this is a sequel to. If you know the book you will see the randomness that is the Wonderland that the book has to offer while still given the unique story that this movie has to offer. I don't think many people pick up on the subtleties of the references (heck I did a book report in High School on the Alice books so I studied them).
Well, as the story goes with Alice an adult now and choosing to make her own decision instead of having a man do it for her, her choices may come off as hard for her; and learning what's important from her friends in the other realm is equally important to her. A moral lesson learned as is a Disney trope for any film children will end up watching.
Honestly, as a fantasy lover, and a lover of children's movies as well, I can seriously write this show off as being more in the children's category. If you watch some of the talks about production of the show it is clear that that is, indeed, their audience. That is not what I am basing my rating on, however (as I do watch cartoons every week).
Now all that being said, I suppose I can clarify more precisely on the clarification of why the 7/10... Well, I've stated the acting is odd. Well, the characters are odd as they should be, but the acting seems odd and sometimes a bit weird and out of place and quite over-done on some parts. Truly, I found that the best character and the best actor of the film was that of Time, portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen, whose films I do not ever watch and have only caught him in passing in other films. His personification Time itself and how he played of Depp's Hatter and the Mia's Alice was really wonderful.
In the end, I actually quite liked the movie. It was fun and entertaining, though, a darker family/children's fantasy film.
Now, given that, it's not perfect. There are confusing bits and some strange acting from time to time but there are the brilliant bits as well.
It's quirky and an interesting play with the Time Travel Paradox (a confusing conflict) mixed with the confusing world of "Wonderland". I do believe that is the mesh of confusion.
A lot of the elements are play offs and adaptions of fragments of the books, just as was with the predecessor movie this is a sequel to. If you know the book you will see the randomness that is the Wonderland that the book has to offer while still given the unique story that this movie has to offer. I don't think many people pick up on the subtleties of the references (heck I did a book report in High School on the Alice books so I studied them).
Well, as the story goes with Alice an adult now and choosing to make her own decision instead of having a man do it for her, her choices may come off as hard for her; and learning what's important from her friends in the other realm is equally important to her. A moral lesson learned as is a Disney trope for any film children will end up watching.
Honestly, as a fantasy lover, and a lover of children's movies as well, I can seriously write this show off as being more in the children's category. If you watch some of the talks about production of the show it is clear that that is, indeed, their audience. That is not what I am basing my rating on, however (as I do watch cartoons every week).
Now all that being said, I suppose I can clarify more precisely on the clarification of why the 7/10... Well, I've stated the acting is odd. Well, the characters are odd as they should be, but the acting seems odd and sometimes a bit weird and out of place and quite over-done on some parts. Truly, I found that the best character and the best actor of the film was that of Time, portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen, whose films I do not ever watch and have only caught him in passing in other films. His personification Time itself and how he played of Depp's Hatter and the Mia's Alice was really wonderful.
In the end, I actually quite liked the movie. It was fun and entertaining, though, a darker family/children's fantasy film.
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