Back to Wonderland: part III
I know what you're thinking: is it a great movie, or only passable? In all this excitement about 3D, Tim Burton and uncommon source materials, it's not difficult to lost track of the most important. But being as this is a book adaptation... you've got to answer yourself a question: Did you really enjoy reading 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass'? Really, did you?
Did I call it a book adaptation? I lied. Not a book, but two, and not an adaptation but an impression or more correctly a sequel of sorts. Not a bad approach, as it does away with dillemas about what gets cut, what goes in, and what needs to be changed - Burton could focus on doing his job, allowing the viewers to watch his film for itself, instead of comparing it incessantly to the novels. Unfortunately, he didn't do that ...
