i saw my first ever 3-D movie this weekend, the full imax experience (whatever that last actually means). as you can guess from the post title, i saw alice in wonderland, and though i can't say that i totally loved the film, i did totally love the ending.
the rest of the post has spoilers, so i've hidden it below just in case you don't want to know what happens.
so, what i loved most about the ending was that alice didn't run off with a "prince charming" type character. in fact, she had no romantic involvement at all, and went off to a future where she determined the course of her life. YAY!!!!
it actually reminded of the ending of yentl, which was another great movie. and the film itself reminded me a little of the golden compass. in any case, it's nice to see a film with heroine doing all the cool stuff, finding herself and finding her courage. all in a blockbuster hollywood film. double YAY!!!!
i'd have drooled about johnny depp's performance too, but i've gone off him ever since he made statements supporting roman polanski. still, i totally enjoyed the 3-D thing, and i'm thinking that i'll have to try that again.
3 comments:
Stephen Fry was awesome as the Cheshire Cat.
Great Movie, needed more Alan Rickman though and great to see Chrispin Glover again.
Whilst I agree, it was great that she went off to do her own thing, wasn't that always the whole point of Alice in Wonderland? She was always slightly stroppy and headstrong, and I thought it was a shame that they didn't keep her as a girl doing this. The impression I got at the end was that she was going off to be a colonising industrialist, not necessarily something I can feel positive about!
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