mostly because it’s not creatively charged in the first place. This new film can’t accomplish any of that.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS REVIEW FOR PARENTS MOVIE
And if there’s one thing an Alice in Wonderland movie needs to succeed, it’s a sense of wonder. You know, beyond the dollar signs and whatnot. No, this is merely a sterile, boringly unenthused piece of work, and one with no real reason to exist. Especially since there’s clearly no interest in furthering the story here, nor is there much desire to find new and exciting ways to bring Lewis Carroll’s iconic creations back to life on the big screen. Good luck trying to find that amount of interest again, though. That time, however, it had the coattails of Avatar‘s success to thank for that. It’s a contractual obligation through-and-through it’s pedaled out to the public well beyond the point of relevancy in a meager attempt to earn back some of that billion dollars from the first time around. Behind the eight ball by nearly four years, Disney’s latest live-action adaptation is perhaps their biggest cash grab to date. And as the sequel to 2010’s disappointingly mishandled, distinctly human-less Alice in Wonderland, I suppose this was only expected. Through the Looking Glass is the type of shallow, patronizing, blatantly half-hearted blockbuster that’s produced by a financially-stimulated committee over one sincerely-inspired artist. But let’s talk about Alice Through the Looking Glass. I’m just saying that not everything needs to be someone’s long-gestured passion project to work. Look, I’m not saying people need to slack off behind-the-camera. In doing so, he’s created some of my favorite movies of all-time. Woody Allen, for instance, treats filmmaking as a means-to-an-end, a way to keep himself busy while retaining some semblance to formality. And that’s fine, as long as you push out a quality product in the process. For some, however, moviemaking is just a day job. And I know that not every director is Jim Jarmusch, nor do I expect them to be. I know moviemaking is a business, and a multi-million dollar one at that. Well, at the very least, I’m not completely naïve. “It’s not impossible, merely unpossible.”īeing a pessimistic optimist, I like to imagine movies generally come from an earnest place, one filled with passion, creativity and love, but I’m not dumb.
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