Comments on: Anybody Here Seen Alice in Wonderland?

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:10:39 +0000

Meryl, 3-D glasses never did anything for me but give me a headache; but the newfangled glasses they gave out for Avatar (presumably the same for Alice) fit over my own glasses and worked just fine.

By: Meryl A

Meryl A — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:05:06 +0000

I have to wait for the 2D version to come out. I have never been able to see a 3D movie in 3D. I wear eyeglasses and if I put the 3D glasses over them, the 3D is off. If I take off my glasses and put the 3D ones on and then put my glasses over them, then the glasses sit just off where they should be and everything is just fuzzy. I have learned this through years of red and green 3D glasses and the newer ones at theme parks. I am not going to pay even more than the high prices they charge for the movie to not be able to see the special effect!!! Why don’t they come out with clipons adjusted for the difference?

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:34 +0000

As a big Lewis Carroll fan, who’s seen some Tim Burton films and thought they were okay, I had been planning to avoid this film, because I could tell, from the few print ads and TV spots I’ve seen, that this is NOT a film of “Alice in Wonderland”, but now that I know, from the comments here, that it’s just a film with similarly-named characters, and not an attempt to film Carroll’s work, I’m considering going to see it, or (more likely considering how often I go to the movies [once, last year, because my son was invited to a birthday party at a movie theatre]) borrowing the DVD from the library.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:36:37 +0000

Michael, it’s my understanding that they charge extra for 3-D showings because they charge extra for 3-D showings. The glasses themselves are not considered to have any intrinsic value.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:20:24 +0000

Uh… they charge extra for the 3D showings _specifically_ to pay for the glasses (plus another $1.50 or so just because they can). In our theaters in San Francisco they don’t have anyplace to reclaim the glasses, unless they fish them out of the garbage cans. I can’t imagine why your theaters would try to get the glasses back. They should either charge you the surcharge OR ask for collateral, but there’s no justification for doing both.

By: NoAlias

NoAlias — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:14:10 +0000

I liked it. I like Burton’s sense of the absurd. The movie seems to me to more of Burton’s vision and less of plot/storyline.

I saw in in 2d and look forward to seeing it in 3d, but not at my local(ish) theater. Where I live, there are only two theaters close by (within 30 miles), both independents. We went to the better theater, a multiplex, showing Alice in 3d. Bought the tickets, paid the additional 3d movie surcharge, then approached the ticket taker kid at the entrance to the theater. He tells us that he can’t give us the 3d glasses unless we leave something of value as collateral, like a watch or cellphone!!!!! WTF???? We went back to the box office window and got our money back. The guy says it’s a new policy because kids keep ripping off the glasses. I am not a kid (50+) and there is no way I’m leaving anything small and easily ‘misplaced’ in exchange for a pair of plastic glasses!

Took our money and went to the other, cheaper theater with lousy seats and fair-to-middling sound system. I wrote a letter of complaint to the manager of the first theater, but I don’t expect a response.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:49:53 +0000

Sounds like Depp was influenced by Mike Myers and David Bowie.

By: Mitch4

Mitch4 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:17 +0000

Another weird Depp-ism (pointed out by Matt and Nat at http://www.yourgeeknews.com/ ) is that he seems to have one pupil dilated.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:52 +0000

The weirdest part of it is probably that Johnny Depp occasionally slips into a heavy Scottish accent for no apparent reason.

By: Cidu Bill

Cidu Bill — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:31 +0000

What made me wary of this movie was a review that said that Burton seemed intent on showing everything rather than leaving anything to the imagination. This was what made Sweeney Todd unwatchable for me.