Alice In Wonderland

Tim Burton's new movie seems to be very promising. I like the dark mood his movies tend to have, but specially I like the fact that many of them casts Johnny Depp, of whom I'm a big fan. His wife, Helena Bonham Carter, seems to form with those two the perfect trio. Here goes a synopsis of the movie, by IMDb (which, by the way, is a great website to visit if you want a lot of information about movies): http://www.imdb.com

"Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice) attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories of all time... Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There', which first told the story of a young girl, who after following a rabbit down a hole, is transported to a strange world. Whilst the disney version of the tale relied on sweetness and light to delight the audience, Burton fans can be sure to look out for the same cartoon traits as earlier masterpiece 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'.

The traditional tale has been freshened with a blast of girl power, courtesy of writer Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast). Alice, 17, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types. Off she runs, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited 10 years before yet doesn't remember.

Among those who welcome her back is the Mad Hatter, a part tailor-made for Johnny Depp as he collaborates with Burton for the seventh time. "This character is off his rocker," Zanuck says.

Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska, 19, best known for HBO's In Treatment, has the coveted title role. "There is something real, honest and sincere about her," Zanuck says. "She's not a typical Hollywood starlet."

There is the usual Burton-esque ghoulishness (Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen, whose favorite retort is "Off with their heads," has a moat filled with bobbing noggins), but Zanuck assures most kids can handle it. "The book itself is pretty dark," he notes. "This is for little people and people who read it when they were little 50 years ago."

I actually never liked Disney's Alice In Wonderland cartoon, usually I fall asleep while watching "^^ This story is the tipical case about which I say: "it must be genious, but I don't get it, this is why I find it boring". If someone could ever explain Alice to me (what those crazy things mean), maybe I would like it. My aunt said that the geniously of it lies in the fact that it was a crazy story written as the usual was to write possible ones, and not insane worlds like Wonderland. Well, it might be that, but I still find the scene where she is crying in the forest very boring.
I'll probably like the movie, though, since the story is slightly different and I'll be watching Depp perform hahaha!
To the curious ones, here's the trailer:
http://cinema.uol.com.br/ultnot/multi/2009/07/22/0402326CD8918346.jhtm?trailer-do-filme-alice-no-pais-das-maravilhas-0402326CD8918346
Bye bye!