Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

[CJohn]

Discuss it

[CJohn]

It is a fine movie. The cast is solid (Sasha Baron Cohen is easily the standout, he is a breath of fresh air) and the score is good. The colors are very vibrant and it was fun.

 

But the script is fucking absurd. It is like they were in a hurry to film and release the sequel because time was running out and a sequel released too late for a movie like that might be problematic but at the same time they really wanted to do a sequel to a 1B hit and not doing it wasn't an option so they went with this lol.

 

The whole thing starts because of fucking pie crumbs. We see Helena Bonham Carter's head growing There are wars. People die. And it all starts because of some dumb shit when the princesses were still young girls involving pie crumbs (Anne Hathaway steals a bit of pie and eats it on Helena character's bed so their mom thinks Helena was the one that stole the bit of pie and when she asks Hathaway's character if she was the one that stole it she denies it and Helena's character is super pissed because her sister screwed her, she runs off the house, hits the floor with her head and that shit grows immensely) and Thorin was their father lol. Also, Time puts Johnny Depp and other Wonderland characters stuck in time 1 minute before tea, but this is never addressed again. Like, the movie completely forgets it made this. The whole scene if beyond useless. The scene should have been cut. 

 

But whatever, it was a good way to kill 2 hours and a good time at the movies. I would put it at the same level as the first one. 7.5/10

[ddddeeee]

I couldn't stop cackling every time SBC was driving his little chromosphere thing. I think I pissed off everyone. I'll never get that image out of my head.

[ddddeeee]

"Curse these me shaped doors."

 

"Stop wasting me."

 

Give me the Time spin-off as he travels through time and solves murder mysteries.

[Webslinger]

Alice Through the Looking Glass unfortunately magnifies not only the strengths of its predecessor, but also the weaknesses. Surprisingly, this film looks even more marvelous under the directorial eye of James Bobin than the previous one did under Tim Burton. Bobin plays up the color and visual splendor in ways that Burton didn't, and the film looks and sounds absolutely splendid in a theatrical setting (especially IMAX, where it makes optimal use of its 1.85:1 aspect ratio). However, the biggest problem with the previous film was the manner in which its script tried to force tired order on inherently chaotic source material, and the sequel does an even worse job on this front. Do we really need a backstory to explain why the Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter are as they are? Neither character was particularly interesting before, and neither one feels any more worthy of sympathy after what Alice learns via time travel (particularly the Queen of Hearts; the origin of her big head feels like a nastier and much more juvenile version of the explanatory prologue of Frozen). Alice herself remains as vaguely developed as before; despite a game performance from Mia Wasikowska, there's no reason to care about this character. It's hard to care about the film's dramatic stakes when none of the characters feel interesting or sympathetic, and the nonsensical plot developments that pop up here and there feel difficult to swallow given the script's attempt to tell a coherent story in a fundamentally incoherent setting. With the critical drubbing and awful box office performance it has posted, Alice Through the Looking Glass is destined to join the same Disney hall of shame that high-profile bombs like John Carter, The Lone Ranger, and Tomorrowland already occupy. However, whereas those films each have qualities that make me believe that the scorn is disproportionate to the final product, Alice earns whatever present and future audience contempt it gets thanks to its disappointingly straightforward and unimaginative approach to what should be bizarre and imaginative material.

 

C-

[Marcie23]

Frankly speaking, I feel the movie is a pretty pointless sequel to a film which I didn't particularly like in the first place. The beginning of the film showed some promise though, with the stormy night and all. But then, the storyline takes a turn for the tedious. However, Johnny Depp as well as the Red Queen did play their part well. If it were not for them, the film would have been a thorough damp squib.

[Leyla]

well yesterday saw this

Much better than the all knowing RT seems to indicate

Striking visuals (sea of time & time tower) & costumes. OK acting & not such a  boring plot.

Funny Baron Cohen.

Definite B

 

[filmlover]

Despite impressive visuals and set designs, this is just a unnecessary rehash of the first movie. C

[TheMovieman]

Bad and pointless but ultimately harmless.

 

**/*****, (C-, 4.2/10, 1.75/4)

[Goffe]

At least the first had Burtonesque imagery. 

 

Chaotically throwing colors and CGI at us doesn't make for an interesting visual, just uninspired.

 

Writting feels a lot more childish, too.

Edited December 11, 2016 by Goffe