March 26, 2010

alice in wonderland


i thought the movie was based on the book which i loved ... it isn't ... it's like a sequel ... like what if alice went back to wonderland ... i know it's cliche to say movies are never as good as the book but it's true ... especially when you're completely scrapping the plot and only keeping the title ... this movie is awful ... it's a travesty ... obviously they could not come up with a story as good as the original ... not even close ... although they did keep most of the characters ... but it was a mix of characters from alice in wonderland and through the looking glass at the same time ... so in summary i absolutely hated it ... the only good thing about it was the queens ... everything else was shit ... 3/10 ...

13 comments:

Dreamer said...

It's not on dvd yet..how did you see it? fi movie theatres in s3oodeye?

I would never like to see "alice in wonderland" as a movie. I think it would be a dreadful movie..surreal and unsettling!

Jundi said...

there was a theater in the compound i used to live in .. i think its the only one in all of saudi ..

how naive of you to assume one cannot see a movie until it is released on dvd :p

ya they absolutely butchered it .. i dont recommend it ..

Rula A. said...

جد!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVED it!! شفتو مرتين بالسنما!!
هوه عشان إنت ريح وحاتوت ببالك انك حتشوف قدة أليس طاعة وحنا صغار بس بشكل جديد مع تكنولجيا هالأيام.. فزيما تقول خاب ظنك شوي.. عشان هيك ماحبيتو..
كان لازم شفت ال-trailer أول..
يعني الفيلم حلو وأبداً ماحسيت بالوقت وأنا بشوفو.. حبيت كيف فسرو انها لماً كانت تروح على بلاد العجائب وهيه صغيره وكانت تفكر إنو حلم طلع لا كانت تروح عن جد.. الملكتين نهفه وحبيت مسرى الفيلم.. وهوه مش من هدول إلي بتكون النهاية متوقعة من أول دقيقتين بالفيلم..
وبالأخير أكيد..لولا إختلاف الأذواق لبارت السلع :)

Jundi said...

rula .. before i comment on your comment let me ask u .. did you read the book?

Rula A. said...

No.. But I know the original old story..

Jundi said...

mmm tab read the book it is much better than this movie .. ana haik ra2yi :o

hai 3imlooha lord of the rings .. 2al shu go get the sword and slay the dragon and it was foretold .. 7aki fadi ..

Jundi said...

ba3dain keep in mind the brilliance of the book was not in the story it was in the writing and the dialogue .. aslan there is no story to the book .. shes just going around meeting random characters and having interesting conversations with them .. then she wakes up in the end ..

Rula A. said...

صعب اني اقرأ اشي شفتو من قبل.. جربتها بفلم
Devil Wears Prada
شفت الفلم أول،، بعدين رحت شريت الكتاب وبس قرأت فيه يادوب ٤٠ صفحة ولهلأ محطوط مارجعت كملت قرأتو..
ممم هلأ لو فتحنا مضوع إنو فيه تشابه مع فيلم تاني مش راح نخلص.. عشان هالأيام كلو بياخد مين كلو..
الخلاصة أنت ماحبيتو وشكلو حتى لو حضرتو كمان ٣ مرات ماحتحبو.. وأنا كتير حبيتو وما أظن اني راح اقرأ الكتاب :)

Jundi said...

ktab kteer 2aseer byi5las ma3ik byomain ..

3ala seerit devil wears prada i actually read the book then watched the movie .. and fyi they changed the story in the movie ..

Rula A. said...

Yes I noticed.. Even the first chapter was different from the beginning of them movie..

Dreamer said...

lol I know but it will not be a dvd rip and hence the quality will be very bad. I'd never watch anything which is not top quality I'm very particular in that regard :smug:

Lord of the rings is one of the best movies ever made..did you think otherwise :intimidating look:

Why would anyone take a magical children's tale which is all about imagination and the beauty of the language and turn it into a motion picture?? what's next?? "Thru the looking glass"??

Jundi said...

its certainly not dvd quality but its not bad at all .. definitely watchable .. obviously one would prefer dvd but whos gona wait that long ..

i actually hate lotr .. i find it extremely geeky ..

and see i dont think AiW is a childrens book .. i think its way beyond childrens grasp .. i can understand how children might find it amusing but i think its a big mistake to classify it as a childrens book ..

Dreamer said...

Geeky?? OMG smalla inta mister too cool for school :p 5alas it's settled then your taste in movies is bad beyond repair..I won't even try anymore..2al geeky..did you even see return of the king?

Well.. I think both adults and children can enjoy the book. I read a simple version of it when I was a kid and was fascinated by it. I read the original only a few years ago so.