And because the law of Hollywood sequels dictates that subsequent installments of a series must go bigger, Looking Glass invokes one of the oldest traditions in the “where can we possibly go with another one” handbook: time travel. It’s a classic case of sequel bloat, a film that seems to exist less because of any extended story it wants or needs to tell than because it must repackage something that was once popular. The worlds are lavish, the performances are outsized, the pacing is fleet, and Depp continues to gnaw rabidly on the scenery.Īll of this is to say that, in short, Alice Through The Looking Glass is not particularly good.
Put another way, it’s a very successful film that is nobody’s favorite movie.Īlice Through The Looking Glass takes so much of what was grating about Burton’s film (the clear privileging of aesthetics over all else, the video game-esque “here’s the next world” storytelling, Johnny Depp’s performance as the Mad Hatter) and escalates it in an effort to not only continue Disney’s recent run of successful live-action adaptations, but potentially recapture the immense success of the Burton film.
But more than anything, the next-generation Alice became one of those unusual phenomena in the film industry, when a film makes a ton of money but seems to have little lasting impact as time goes by. Everything from the post- Avatar 3D boom to Disney’s relentless marketing campaign to the distinctly Burton-ish style could be cited. In hindsight, it’s hard to say exactly why Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was such a breakout success.
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