Follow the White Rabbit...To a Theatre Near You

I have a confession to make. I may have an unhealthy obsession with director Tim Burton. His creative aesthetic appeals to me and his ability to create mood in his art and movies is genius. His film The Nightmare Before Christmas is a classic and a personal favourite. Over the Christmas holidays I went to the Museum of Modern Art in New York to see the new Tim Burton exhibit which only fueled my interest. But a new Burton obsession is on the horizon…

Tim Burton's

Alice in
Wonderland

3D

I first saw the trailer while watching Avatar in 3D and created a child on Christmas morning situation. Tim Burton's last animated feature The Corpse Bride was disappointing and Alice is seeking to bring Burton's career back to its glory days. Releasing Alice in 3D is adding to the hype surrounding its upcoming release.

In this adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice, a teenage Alice returns to the land she visited in childhood to see her old friends including the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the grotesque twins Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum. Once back in Wonderland she finds her destiny is to end the Red Queen's regime. The Red Queen is played by Helena Bonham Carter, a perennial actor in Burton's films. She is also Burton's partner and mother of their two children.

In true Tim Burton fashion the cast is lead by Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Burton's muse and frequent sexiest man alive cover boy. Depp has starred in many Burton films, most memorably Edward Scissorhands.

Danny Elfman, who has scored every major Burton production, enchants Alice with his signature musical score. Elfman's music is familiar to most people - he created the distinctive theme music for The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, and hundreds of movies. You can see a complete list of his Burton collaborations and other credentials here.

The final element is Tim Burton's trademark vision. With Alice in Wonderland he has created what promises to be a lush Gothic masterpiece.

I will let the trailer speak for its self...




I get goosebumps just from the trailer and I have high expectations for this movie! I will update this post with a full review after the movie's release on March 5, 2010. Until then...follow the white rabbit...