![]() ![]() ![]() There are no significant layers, though there are certainly elements of emotional honesty. ![]() To replace that quirk, however, Bobin appears to have infused the film with a simplified, or maybe I should call it Muppified, sensibility. This film is directed by James Bobin, who helmed the last two Muppet films, though Tim Burton's presence remains strong as producer and simply in the stylings of the film courtesy of returning art director Todd Cherniawsky.Īlice Through the Looking Glass is less quirky than its predecessor, a fact that is likely to please those who felt the film possessed quirk for the sake of quirk. While Lewis Carroll gets credit for writing the book upon which Alice Through the Looking Glass is based, the characters are his after all, the truth is Alice Through the Looking Glass feels like a Disney mash-up of its greatest hits set in the 19th century world of Carroll's beloved characters. Oh sure, I know that many Americans will spend this three-day holiday weekend of remembrances devouring such escapist fare as Looking Glass and the latest X-Men flick, but I think the only thing that could save either film is if we could actually mold their universes together and have the Mad Hatter BE the Apocalypse. I seriously contemplated the question "How can I write about Alice Through the Looking Glass without having to actually thinking about it again?" Now then, Depp may be, and hopefully is, perfectly innocent but it's hard not to contemplate all of this heaviness as one enters the James Bobin directed world of Alice Through the Looking Glass, a cinematic underland that is missing the wonder of it all. It's pretty hard to think whimsical when you're looking at Heard's bruised face. To be certain, the loss of one's mother and dissolution of one's marriage can't begin to be measured up to by something as relatively trivial as cinematic entertainment even if it does happen to be big budget entertainment that pretty much depends upon the whimsical presence of one of Hollywood's most long beloved entertainers. To make matters worse, Heard out claims of domestic abuse and alleged pictorial proof of such abuse. Two days later, Depp's wife of a mere 15 months, Amber Heard, filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. Just a few days ago, Depp's 81-year-old mother passed away. ![]()
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