Oh my HEART! And you thought Sweeney Todd is going to be their last film together?!
Three Words. THE MAD HATTER.
Combining the artistically eccentric film making of Tim Burton with the eccentrically powerful and classic performance of Johnny Depp, would surely bring Alice and Wonderland to its full potential! I can smell and envision how this movie is going to be like. Fully incorporating the same factors I’ve seen in Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sweeney Todd, Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and Sleepy Hallow, would surely make this metaphorical and popular story with a touch of eerie and avant garde brand.
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp first worked in Edward Scissorhands in 1990’s and they have built the longest, strongest, complimentary and most effective Director-Actor partnerships in Hollywood! If an artist has a muse, Burton definitely found one in um…Johnny Depp.
Whatever project Tim Burton decides to make there will always be a role perfect for Johnny Depp. It’s more than enough representation of more than five movies to know that their collaboration is effortless and effective. They make films like attending regular conventions! They make movies whenever they feel like it, whenever they have time, whenever they come up with a brilliant idea and whenever they need each other for a creative boost!
And it’s about time they picked Alice in Wonderland, which is a part of my freaking childhood and is still an active part of my adult life! You have no idea! I still have my overused vcd ready for viewing at home, and I think I have another copy in my laptop backpack (Together with Sleeping Beauty, 1970’s Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Three Men and a Baby) whenever I’m at the coffee shop doodling around. I cannot count the times I’ve watched it in Coffee Bean Greenbelt in my “dark ages” complete with head gear.
I cannot wait! Counting!
*Other notes:
One of my favorite parts of the animated film and book chapters would be the The Tea Party and of course the pesky twins, Tweedledee and Tweedledum. But I just had to make sure that the twins will be in the movie, since they only appear on “Through the Looking Glass” book two of the Adventures of Alice. Good thing the production team decided to combine the books and take cue from other film versions to incorporate everything to “Alice in Wonderland.”
*Mia Wasikowska will play Alice and Matt Lucas will play Tweedledee and Tweedledum. I can’t wait to see who will play the QUEEN, and the walrus, and the carpenter, and the dodo, and the lizard, and the ever “HIGH” caterpillar, and the rabbit……..
*I heard that Lewis Caroll was “high” making this story. I wouldn’t be surprised though. I think it served its purpose.
*Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Walrus and the Carpenter)
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright --
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done --
"It's very rude of him," she said,
"To come and spoil the fun!"
The sea was wet as wet could be,
The sands were dry as dry.
You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky:
No birds were flying over head --
There were no birds to fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
"If this were only cleared away,"
They said, "it would be grand!"
"If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose," the Walrus said,
"That they could get it clear?"
"I doubt it," said the Carpenter,
And shed a bitter tear.
"O Oysters, come and walk with us!"
The Walrus did beseech.
"A pleasant walk, a pleasant talk,
Along the briny beach:
We cannot do with more than four,
To give a hand to each."
The eldest Oyster looked at him.
But never a word he said:
The eldest Oyster winked his eye,
And shook his heavy head --
Meaning to say he did not choose
To leave the oyster-bed.
But four young oysters hurried up,
All eager for the treat:
Their coats were brushed, their faces washed,
Their shoes were clean and neat --
And this was odd, because, you know,
They hadn't any feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four;
And thick and fast they came at last,
And more, and more, and more --
All hopping through the frothy waves,
And scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so,
And then they rested on a rock
Conveniently low:
And all the little Oysters stood
And waited in a row.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing-wax --
Of cabbages -- and kings --
And why the sea is boiling hot --
And whether pigs have wings."
"But wait a bit," the Oysters cried,
"Before we have our chat;
For some of us are out of breath,
And all of us are fat!"
"No hurry!" said the Carpenter.
They thanked him much for that.
"A loaf of bread," the Walrus said,
"Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed --
Now if you're ready Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed."
"But not on us!" the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue,
"After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!"
"The night is fine," the Walrus said
"Do you admire the view?
"It was so kind of you to come!
And you are very nice!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"Cut us another slice:
I wish you were not quite so deaf --
I've had to ask you twice!"
"It seems a shame," the Walrus said,
"To play them such a trick,
After we've brought them out so far,
And made them trot so quick!"
The Carpenter said nothing but
"The butter's spread too thick!"
"I weep for you," the Walrus said.
"I deeply sympathize."
With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the largest size.
Holding his pocket handkerchief
Before his streaming eyes.
"O Oysters," said the Carpenter.
"You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?"
But answer came there none --
And that was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one.'
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