As I'm sure anyone who would go as far as to read this blog will know, director Tim Burton's is finishing up production on a hotly anticipated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Despite the cringe-worthy Disney insignia, expect it to cater to its biggest fan base: stoners. I'm sure even the idiots at Disney know that the real reason that their 1951 animated version is still around is that it's trippy as shit. In fact the name Tim Burton already assures us that this will not be any cutesy Disney shit. With the possible exception of Quentin Tarantino, Burton has more appreciation for the morbid than any other mainstream director. From Corpse Bride, James and the Giant Peach, and Nightmare Before Christmas, we know that he feels comfortable in the medium of animation, which much of this will be. Thankfully, however, the brilliant actors of the all-star cast such as Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, and Stephen Fry will be doing plenty of acting, even if their characters are visually CGI. Andy Serkis has become an in-demand actor because of CGI roles like Gollum and King Kong, and these guys are all actors first and foremost.
Judging from early pictures I think we know that this will definitely be a true visual experience for those of us who experience and those of us who don't, alike. Certainly it has been determined among my friends and I, that my 16th birthday party will be a celebration of both this film and of a cannabis plant derived contraband substance. Above are pictures of Matt Lucas as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen
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