Sir Terrence the Terrible
03-02-2010, 02:44 PM
This morning i went to a special screening of Alice in Wonderland sponsored by Disney, and shown at Pixar's digital theater on their studio lot.
This movie IMO was very good, very much Tim Burton, great CGI, and very good usage of 3D. Depp was excellent IMO(as he usually is), and boy I love Helen Bonham Carter in these kinds of movies. She is so creepy in real life, she fits in perfectly in this film. Of course this is a Tim Burton film, so it is wacky, charming, and generally fun to watch. I am a huge fan of Danny Elfman, and his music in this movie just shines and totally accentuates the images on the screen. The Burton Elfman team just cannot seem to lose IMO, as they keep churning out great entertainment time after time.
The way 3D was used in this movie is much like Avatar. They smartly used it to create depth rather than alot of objects in the face (which creates eye strain), and I never found it incomfortable to watch. Nobody in our viewing party had any issues with eye strain on this release.
The sound mix is quite good featuring the talents of Steve Boeddeker as the sound designer, and Tom Johnson as the re-recording mixer. They both did an excellent job matching the effects with the 3D, and setting me up with great stuff to do the Blu ray mix for both 2D and 3D(the 3D mix will be slightly different).
If you like Tim Burton, you will love this film. If you don't like him, you will find this Alice to weird to enjoy. I am liked this movie alot, just quirky enough to be interesting, and entertaining enough to keep my eyes glued to the screen, and ears to the speaker array.
This movie IMO was very good, very much Tim Burton, great CGI, and very good usage of 3D. Depp was excellent IMO(as he usually is), and boy I love Helen Bonham Carter in these kinds of movies. She is so creepy in real life, she fits in perfectly in this film. Of course this is a Tim Burton film, so it is wacky, charming, and generally fun to watch. I am a huge fan of Danny Elfman, and his music in this movie just shines and totally accentuates the images on the screen. The Burton Elfman team just cannot seem to lose IMO, as they keep churning out great entertainment time after time.
The way 3D was used in this movie is much like Avatar. They smartly used it to create depth rather than alot of objects in the face (which creates eye strain), and I never found it incomfortable to watch. Nobody in our viewing party had any issues with eye strain on this release.
The sound mix is quite good featuring the talents of Steve Boeddeker as the sound designer, and Tom Johnson as the re-recording mixer. They both did an excellent job matching the effects with the 3D, and setting me up with great stuff to do the Blu ray mix for both 2D and 3D(the 3D mix will be slightly different).
If you like Tim Burton, you will love this film. If you don't like him, you will find this Alice to weird to enjoy. I am liked this movie alot, just quirky enough to be interesting, and entertaining enough to keep my eyes glued to the screen, and ears to the speaker array.