Alice through the looking glass is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed by james bobin, written by linda woolverton and produced by tim burton, joe roth, suzanne todd, and jennifer todd. Alice through the looking glass takes place roughly 5 years after the first film, where the titular alice kingsleigh mia. If alice through the lookingglass has a saving grace, its the message that women are as capable as men. Alice through the looking glass 2016 plot synopsis imdb. Alice through the looking glass film alice has spent the past few years following in her fathers footsteps and sailing the high seas. We love the first alice in wonderland, and alice through the looking glass was just as good. May 27, 2016 the best and maybe the only way to appreciate alice through the looking glass is to surrender to its mad digital excess and be whirled around through time and space in a world of grotesque. Much of the film consists of alice and a jester named tom fool encountering a number of unusual characters, including heffalumps, rockthrowing cavemen and humpty dumpty. Alice must reunite and reconcile him with his family.
A modern adaptation of the classic childrens story alice through the looking glass, which continued on from the popular alice in wonderland story. Empire cinemas film synopsis alice through the looking glass. Time is an antiherosecondary antagonist turned tritagonist in alice through the looking glass. Other things not to worry about are explicit content or language. The second trailer for alice through the looking glass takes fans along for the journey back to wonderland with alice mia wasikowska. Alice in wonderland 2010 film study guide gradesaver. Wasikowska berperan sebagai alice umur sembilan belas tahun. The film concludes with alice and her mother going into business and preparing to sail the world together.
May 24, 2016 alice through the looking glass, in which mia wasikowskas alice travels into the past to prevent the jabberwocky from roasting the parents of the mad hatter johnny depp, is a sequel to tim burtons 2010 film alice in wonderland. Alice through the looking glass posters and plot details. They are under attack by pirates, so alice tries to steer the ship away from them. Alice through the looking glass features most of the same characters as the 2010 alice in wonderland, though knowing the first film is not a requirement for seeing this one. The sequel to the massive hit alice in wonderland is now filming in england. The book begins as alice is sitting with her pet kitten, kitty, who is playing with a ball of string. Alice through the looking glass, in which mia wasikowskas alice travels into the past to prevent the jabberwocky from roasting the parents of the mad hatter johnny depp, is a sequel to tim burtons 2010 film alice in wonderland. Through the lookingglass, and what alice found there. Admittedly, the tim burton original left a lot to be desired, and so the announcement of a followup had many sceptics putting their judge hat on long before production even began. Alice through the looking glass is a 2016 american fantasy adventure film directed by james bobin, written by linda woolverton and produced by tim burton.
Maybe the plot was not greasy enough but overall it was a nice movie. Review alice through the looking glass the film stage. Mia wasikowskas feisty alice must timetravel to save johnny depps mad hatter in james bobins sequel to the 2010 tim burton film. Powerful life lessons from alice through the looking glass. As the story opens, alice mia wasikowska, still the fairest of them all. She now discovers that hamish, her former fiance, has taken advantage of alice s mothers poor financial situation, forced her to either lose her house or alice s ship. Alice through the looking glass disney wiki fandom. Through the looking glass summary a research guide for students. Alice through the looking glass 2016 theatrical 1,433 6. Alice returns to the whimsical world of wonderland and travels back in time to save the mad hatter. The second instalment of the alice in wonderland franchise, alice through the looking glass has been a lightning rod for criticism from day one. Though burtons 2010 film was an indisputable financial sensation for disney, riding.
In alice s adventures in wonderland, a young girl falls down a rabbit hole and into a fantastical realm known as wonderland. Go behind the scenes of alice through the looking glass 2016. It was directed by andrea bresciani and richard slapczynski from a screenplay by jameson brewer. Alice starts telling the kitten about the other side of the lookingglass where everything is the same as in the drawing room, only backwards. Tim burtons alice in wonderland literature uncovered. He has one human hand and one mechanical hand and possesses the chronosphere, a glowing, spinning, metallic sphere inside. Alice through the looking glass premiered in london on may 10, 2016, and was theatrically released on may 27, 2016, in the united states by walt disney pictures. In disneys alice through the looking glass, an allnew spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from lewis carrolls beloved stories, alice returns to the whimsical world of underland and travels back in time to save the mad hatter. May 27, 2016 the alice through the looking glass narrative by linda woolverton, who also penned burtons alice in wonderland, picks up with alice as a young adult woman and her character arc in the film as alice comes to learn that she cannot simply cheat her way out of her adult problems in the present is a worthwhile extension of alices own coming. Through the looking glass has more going for it that exceeds the shallow action exhibition of its predecessor, however i think all the excessive visuals deter much from the human aspect of the film. Carroll wrote through the looking glass as the sequel to alice s adventures in wonderland.
Alice through the looking glass 2016 film wikipedia. Was alice through the looking glass based on a book. Synopsis alice returns to wonderland so she can go back in time and save the mad hatter. The guardian s film weekly rogue one reshoots and alice falls down a hole the dailies film podcast.
Time is a magical being who sits on a black throne in a castle of eternity. Alice through the looking glass alice meets young hatter. May, 2016 making of alice through the looking glass plot. Karya film terbaru ini disutradarai oleh james bobin dengan writers penulis naskah. Batwoman through the lookingglass synopsis released. Look who is also coming back through the looking glass.
Alice through the looking glass 2016 plot synopsis. To escape the situation with hamish, alice follows absolem, a talking bug, through the. May 26, 2016 tim burton on alice through the looking glass video interview. Alice through the looking glass 2016 rotten tomatoes. That said, my son and i enjoyed the film, and for his age group it is a satisfying romp. May 2, 2016 posted in films 2016 comments off on alice through the looking glass 2016 salut et bienvenues sur streaming film. Though its unlikely to equal the billiondollarplus worldwide tally of its 2010 predecessor, looking glass should fare well enough commercially, thanks to its dayglow production design, busy cgi and assorted other shiny things. Film ini terinspirasi dari novel fantasi tahun 1865 berjudul alice s adventure in wonderland dan sekuelnya through the looking glass karya penulis inggris yang bernama lewis carrol. Back in london but eager to return to the frothy fray.
Alice tells kitty a story about looking glass house, a magical world on the other side of the mirror where everything is backwards. The film was released theatrically on may 27, 2016. Directed by james bobin, the film is officially called alice in wonderland. Nov 21, 20 ever since the book was published, there have been numerous adaptations made after it, among the most recent being the 2010 disney film alice in wonderland directed by tim burton. Tim burtons 2010 film alice in wonderland is an adaptation of lewis carrolls original novel alice s adventures in wonderland, with some elements of the novel that followed, through the looking glass, serving as additional inspiration.
Alice through the looking glass is frustrating, annoying, and just plain bad thankfully this movie tanked badly so i dont have to see another one of these poorly executed alice movies again, unless disney finally embraces the madness and makes a movie which is totally bonkers and doesnt involve prophecies of time travel. It is based on the characters created by lewis carroll and is the sequel to the 2010 film alice in wonderland, a liveaction reimagining of disneys 1951 animated film of the same name. The cw has released the official synopsis for through the looking glass, the march 22 episode of batwoman. Through the lookingglass, and what alice found there 1871 is a work of childrens literature by lewis carroll, or charles lutwidge dodgson, with illustrations by sir john tenniel. She wonders how it will be to live there and fantasises that the glass is so soft that she can get through. Alices adventures in wonderland and through the looking. It is the sequel to the 2010 film alice in wonderland. Through the looking glass, and in a press release a few new cast members have been revealed along with some plot details. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Conflict and resolution, protagonists and antagonists. Powerful life lessons from alice through the looking glass posted on may 27, 2016 by elayna fernandez the positive mom it was way past bedtime when my bonkers family and i decided to embark on a magical adventure.
May 24, 2016 yes, through the looking glass is based on lewis carrolls book, but it seems that every film adaptation of the books brings us farther and farther away from an accurate representation. May 25, 2016 helpfully, lewis carroll did write a second book about alice and her adventures in wonderland, through the lookingglass, but it proves to be only a suggestion for the film, which arrives this. Film alice through the looking glass yang dirilis tahun 2016 ini kurang lebih mengisahkan perjalanan atau petualangan alice untuk menyelamatkan mad hatter dan dunia underland. Taking carrolls anythinggoes psychedelic setting and painting it over with a drab timetravel plot and thoroughly beige origin stories. Alice through the looking glass is a 1987 animated adaptation of lewis carrolls book of the same name. May 26, 2016 the central plot mechanism of alice through the looking glass is an actual mechanism, a doodad of whirling steampunk metal and glowy cgi called the chronosphere. Lewis carrolls new story through the looking glass, and what alice found there, by lewis carroll, author of alice s adventures in. Alice kingsleigh wasikowska has spent the past few years following in her fathers footsteps and sailing the high seas. Disney has released another new look at its upcoming alice in wonderland sequel, alice through the looking glass. Its original czech title is neco z alenky, which means something from alice. Alice mia wasikowska drops the little ball and it suddenly grows so that she can step inside and use it to travel through time.
As youll notice if you check out the classic plot analysis section, both alices adventures in wonderland and through the lookingglass are quest narratives. Through the looking glass, and what alice found there also known as alice through the looking glass or simply through the looking glass is an 1871 novel by lewis carroll and the sequel to alice s adventures in wonderland 1865. Alice through the looking glass was released on bluray, dvd, bluray 3d and digital download on october 18, 2016, by walt disney studios home entertainment. One featuring mia wasikowska as alice and the other featuring johnny depp as the mad hatter. It is a loose adaptation of lewis carroll s first alice book, alice s adventures in wonderland 1865, about a girl who follows a. Best movies like alice through the looking glass 1998. Alice through the looking glass 2016 awful movies wiki. Alice through the looking glass 1987 film the golden. There is no magic, no wonder, just junk rehashed from a movie that was itself a rehash of lewis carroll, tricked out with physically. It is loosely based on through the looking glass by lewis carroll, and is the sequel to the 2010 film alice in wonderland.
The movie is clearly still holding on on to tim burtons distinctive style, even. The film is dedicated to rickman, which was released four months after his death on january 14, 2016. As alice through the looking glass kicks off its messageladen adventure, the title character mia wasikowska is a brave and capable ships captain. Alice tells kitty a story about lookingglass house, a magical world on the other side of the mirror where everything is backwards. If you like alice through the looking glass you are looking for offbeat, humorous and feel good movies about with chess, alternate dimension, tea party, adventure, queen, youth and family themes of fantasy and family genre shot in uk. Knowing alice, it wont take long for her imagination to find a path to a new adventure. With the snow outside, alice is cooped up in the house playing with her cats, trying to find a way to amuse herself. Through the looking glass released in france as femme ou demon is a 1976 adult film directed by jonas middleton and starring catharine burgess, jamie gillis, and laura nicholson. Summary plot overview alice sits in her armchair at home, drowsily watching her pet kitten, kitty, as she unravels a ball of string.
Alice through the looking glass 1987 film wikipedia. A bored alice is trapped in her house from a snow storm and begins to have a strange dream. May 27, 2016 as coproducer, burtons fingerprints are all over the firstclass steampunk set design, costumes and beautiful art direction. Alice through the looking glass 2016 plot summary imdb. The glass then indeed turns into a sort of silvery mist and alice climbs through it. Alice is inside on a snowy day, looking into a mirror and wishing she could get to the other side. Johnny depps tiresome mad hatter is brought back for a starring role.
The film, which has avantgarde, experimental elements, concerns a bored socialite who finds herself drawn to a mirror that sexually arouses her. May 27, 2016 alice through the looking glasss utter lack of a story reflects the larger senselessness of its existence. This makes the movie as interesting as the original through the looking glass since lewiss carroll was famous with riddles and hidden messages in his works and he was known to include mathematical wonders in the writing such as the case of alice in wonderland. Fdup film show alice through the looking glass tv episode 2016 on imdb. Alice through the looking glass is a 1987 australianitalian animated film nominally based on the novel through the lookingglass by lewis carroll. Alice through the looking glass is just as visually impressive as its predecessor, but that isnt enough to cover for an underwhelming story that. May 27, 2016 alice herself is in the same problem as the studyingthepast nature of the plot leaves her watching things happen rather than interacting with the plot much of the time. She snatches kitty up and begins telling her about looking glass house, an imaginary world on the other side of the mirror where everything is backward.
Directed by james bobin, who brings his own unique vision to the spectacular world tim burton created on screen in 2010 with alice in wonderland, the film is. Jun 15, 2018 alice returns to the whimsical world of wonderland and travels back in time to help the mad hatter. Alice through the looking glass is just as visually impressive as its predecessor, but that isnt enough to cover for an underwhelming story that fails to live up to its classic characters. Walking through the looking glass, alice finds herself in chessland, a magical and fun world. This time alice is played by the mother, who falls asleep while reading the the bedtime story to her daughter. The disney film is loosely based on the popular novel as well as its sequel through the looking glass. Alice is a 1988 dark fantasy film written and directed by jan svankmajer. Alice has just returned from an adventure in which she captained a ship to china and back. Take a look back at johnny depps movie and tv career in photos. Alice through the looking glass has a far more conventional story as a result. In each book, alice is trying to get to a specific location either the beautiful garden in wonderland or the eighth square of the chess board in lookingglass world in order to. Upon her return to london, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of underland and her friends the white rabbit.
Yes, through the looking glass is based on lewis carrolls book, but it seems that every film adaptation of the books brings us farther and farther away from an accurate representation. Like in alice s adventures in wonderland, alice is the protagonist of the story and the antagonists are the characters who alice encounters during her trip through looking glass world. When alice mia wasikowska wakes up in wonderland she must travel through a mysterious new world to retrieve a magical scepter that can stop the evil lord of time sacha baron cohen before he turns forward the clock and turns wonderland into a barren, lifeless old world. Alice returns to the whimsical world of wonderland and travels back in time to help the mad hatter. Conflict and resolution are also very similar to the first book. Through the looking glass summary a research guide for. Go behind the scenes of alice through the looking glass. Upon her return to london, she comes across a magical looking glass and returns to the fantastical realm of underland and her friends the white rabbit sheen, absolem rickman, the cheshire cat fry and the mad hatter depp, who is not himself. Through the looking glass was published in 1871, seven years after the first alice story, and finds alice in another imaginary world, this time on the other side of the mirror in her drawing room. Helena bonham carter is in final negotiations to reprise her role as the red queen in disneys alice in wonderland sequel through the. Catharine burgess was a pseudonym for catherine erhardt. Alice starts telling the kitten about the other side of the looking glass where everything is the same as in the drawing room, only backwards.
This sequel to the 2010 film, alice in wonderland, opens with alice kingsleigh mia wasikowska sailing the straits of malacca with her crew on her fathers ship, the wonder. We loved how parts of this movie tied into sections of the first aiw. This sequel to the 2010 film, alice in wonderland, opens with alice kingsleigh mia. Alice suddenly finds herself on the mantelpiece and steps through the mirror. In disneys alice through the looking glass, an allnew spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from lewis carrolls beloved stories, alice returns to. Alice through the looking glass 1998 directed by john. This last weekend disney screened some of the first footage from the alice in wonderland sequel, alice through the looking glass. But without him driving the boat, the film lacks some of the weirdness he brings. Alice through the looking glass is a fantasy adventure film directed by james bobin. But the original novels and the lovely star deserve a much better movie.
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