Jul 22 2009Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' Trailer: Yup, That's a Tim Burton

The actual footage looks pretty good but the trailer--the way it plays--it pretty lacklustre. Doesn't build up or tease. Doesn't leave an impression. And I hate how it makes Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow impression the main centerpiece... just such a conscious cash-cow move.

yay!!

Must.... stuff....more.....Burtonisms....in....movie........

Really agree with #1. Visually it's great but the trailer plays off as blah.

Wait, since when did the Mad Hatter become a hero in the story?

I think alice and wonderland needed a bit of burtonism twist on it. If it had to have a live action film i am happy it was done by burton. I mean if you think about it the whole story is a but freaky.

@5
When jack sparrow was the lead. Answer your question?

Am I the only one who heard the Oohpah Loompah quote in the music at the end of this trailer? Mr. Elfman you are so clever.

I sincerely hope Disney doesn't have plans to renovate the Alice in Wonderland ride at Disneyland. :(

I have never understood the fascination with the "Alice in Wonderland" series. Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a terrible man who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" as a means to manifest his fantasies for his young child neighbour. And to say that these stories are for children is utter hockum and hogwash. Shelly's "Frankenstein" isn't as disturbed as Carroll's drivel, but yet, here we are.

And just as a personal peeve: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" do not have Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Humpty Dumpty, and the Jabberwock. Also the Queen of Hearts is a completely different critter from the Red Queen. Also the Mad Hatter is never called the Mad Hatter, and in the second book, he is simply refered to as "Hatta". *sigh* I suppose since the trailer states "go through the looking glass", that's to get everyone off of the hook for combining the two books together.
Blah.

I think this is going to be Burton's Planet of the Apes part 2.

I expected more from this. Maybe make it rated R and let American Mcgee Direct it.

@10
The movie is not supposed to be a combination of the two books. Tim Burton said that this movie is taking place 10 years after the books. If you go to the IMDb page you can read the synopsis. There are also several good articles that go into more detail.

I have already lost faith in this movie from that trailer. I have a feeling it will be as much a disappointment as charlie and the chocolate factory.

Oh my God it looks fucking awful, i was prepared to hate it, but i didn't think it would look like one of those horrid American funded Tv specials we get in the Uk, like Gullivers Travels. Depp is once again playing a cartoon, It has bomb written all over it.

On a personal expectation note, I hoped that there would be less CGI and more Tim Burton awkwardly weird FX. However, foot-in-mouth due to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

I for one, think this looks wonderful.
It is NOT Alice in Wonderland, or in any way any of the books. It is simply Tim Burton taking his mind and changing his most admired characters and story into something his own style, and in his own creative taste.
Movie making is just as much an art as painting or drawing, and each person in the movie follows the directors orders and adds their own little flair, making it a giant, living mural.
I can't wait to see more of Tim's Genius at work.

SmokingGirl. Why do you think Lewis Carroll was a "terrible man", do you met him?
Whoa. HOW a topic (about his pedophilia and blah blah...)
Well, he was a writer and good at it! so, let rest him in peace. I'm not so bored to insult him.

By the way, the trailer is a teaser, I mean that it isn't the official?

@18 / Hatter:

That's the exact problem I have with Tim Burton. He doesn't shed new light on these stories. He just takes things that are perfectly fine on their own and does them up in his own Burtony way.

I guess that's fine if you buy into the Burtony way -- if you think it's creative and whimsical and fun.

But if you don't, it seems self-indulgent and unnecessary.

To give another example, Scorcese gives his hims the Scorsese way. But at its best (Goodfellas) it tells the story in a deeper way, and at its worst (The Aviator) at least gets out of the viewer's way.

from as much as I've heard, the Hatter wasn't changed at all to make him more popular- it's a combo of the first and second books, I'm sure the editing in the trailer was just bad... it looks absolutely amazing!

it doesn't play for me :(

Just when you thought all the fat, Asperger's, pot-head, cosplaying bitches in a community college near you almost got sick of Nightmare Before Christmas by now...

LOL@ 23 yeah great point , more lame goth and emo street scum

NOOOO. Gosh, Tim Burton is my fav director EVER, Alice in Wonderland is my favourite character ever...
WHY THE HELL THE TWO PUT TOGETHER SUCK?
Omg, I can't believe Tim Burton ruined Alice in Wonderland... I though he would do something really cool and ignore stupid lame disney blondie version...
And I though Johnny Depp was in his perfect role. The mad hatter. GOSH I WAS WRONG

Im getting 'Unsupported format'! :( Anyone else got a link to it where it will actually play?

Nevermind - got it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7GoVTA7qEM

Looking for a HI-RES one though... anyone?

Ugh. Every Tim Burton movie looks and feels the same. Gets a little old after like 20 years. American Mcgee's Alice would have been way cooler.

Actually do like the look. Unfortunately, form that trailer, it's going to be Jonny Depp doing Johnny Depp, and being the main focus. Really, can he not let someone else take a stab at these "oh so cookie" and "out there" roles? The man is tedious beyond belief these days.

Hey ALL...
some pretty heated opinions here,
I will agree that the trailer doesn't do much for me and YES they are using Depp as a cashcow, BUT, wouldn't you??

The 'Alice' stories are fairly well known, so instead of telling us the story in brief, they've decided to use Johhny boy to pull an even wider audience... makes sense to me. A lot of people would shrug off a remake of 'alice' but some of those same people might change their minds because of Depp. I don't think their is any harm in that and I think it will be a very cool film.

By the way guys, I am not a burton fan at all... I hated nightmare, and I hated corpse bride. Im not sure what others of his Ive seen, but I know I liked a few, and I hated most.
As for Depp, I too am over seeing him in every movie... but there is no denying it... that man can play any role, perfectly

So my verdict - really looking forward to this one!

hmmmm 10 years later? so there is no excuse to not see a boob in this.

@29. "As for Depp, I too am over seeing him in every movie... but there is no denying it... that man can play any role, perfectly"

mmmmm, no, he can play one role, perfectly. Or he chooses to play one role, ad naseum.

@ #10 "Smoking Girl"

Pleaseee. Find somewhere else to bitch and showcase how much more knowlegeable or interesting than the general public you think you are. Not once during my entire read of through the looking glass or alice in wonderland did I have one sexual thought. If you or anyone else did perhaps you're the one with a perverted mind. Let us enjoy something we like. Show off elsewhere.

the artist michael kutsche designed the characters for the movie: http://michaelkutsche.deviantart.com/

Um, @32, I never stated that I, or anyone else, had a sexual thought while reading the "Alice in Wonderland" series. I stated that Carroll wrote the books inorder to manifest HIS fantasies.

Reading comprehension; it's a wonderous thing, isn't it.

unsupported format... lame

Supported format here:

http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Comic-Con_Tim_Burtons_Alice_in_Wonderland_Teaser_Trailer_with_HD_Links/5352

@#10
Shut up and learn some history

Lewis Carroll took a boat ride with the three young daughters of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (He was their friend, and had gone out on picnics and the like with one of the girls and their older brother before). As they rode in the boat, one of the girls (Alice Liddell) asked Lewis to tell them a story (Because he often did, to entertain them), and he made up a story about a girl named alice who goes on an adventure. After he finished the story, Alice Liddell asked him to right it down.

There has never been any indication at all that Lewis Carroll's relationship with Alice Liddell was anything more than him just being a friend of the family and pseudo-caretaker. Pretty much everyone that has written about Carroll having a sexual attraction to Alice, has written based on sheer assumption and speculation.

Please go out and learn something before you insult the memory of one of the greatest writers who has ever lived.

#37 I'm an avid read and have never touched any of his books. So clearly he is not even close to being one of the greatest writers that has ever lived, nor was he the greatest of his father's sons (it's a joke and you won't get it because you're a tard). Just because you have a hard-on for his sick fantasy shit doesn't mean we all have to respect him. We all have our own opinions, and sorry to say, yours is no more valid than anyone elses. So fuck you :)

Avid reader* of course. Insult my mistake as I'm sure you will, but I admit it openly :)

Burton is an overrated one trick pony. Ooh, let's make a movie dark. Wow. How original. Worked fine 20 years ago for Batman, but he's been doing it over and over and over since then. It was getting tired when he did Sleepy Hollow and it's become just painful with things like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is going to suck badly.

I always thought the Cheshire Cat should be the hero.

@41. Sha Rae: for some reason, your comment reminds me of Pussy in Boots, my friend haha :)

And, yeah, my freaking little maybe-pervert boys n gals, this is only a teaser trailer, yex it is, so we haven't seen anything of the film. And of course, you should have you own expectations, why not? I thought HP6 was going to be a good movie, even if I didn't read the book, and it was a good movie, but not as great as I expected for the trailers.
First impressions, I have learned in oh-marvelous-clichéridden-stereotypes high school, are very wrong at first, as always, like finding that that lovable girl who acts kind and kindly just ends up being an oh so not pretty in the inside, oh poor rotten apple inside girl (nope, it's not a happening of mine, but it's pretty common, as are the common stories hehe :P)
And, for the people who waited, or the ones who didn't waited, a darker version of Alice, I said yeah I expected it too, but then I remembered that his "job" its not making a dark goth joke of any movie he makes, but he just wants to make a movie he wants, with the people he wants.
As some of us here are going to be (God wants it) writers and artists and movie directors, I don't really think (not in a masochistic way, of course) that we would want our probably dream of making something we have dreamed of being just step and step and, well, arse-kicked.
And for the people who thinks (or not) that they are really well read and cult, yeah they're right, he was a really great poet and writer, writing about something people (yes, xenophobic boys and girls, even children) would like, about a fantasy world and adventures, that well maybe it has a quirky little dark touch inside it.
So, well, yeah, I have exceeded the patience of the ones who read (or, probably, listened) to the blah-bleh-blah I just write, and of course, I didn't make a point at all, not that I wanted to in the first place haha :)
So... yeps, I liked the trailer, it was good for me, not good enough until I say so, and I expect a quite fine film :P

@12: There is a film version of American McGee's Alice in the works...

You know I actually think that was a great preview or trailer whatever it may be and I guess we can't really say if the world is going to like the movie or not because it has NOT come out yet so i guess that's that :)

I liked the trailer. I like Tim Burton, he brings something different to movies with his style. Someone else would make a boring predicable movie. At least some imagination and style is brought to this film. Only other director I would think to do such a project would be Guillermo Del Toro. Burton's films are more artistic pieces, either you'll like it or not as with any artwork.

Johnny Depp I've seen so so many roles, and each one done differently. Whoever said he does the same character in every movie hasn't been watching any I suppose. Depp is an excellent character actor, he can do more then "Jack Sparrow". Depp is the most versatile actor in Hollywood. Look at all he has done, not just the few he has done recently.

DON'T LET FANS RUIN THINGS FOR YOU!

It's not fair to you and it's not fair to the artist. Look at the piece objectively and never, ever believe the hype!

That's why I STILL proclaim Donnie Darko to be a good movie.

@29: "I will agree that the trailer doesn't do much for me and YES they are using Depp as a cashcow, BUT, wouldn't you??"

Um, no, I wouldn't! And neither would quite a few people on here. You seem to be confusing actual good film-making with exploiting an art form to make a quick buck.

"they've decided to use Johhny boy to pull an even wider audience... makes sense to me"

Are you a studio exec then? People have gripes with what will make the film good or bad, not what makes the most money off of ignorant twattage. Opinions like yours are exactly why Daddy Day Camp and The Lion King 1 & 1/2 were made.

So what if it's in Tim Burtons style? It's his take on Alice in Wonderland. What about all the other people who did Alice in their style? You don't bash on them mainly because it's never been brought forward to the big screen for you to see. I'm a fan of Alice in Wonderland, and I enjoy Tim Burton movies and his style, I look forward to see his vision of it, wether it'll be good or not.

At #37, so the fact that Carroll, aka Dodgson, had one of the largest collections of child pornography to ever be collected means what, exactly, to you?
And yes, I admit, Dodgson is discussed ad nauseum in English Lit. classes, but that is more for his use of mathematics and subtle, yet graphic, sexual prose. It's not because he is "one of the greatest writers", he's rarely included in a top 100 historical writers list, but rather it's because of the dark undercurrent that circulates throughout his writings; and how silly it is that the "Alice in Wonderland" series is considered childrens literature. It's like saying that the Grimm fairy tales were written for children or that Shelly did not write "Frankenstein" during an opium/cocaine/orgy binge. I know, let's have our children read the works of the Marquis de Sade or the Earl of Rochester while we're at it. At least they don't hide behind flowery riddles and cheshire cats.
So may I suggest that you heed your own advice and learn about our beloved "classical" writers. Truth, as it is so often, is far more fascinating than the sunshine and lollipop tales that you'll read from a pop-up book.

well guys, I think it looks really bitchen....
don't judge a movie till you see it eh?

Some day I shall marry Anne Hathaway. Just you wait and see.

OMG! comments on the internet! everyone must be an expert in literary, historical and film critisims!

Give it a break.

When was the last time you saw a truly original film idea, or even an adaptatation of a truly original piece of literature? of course it's going to be a little cliche, I'd even go so far to say hokey in some cases. frankly, nothing else sells to you people anymore :/ I'm actually surpirsed the whole enterprise wasn't made to look even more flightly and superficial.. lord knows this is a year we've seen three films starting nick cage, about numbers and doomsday..

Either you like burton, or you dont. if you do - you pick up on subtle humor and traits that he has. If you don't, then you don't enjoy it and thats really all there is to it. I know alot of people that don't particularly like Tim, but at least they're levelminded enough to just leave it at that and say so. He's certainly not the creme de la creme of my list, but honestly - do we all have nothing better to do than rant about child molesters and sell outs on a half assed internet forum? Go do it on 4chan where its at least funny :)

Cheers.

(oh, stfu, racial slurs, and so on, etc)

Seriously, wow. People like Smoking Girl are the ones who try to turn people away from seeing something because they have a personal issue with the people behind the movie(or in this case Poet). So what makes your "knowledgeable" opinion better than the rest of ours for actually WANTING to see this? We aren't supposed to want to see it because of what Carroll did(or did not) do? Forgive my ignorance for eagerly awaiting another Alice remake that at looks to be more promising on storyline, but your factual dictatorship will not stop me from seeing a film just because of what the Poet/Author/Director did. I hated Heath Ledger, but I still watched The Dark Knight. And I'm sure most people watch or read things they may not exactly love, but just because someone says no doesn't mean everyone won't.

And yes, it's probably not the best to let children read/watch it even with all the sugar coated BS Disney(and others) throws in, but then again when I was in 1st grade we had Tailypo. That was a messed up story before it was candy coated for kiddies.

But the point is, I'm tired, and the other point is, it's not up to you or anyone else what people go see. You aren't in charge of everyone. So go see it if you want, don't if you don't, just go back to bashing Twilight for turning young girls into abuse craving Vampire lovers. (lol I'm gonna die for that one :D)

Hope it's better than Planet of the Apes. Who does Marky Mark portray?

that chessashire cat is ALMOST as creepy as the guy at the end of this video:

http://www.digitalfuntown.com/videos/172

Ok, to the girl who called Lewis Carroll a pedophile- that is not why he wrote it AT ALL!!!!!!
It was written as a children story and then adapted, when printed, into a type of satire making fun of his modern-day governmental system and the outlandishness of the nobility. There are hints about this all throughout the books! Such as: the dutchess's baby turning into a pig, or Humpty Dumpty only letting Alice shake his one finger instead of his hand. There are even religious satirical moments- like the walrus and the carpenter poem.
Some of it is meant to be a bit of fun nonsense, and some satirical. This is why he had to use a pen-name and not his real name so that the upper class wouldn't know who was making really fun of them.
Why the hell do people always have to see the negative side of things. Just because an adult likes a bit of children's fantasy, regardless of the societal issues addressed, that DOES NOT make him a pedaphile! I have seen this before and it's a THEORY- that's it.
Maybe you shouldn't assume the worst in people.
Open up your mind a little bit

@10: You don't have any friends, do you?

@14. This does look totally ruined in the same way as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory -Burton seems to think both needed to be "grounded" which just means destroying the arc of the original story with stupid back-stories. I wish they'd just put Depp in drag and cast him as Alice.

i agree with anyone that says the 2 books mixed together is messed up...although im still uber excited cause they r my favorite books, and whoever thinks its a drug movie is completely wrong, its math...caucus race = pi

I don't understand why people are so hard on the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Perhaps you didn't enjoy the movie, but it is, nearly verbatim, true to Roald Dahl's book. That's something, right?

I'm looking forward to this, because I haven't yet grown completely tired of Burton's shtick. But if people are so bored of directors maintaining and perpetuating a certain style (even though, in Burton's case, I think it often works), why does crap spewed out by Michael Bay keep making so much money? Boobs, bombs, bad acting! And repeat! That's got to be worse than bright colors and wonky characters.

This movie looks amazing! I was able to find a lengthy sneak peek at www.watchfreelinks.com

I cant believe Tim Burton doesnt have the Duchess and the Cook in this movie!!
They are so Tim Burton-like!!
That sucks, shes my favourite character and he cuts her.

fyi Red Queen and Queen of Hearts = two different characters.

friggin burton. shame on you for making a crap alice...im so sick of seeing the same blond and blue dress combo. And how about a female mad hatter to change things around?!

ugh. His movies are pretty much the same now.