Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:I'm not convinced a "serious" Robin Hood could work. There has to be some fun, otherwise why bother? He's a legendary adventure hero, the first secret-identity do-gooder, the ancestor of any modern superhero you care to name. Approaching the material with Scott's typical gravitas and somberness may not be the way to go.
Zaz (quoting wiki quoting Burton et al.) posted:Alice had this adventure as a little girl and now she’s going back all these years later, it’s a bit overgrown...[and there’s] a slightly haunted quality to Wonderland, even though it’s got strong elements of color." She is now 17 years old and someone "who doesn't quite fit into Victorian society and structure." This journey "becomes a rite of passage as she discovers her voice and herself. [Screenwriter] Woolverton added a socio-political context to the story. Burton dislikes the 1951 Disney film adaptation. He explained "the goal is to try to make it an engaging movie where you get some of the psychology and kind of bring a freshness but also keep the classic nature of Alice."
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted:Zaz (quoting wiki quoting Burton et al.) posted:Alice had this adventure as a little girl and now she’s going back all these years later, it’s a bit overgrown...[and there’s] a slightly haunted quality to Wonderland, even though it’s got strong elements of color." She is now 17 years old and someone "who doesn't quite fit into Victorian society and structure." This journey "becomes a rite of passage as she discovers her voice and herself. [Screenwriter] Woolverton added a socio-political context to the story. Burton dislikes the 1951 Disney film adaptation. He explained "the goal is to try to make it an engaging movie where you get some of the psychology and kind of bring a freshness but also keep the classic nature of Alice." So... it's a sequel with psychological insight and socio-political context, starring 17-year-old Alice, and directed by a man with a spotty record who didn't like the original animated version. This gets more dubious by the moment.
Merlin_Ambrosius69 posted: So... it's a sequel with psychological insight and socio-political context, starring 17-year-old Alice, and directed by a man with a spotty record who didn't like the original animated version. This gets more exciting and interesting by the moment.