If you are looking for something long that will take up time, Alice is the miniseries for you. The story is simple, the visuals are cool, and it's weird. Based loosely on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (that's the real title), the miniseries like Tin Man two years ago pays homage to the original, but creates its own original world containing wonders not found within the pages.
There's the tyrannical Queen of Hearts (Kathy Bates) that sucks emotions from people that become 'oysters.' She's evil and must be stopped. One of her assassins is the White Rabbit who has a rabbit head and human body. The people that are going to stop her are Alice (Caterina Scorsone), Hatter (Andrew-Lee Potts), and White Knight (Matt Frewer). Dodo (Tim Curry), Caterpillar (Harry Dean Stanton), and an array of weird looking people show up.
The action isn't particularly exciting, the chases are average, and the drama is lacking. There is an unimpressive quality to the miniseries that is evident the whole time. I didn't find one moment spectacular or worth a rewatch, but the acting is pretty good, and the modernized Wonderland is a sight to see.
Score: 8.6/10
Monday, December 7, 2009
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