This weekend, my generous parents took Michael and me to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D. The movie tells a tale of Alice as a young lady returning to the land of her childhood dreams.
Visually, I found it fine, but not remarkable. The acting was decent; Depp’s acting was excellent as usual. Overall, I found it fine, but it seemed to lack "muchness," so I rated it at 3 stars over at movielens. There may be spoilers below.
Pixar’s Up received a lot of positive buzz when it came out last year. I was a little hesitant to watch it because I knew it dealt with the tender subject of infertility, but I had enjoyed the other Pixar films that I had watched. Our housing community presented an opportunity to watch it, and we decided to go ahead and see it.
Up kept the trend of quality animation. I enjoyed the film’s humorous references to such things as Snipe hunting and Star Wars. Although I generally dislike dogs, I found the pack of dogs, and especially Doug to be amusing. However, I didn’t enjoy the film as much as expected, because instead of the positive portrayal of marriage I expected, I saw a film about a man who idolized his wife. Warning, there may be spoilers in the rest of this article.