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Despite the hopes that Burton would put his off-beat personal stamp on the material, the progression of events leading up to the final battle scene is entirely conventional, remaining predictable up until its final moments. Although the opening sequences are engaging and original, once Alice enters Wonderland, each scene is more foreseeable than the last. In fact, the film falls nicely into the standard fantasy epic plot, which is simply unaaceptable for an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland.” Maybe this more mainstream approach is to be expected since some of Burton?...
...impossible things” that she has seen accomplished despite her disbelief (which culminates in the sixth declaration of “I can slay the Jabberwock!”) is perhaps one of the most painfully tacky moments. And to top it all off, that climactic battle scene is soon followed by an unbearably saccharine dance sequence that threatens to undermine the stylistic credit the film has earned up to that point...
...feels as though the person who wrote the second page never read the first. A film where a character can tell a girl that he likes “Pride and Prejudice” because it reminds him of the hazards of first impressions, and then in the next scene be found rereading the book, explaining “I just met a girl who reminds me of Elizabeth Bennett.” Is he not listening to his own dialogue? The movie often gives that impression...
...fellow officers’ disdain for him. After his retirement, Dugan loses his only connection to another person, his sometime prostitute. With absolutely nothing left, Dugan finally decides to act in a final dramatic—and clichéd—scene. Through his intentionally flat acting, Gere provides the lifelessness and lack of soul the character of Dugan needs, making the performance quite admirable given the limited role that Gere has to work with...
...stage microphones while the screen plays clips of silently talking everymen. The effect is sloppy and confusing. If Fish is trying to equate the three workers with modern employees and their struggles, he certainly does not succeed; it is barely discernable what is actually even happening in the scene...