10 Movies That Were Never Meant To Be Good
9. Alice Through The Looking Glass
Alice Through The Looking Glass is either ersatz Tim Burton or ersatz Lewis Carroll, but either way it’s a very forgiving viewer who considers it anything more than a lot of cinematic trickery in support of a succession of hollow set pieces. Not only has the law of diminishing returns set in, everything is weaker (and less fun) this time around.
Who wants to see Alice return to Underland and once again encounter The Mad Hatter, The Red Queen et al? Clearly Disney does (the original made over a billion dollars), so the viewer is going along whether they like it or not. What do they get for their trouble? A sense of contractual obligation.
On the plus side, the filmmakers have fixed one of the most obvious flaws with the original and done away with the closing song by Avril Lavigne in favor of one by Pink. Mr Carroll’s estate was appreciative, I’m sure.