Film review: Alice Through the Looking Glass

"The normals, they make me afraid
The crazies, they make me feel sane"

"Mad Hatter" - Melanie Martinez 

Last week, it was the second time I went out with my brother to see a movie at the cinema. Since we did it for the first time with Ratchet & Clank the week before, I find it a nice, fun and good habit to keep up with, and I'd certainly do it again, without a shadow of a doubt.

This time that I'm talking about we went to watch Alice Through the Looking Glass, the second part of the venerated and revered version of Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton. Regarding that first movie, I must say it definitely holds a special place between my favourite films of all time: the way the story is gracefully changed in order to make an original and epic new plot, the ellegantly redesigned characters, everything introduced by the movie was awesome, surprising and thrilling.

However, when it comes to the second part, I found it was a bit disappointing at times. Don't get me wrong, the concept, the figure represented by a strong main character refusing to play the social role given by her time and social estate, the way the element of Time is personalized and represented, the replenishing of dark spots in the story by the exploration of the characters' past, every main characteristic was just wonderful and amazing.

The thing is, the target public this time seemed to be even younger, and being a sixteen-year-old with a twenty-year-old by my side felt even a bit unconfortable at some times. It was not an important flaw, but it added some imperfections to the artistic-narrative side of the film. The incoherence of, for example, Time, when he is super-friends with Alice after everything that happens, as an example, makes me cringe, and even my brother pointed that same detail out when we were getting out of the cinema. The first movie, at least from our perspective, was more enjoyable also for older watchers, and it shone precisely because of that artistic faction.

Though, I think that element of approaching younger viewers also gives good points to the film: if you've seen it, I'm pretty sure you can refer to a spot or two where you laughed! Ratchet & Clank had the same "flaw," to say it somehow, and it was still a great movie!