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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

My film is Alice in Wonderland. I chose the new version because i like it more than the original, animation one. The film is produced in 2010 and the director is Tim Burton. It is a fantasy movie and it is based on Alice in wonderland by Lewis Carrol. Also one reason why I love this film is because my favorite actor, Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter) , is acting on it. Other actors are Mia Wasikowska (Alice), Anne Hathaway (White Queen) and Helena Bonham Carter (Queen of hearts)  and bunch of animated characters. Almost the whole film is shot in Wonderland. The animation is fantastic and unbelievably beautiful. Whole Wonderland seems so realistic although it is so unrealistic. It is hard to explain but if you had seen the film you will understand. Also special effects are wonderful and breathtaking. For example the fight against the Jabberwock seems so real and the effects are marvelous. The film won two Oscars for best art direction and best costume design, and was also nominated for best visual effects. It is also one of highest-grossing films and its revenue was over one billion dollar.

The film begin when Alice is small and she sees odd dreams about Wonderland and White rabbit and things like that. Then suddenly she is nineteen and goes to the parties where lord Hamish is intended to ask her marry him. Alice doesn’t know what to answer and she runs away. She sees the White rabbit and follows him. Then the story lasts like the original one. She falls in the rabbithole and finds her way into the Wonderland. Since then the story changes. No-one believes that she is the real Alice and she is the one who will slay the Jabberwock. The story go on and it has similar features as the original story but the whole thing is really different. In some parts only the characters are same. Alice is define to slay the Jabberwock so the Queen of hearts could be dethrone. The war begins and Alice encounter with the beast.

I love this film so much and it is one of my favorite films! One reason could be that i love fantasy movies and as I said before i just love Johnny Depp. The plot is really good and it isn’t predictable. There is many turns and things that you couldn’t even believe that can happen. The actors are fantastic great and i just think the whole film is one master piece. I really don’t have nothing bad to say about the film except the end. It’s kind of boring but on the other hand it is a good thing because the end shouldn’t be messy. And I’m glad that everything becomes clear and nothing bothers me. So really mesmerizing film and I suggest everyone to watch it. You are going to love it!

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Enchanted

Enchanted is a romantic fantasy movie (2007) with a twist of comedy. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures with Barry Sonnenfeld and Josephson Entertaiment. In Enchanted a real world and an animated one are brilliantly mixed together. Might sound like a chaos, but what a great chaos it is! Director Kevin Lima has managed to include something for everyone in just 107 minutes. Not to mention the wonderful actors, who have made this beautiful love story come true. Leading actors of the film are Amy Adams (Giselle), Idina Menzel (Nancy Tremaine), James Marsden (Prince Edward), Patrick Dempsey (Robert Philip) and Rachel Covey (Morgan Philip).

Like in almost every love story there is some kind of trouble before ending up being together. Giselle and Prince Edward are in love. They are just about to get married, but on the way to the altar Giselle meets an old lady who changes the plan. The old lady pushes Giselle to a magical wishing well and she somehow ends up standing in middle of the Times Square in New York. Soon she notices that her and our world are totally different. People are rude and not really sympathetic at all. But Giselle is just about to change Robert Philip´s life besides her own. Philip is in a cab telling her daughter Morgan that he is going to propose his girlfriend Nancy when everything changes. They meet Giselle and Rachel ends up getting a different stepmother than was expected at first. Giselle manages to fill the missing gap in the Philip´s family life. Morgan gets to know how it feels to be able to shop with a mother and Robert gets some light into his busy life as a lawyer.

Humor is sprinkled all over the place. Giselle is destroying all the fabrics in the Philip´s family apartment and making new dresses for herself. She cleans the whole apartment with some help of little animals and this obviously is almost maddening to Robert. Like in every Disney movie there is lots of singing and it´s something Giselle loves to do too. With this kind of action she gets a lot of attention even in New York. Giselle´s actress Amy Adams sings with her stunning voice and it gives you little chills. Composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz have done an awesome job with the songs of Enchanted.

Enchanted reminds me of some previous stories Disney has produced. Snow White and Cinderella, to be more precise. Like in Snow White in Enchanted there is also lots of little animals as Giselle´s friends and helpers. She even managed to see one of the dwarfs from the Snow White. It is also easy to find connection between Cinderella and Enchanted. In the end of the Enchanted Giselle loses her glass shoe. There is the same idea behind losing the shoe as there is in Cinderella. Prince is meant to find his princess with the help of that shoe and this is what happens in the Enchanted as well. Some references to Little Red Riding Hood are also noticeable.

Overall I truly enjoyed watching Enchanted and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes watching magical stories. I don´t usually even like to watch this kind of movies, but this movie made me change my mind. The great camerawork and the special effects make sure that you won´t get bored during the movie. On the other hand as a child I would have been little disappointed about the fact that the animated world suddenly changes into a real world. Lots of children prefer animated movies over acted ones.

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