Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland review

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter

I went to see Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland last Sunday and finally realised why the film may have wowed audiences, but also divided the critics over whether this latest composite of Lewis Carroll’s famous stories is a worthy addition to the list. I enjoyed it, especially the vivid imagery and the magic beauty of the whole thing, but I have to admit that it just felt a bit empty at a certain point. It was only a “journey” across several set-pieces, where each of the supporting characters got a turn to say or do something and that just did not fascinate me that much.

I read somewhere that the film was more like Alice in Tim Burtonland, which on the one hand sounds pretty obvious as it is his own vision of the story, but I wasn’t quite sure of what the writer meant by that until I went to see it for myself. Through this sort of dark and gothic sets and an unusual humour, Tim Burton shows in his very own way a 19-year-old Alice returning to Wonderland, a place she first visited 10 years before.

News websites embrace video

As multimedia journalism grows stronger by the day, big news media websites are doing everything they can to adapt to the digital era. One of the things they have most invested in is video. So instead of having only pictures or animated graphics in the news reports, there are also video clips. It appears cool and dynamic but some say it isn’t working that well, as video doesn’t add much to what’s already being said in the text.

The Telegraph, for example, created a new section called News Video. It’s produced by the Telegraph TV in conjunction with ITN that present us with 2 min clips which content is like traditional broadcast news. Most of the times the video stands alone, oppositely from what we normally see in other news websites, where video complements the news report. I think the range of topics they choose works well online and once the clips are not too long it doesn’t get dull.

Sky News video content is far more extensive considering it includes all kinds of news, showbiz, technology… also in short clips. It is also known not only for its 3min bulletin with the latest headlines that can be watched at any time, but also for allowing its users to watch live news. It is constantly being updated so I think immediacy is one of the things that makes Sky News website so efficient.