Just released! The fantastic Alice in Wonderland trailer! Oh so cool! Text from MTV.com
Trailer, Shot-By-Shot: Starring The Mad HatterJohnny Depp prominently featured in preview for Tim Burton's reimagining.
Following a premature Wednesday leak, the debut teaser trailer for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" hit the Internet, fresh from its San Diego Comic-Con premiere. The director brings a unique visual aesthetic to everything he does. His films feel like waking dreams, with fantastical imagery and characters that seem a little bit "off."
If anyone was unsure about this perfect pairing of director with source material, this trailer officially sets the record straight. With the March 5 release date still quite a distance away, join us in obsessing over this all-too-brief glimpse at Burton's "Wonderland" in our shot-by-shot breakdown:
Shot 1: Alice (Mia Wasikowska) running for the rabbit hole. She must be late for a very important date!
Shot 2: That's a mighty big hole. Careful, Alice! The ground looks unsteady — oh crap, she fell.
Shot 3: How deep does that rabbit hole go, you ask? Deep enough to house flying lanterns, chairs, bookcases, tables ... all manner of furniture and household items.
Shot 4: A "Drink Me" bottle and a key on a table. This is Alice's second trip to Wonderland. Hasn't she learned yet to unlock the door before drinking the magical shrinking juice?
Shot 5: Clearly she hasn't. Hi there, tiny Alice!
Shot 6: Wonderland looks cool and all, but seriously, how did Alice manage to trim down that now-oversized dress of hers?
Shot 7: It's Alice strolling through the woods with the White Rabbit, the Dodo and brothers Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Look carefully at the beginning of the shot to see a mouse running ahead of the Rabbit. The Dormouse perhaps? Or just the Mouse?
Shot 8: The White Queen's (Anne Hathaway) castle looks very cool. What could she and Alice be discussing at such a late hour, amidst all of those giant horse-head statues?
Shot 9: It's ... it's ... it's ... the Cheshire Cat. So beautifully creepy. Why won't you speak with Stephen Fry's voice? Looks like we're waiting until the next trailer.
Shot 10: OK, who the heck is this guy? Note the heart-shaped eye patch. Do you think he's an agent of the evil Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter)?
Shot 11: Why don't you ask her? There she is, in all of her terrifying, half-real/half-CG glory. This may just be the most nightmarish Burton image since Large Marge.
Shot 12: The Queen's red card soldiers rushing past a many-toothed beast. Could that be a fearsome reimagining of the Jabberwocky? Or perhaps a 'roided up Cheshire Cat?
Shot 13: Oh no, a giant bird — the Dodo? — flew off with Tweedledee and Tweedledum!
Shot 14: Who is that coming through the door, flanked by the Red Queen's soldiers? Could the Mad Hatter be a prisoner?
Shot 15: That's a mighty familiar hat ...
Shot 16: There he is, folks. Johnny Depp, our new Mad Hatter.
Shot 17: You shouldn't walk on the dinner table. Or the tea-party table. It is highly unsanitary.
Shot 18: "Alice! You're terribly late, you know — naughty!" A chiding from the Mad Hatter. Now sing the "Merry Unbirthday" song!
Shot 19: Now he's flinging his top hat out like a Frisbee. What might that accomplish?
Shot 20: Title image. Nooooo! It can't be over already!
Shot 21: A laughing, hatless Hatter. Who's mad now, chuckles? Still you.
Shot 22: Don't piss off the White Rabbit. Or he might glare and angrily tap his pocket watch at you. And then strand you in a nightmarish land where animals speak in rhyme and lively decks of cards try to take your head off.
Shot 23: March 5, 2010! Not soon enough! And there's that grinning feline again, taunting us with his silence.
Shot 24: In case it wasn't clear, "Alice in Wonderland" is the Mad Hatter's time to shine. And to unfurl rolls of colorful fabric, apparently.
Disney has yanked the video from Youtube but if you click on the link below and choose See the Trailer you'll be good to go....
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/
