Line #14 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS7E5


1	'''Release:''' March 12, 2014
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''
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5	'''Tagline:''' Dammit, Creator/TimBurton! Dammit!
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7	!!This review contains examples of:
8	* [[invoked]] AdaptationDecay: The Critic argues that trying to bring a logical story to a world that lacks logic completely goes against the original story's themes. He goes as far as to claim that ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland Care Bears in Wonderland]]'' is more faithful to the book than this movie.
9	* AffablyEvil: Malice. A very calm and polite SerialKiller version of Alice.
10	* BornInTheWrongCentury: The Critic starts a segment called "Tired Oppression Clichés for Tired Free-spirited Whippersnappers" to emphasize how cliched it is to have a character with beliefs [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory that don't align with the values of the time]]:
11	--> '''Critic''': This leaves Alice with a mother who is certainly a product of the times, who isn't willing to accept Alice because, of course, she's ahead of her time. And doesn't realize that the "ahead of the times" cliché has been done do many times [[{{Irony}} that it actually makes it behind the times]].
12	* CurbStompBattle: See GiantFootOfStomping Below.
13	* TheAllSolvingHammer: Parodied in ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' when he has an “evidence destroying hammer” in his storage space.
14	* DullSurprise: His main criticism of Mia Wasikowska's performance as Alice.
15	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Malice may be a crazy SerialKiller, but she's visibly mortified when Critic [[spoiler:declares that ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland Care Bears in Wonderland]]'' was a better adaptation than the one he was reviewing]].
16	* FlatCharacter: He criticises that the emphasis on what Alice isn't makes her one of these.
17	* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: More like Follow the ''Black'' Rabbit. [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Carrotjuice]] the Black Rabbit, that is. The Critic is following him to get his home movies back, Malice is following him so that she can [[TheMentallyDisturbed bring him to the American McGee Mantal Institution and prove to the world that she's not crazy.]]
18	* GoryDiscretionShot: Malice's murders of Danny Elfman, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
19	* GiantFootOfStomping: When the Critic and Malice are confronted by the Jibber Jabber, Malice simply consumes a cake that makes her grow larger, and then crushes the monster under her foot.
20	* {{Hypocrite}}: The Critic says he liked Tim Burton's work when he did original stuff instead of adaptations, only for Tim Burton to remind Critic that one of his favortie movies, ''Film/Batman1989'' is an adaptation of someone else's work. He also thinks the premise for ''Film/BigEyes'' is interesting based on Tim's description, who tells Critic that it's also based on another person's work.
21	* NonIndicativeName: The Critic accuses the film of this. Pointing out that "Alice" is not a little girl, she's a grown woman[=;=] she's not '''in''' Wonderland she's returning to it, and worst of all, that Wonderland isn't even called Wonderland, it's '''Underland'''.
22	* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: In-Universe, Tim Burton after his motivating speech to The Critic about the films he made, ends up canceling his next feature ''Film/BigEyes'' for an adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.]]
23	* ShoutOut:
24	** The "Malice" outfit looks like the clothes of ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice''.
25	** The pendant on Malice's neck is the Poison Mushroom from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels''.
26	* StrawCharacter: Subverted with Tim Burton, since although the episode involves the Critic mocking him for the cliches he's famous for, he ends up on the receiving end of a speech by Tim Burton about how creators have to take risks.
27	* TakeThat: He points out that Creator/SamRaimi already [[Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful ruined]] ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and that Tim Burton needn't attempt the same.
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