We all know the story, now Tim Burton has given his dark and quite out there version of Alice In Wonderland and it is exactly what you'd expect from him - dark and out there.
Despite my earlier post complaining about the 3D prices I have wanted to see the film for a while so ended up going anyway. However, I did take my own 3D glasses which I had, happily, kept from seeing Avatar.
Burton's Alice is a 19-year-old girl who is about to be forced into a marriage she doesn't want - until she spots the White Rabbit and follows him into the woods and eventually down a hole.
Once in Wonderland, which is apparently actually called Underland but Alice (Mia Wasikowska) when she was a child at her first visit had given it her own name.
The characters are all there - Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Tee, the Cheshire Cat, the March Hare and of course Johnny Depp's demented Mad Hatter. There's also the wonderful Alan Rickman as the Blue Caterpillar - seriously, Rickman is marvellous as always despite the smallness of the role.
The Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) is wonderfully wacky and has a very short fuse. I have to admit to loving every time she screamed 'off with their head!'
Far less animated is the White Queen (Anne Hathaway who again proves herself a weak link).
Given all the hype surrounding Alice In Wonderland, expectations were high. I have to surmise that on that score it was a shade disappointing. However, it was still a worthy attempt. I think Burton just tried a bit too hard to give the classic tales (both Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass) too much of the Burton-weirdness.
It was an enjoyable movie, brilliant at times, but overall left me feeling that he could have made an absolute corker of a film, but didn't. The 3D was well used but I get the sense that it doesn't really matter whether you see it in the enhanced version or not.
Next time, maybe, Tim. A 7 out of 10.
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