Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter team up again, to bring us a sequel of sorts to Alice in Wonderland.
First this film on the whole is visually stunning, as wonderful as Avatar to look at. But then it suffers Avatars problem for me and the story just doesn't match the visuals! Which is a shame, a big shame because I hoped in the hands of Burton this would have come across with a little more darkness and a little more twisted than the prequels. But it doesn't, I'm not sure if Disney held the reigns a little too tight or maybe Burton didn't let himself go, what ever the reason, for me this was the films biggest downfall.
But it's not all bad! Aside the visuals, the Cheshire Cat voiced by Stephen Fry is just wonderful, so is Alan Rickman as the Blue Caterpillar. But alas both didn't have that much screen time.
Depp as the Mad Hatter is ok, but I'm getting to the point where I'd prefer him to do some normal acting! Cater is ok as the Red Queen. Crispin Glover isn't bad as Stayne - but the animation when he's on his horse is dreadful. Hathaway is ok as the White Queen.
Alice isn't that great, but just does enough. And I would never had got Michael Sheen as the white rabbit!
The story isn't great really, the script ok, Elfman's score is good, not sure about the Credits Song though.
Overall - A big chance missed for a dark and twisted Alice in Wonderland! (6/10)
Can't help thinking we've seen all this before in some way shape or form. The visuals were the best thing about the movie further enhanced by 3D but overall the story (although different) I can't see would be much removed from the originals. Johnny Depp has done characters like this before, the mad hatter could be a distant cousin of willy wonka. The cheshire cat and the caterpillar were by far the best characters but we didn't see enough of them. On the whole not a bad movie 7/10.
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