Sunday, June 20, 2010 Alice in Wonderland - WATCH IT! Posted by Jessica at 7:23 PM

No spoilers....

This is a Tim Burton movie but even those who are not fans of his movies should check this one out! Now be warned this is not the cheerful Alice from your childhood think of this as a sequel of sorts kind of like Return to Oz was for Wizard of Oz. It is Alice's trip BACK to Wonderland after the red queen went and screwed it all up, hence the dark Tim Burton-esque quality of the movie. It's not just because of Tim Burton - it did make sense with the story.

Johnny Depp is fantastic as the mad hatter. I mean he's pretty good at mad. And for those that will find it weird his changing to a scottish accent (kind of sounds like Jack Sparrow a bit in parts) was NOT a mistake. He would talk normal in 'lucid' moments and sort of scottish when he was 'mad' - this was completely on purpose on his part :)

Anne Hathaway and her hand movements as the white queen and mannerisms in general were quite amusing. Helena Bonham Carter as the big headed red queen was pretty great. The CGI was pretty awesome and I have to admit I saw it in 3-D and it was amazing! Though I watched in on DVD too - still great!

The tea party scene with the mad hatter and the march hare was pretty great. So my point here is Tim Burton fan or not, Johnny Depp fan or not, Alice in Wonderland fan or not.... Check it out. You may not like it but I'd say it's worth shot :)

Oh and.... "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
We may never know....