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"Off with their heads!"
A visionary treat. A fantastic fantasy. Love love love this.
For those who think that Burton is losing his touch, try seeing this film before badmouthing it and revel in the glory that is Burton, Depp, and Bonham Carter. The entire film caters to the deepest, darkest corners of your imagination and makes the childhood story of Lewis Carroll come alive. Actually, the movie starts off in an un-Tim Burton fashion, with Charles Kingsley comforting his seven year old daughter, Alice, who has woken up from another nightmare. Fast forward to thirteen years later, Alice is all grown up and is on her way to a party held by her father's closest friend and whose wife has been planning a wedding between Alice and Hammish. Burton doesn't keep audiences waiting; he quickly introduces the White Rabbit (with a fun performance by Sheen), who lures Alice back to the world she thought she only visited in her dreams. It so happens that Wonderland has been taken over by the Red Queen (played with hilarious perfection by Bonham Carter), as she has usurped the throne from her younger sister, the White Queen (portrayed by Hathaway, whom I have to commend for giving a weirdly ethereal performance) and has been ruling Wonderland with an iron fist - or, more appropriately, with a sharp, silver axe. Alice is now the only person whom the residents of Wonderland believe can stop the Red Queen's cruel rule by slaying the Jabbawocky (or, as the Red Queen lovingly calls it, the Jabba-baby-wocky) and bringing the White Queen back into power.
Do not expect this to stick to the Disney version, as Tim Burton, being the genius that he is, made the story as a sequel void of any emotion save for the apprehension of the Wonderland denizens over ending the Red Queen's rule and Alice feeling unsure of her ability to defeat the Jabbawocky. If you are looking for something unusual but amusing, this film is definitely for you.
10/10
