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A 19 year old Alice finds herself back in the land she thought she dreamed up as a a child. Only this time around Alice learns her true destiny, she must be the one to save Wonderland from the clutches of the read queen. Alice has help from her old friends including the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit. Alice is reluctant to take on such a heavy burden but with the help of her friends she decides it is what she is meant to do.
Tim Burton is a visionary master, he is known for creating worlds that are vastly different from the one we live in. Burton has a knack for brining pictures to life that most directors would otherwise never dream of making and he continues to pull it off. Alice in Wonderland was a Burton project through and through not just because of the offbeat settings but because of of the all too familiar faces we see in this film. Johnny Depp is Burtons go to guy and he has never failed before. Johnny once again proves how versatile he can be, and he gives another character he can be proud of. When people mention great actor-director teams they always seem to mention Burton and Depp and usually with high praise. They have made many solid films together and probably will continue to make solid films together until one of them decides to stop.
Alice had made for 3-d affects and yet the 2-d version is enough to wow any audience. You have a wide array of colors, creatures that will blow your mind and the element of fantasy which is enough to take any film fan away from their normal everyday lives. All though the effects were stunning it was not that really tipped the scale for me as far as liking this film goes. The main reason I liked this film is because it was good to see a fresh face in the lead role when Burton could have easily cast some who is already known. Mia Wasikowska was brilliant in an innocent way, Alice was such a quirky lovable girl and Mia was really able to make the audience feel that about her character. Like Alice we all have those childhood fantasies that we wish would be true, so when we are able to see these fantasies come true on the big screen we instantly fall in love with what we are shown.
Alice in Wonderland is a superb film from start to finish; you really can’t get enough of all these characters. Mia, Johnny, Helena and the rest of the cast make this a film that is not only focused on the effects but on making this whole other world come to life and breath on its own. Burton has created yet another gem of a film and words cannot express how much I really enjoyed this film.
8/10
