Carroll's wonderland? Or Burton's?

Growing up with Lewis Carroll's wonderful stories, and being a big fan of the 1972 film with Peter Sellers, I didn't know what I'd make of Tim Burton's 're-imagining', although Burton himself doesn't like his film to be called such a word. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised, quite impressed even. I love that the film is so colourful and vibrant and much more of a fantasy land. I though it was very clever to include the Jabberwocky, which of course appeared on one of Carroll's more bizzare poems, unrelated to Alice. And Christopher Lee provides it's voice - cool. Mia Wasikowska is rather lovely too as Alice, with great support from Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway as the red and white queens. I can't make my mind up whether I enjoyed Johnny Depp's portayl of the mad hatter, and his rediculous dance with some sort of techno music, at the end of the film was put in there purely for the kids, like something I'd expect to see in the Shrek franchise. The same goes for Matt Lucas' Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Other than those few criticisms, I loved it. Carroll's wonderland? Or Burton's? Well, actually, cleverly, a bit of both.

4/5