Another tale

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2012)

This Alice is a completely another story. This is what makes people think "something is wrong". Another world, loosely based upon Carroll's Wonderland and Beyond The Looking-glass. Different plot, different characters.
People expect the Carroll, but it isn't, save names and good old magic. This is why people get dissatisfied: they expect things that aren't here.
To me, the abundance of CGI and the like isn't bad; I am not surprised why Alice accepts everything as it is, given she doesn't remember anything. I just take the events as they are, and they reflect the underlying idea.
It isn't very new, of course. Nothing is. Moreover, I told to other people who liked the film very much, and their vision differs from mine: the idea they see is different.
Movies can't match books, nor they can be books' sequels. They are too different areas of art. So I do not see this movie through the looking-glass, nor I try to hear the echoes of distant original Wonderland. It just isn't there.
Look at what you see, listen to what you hear. That's all required to enjoy this movie.