utter drivel!

Rating: 2/10 (2 June 2010)

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have always been a golden combination, as far back as "edward scissor hands". Tim Burton as good as a director as he is (or now, perhaps was) has always taken on directing movies that were themed to match his style as a director. obvious examples of this include "Batman" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". When I heard that Tim Burton decided to take on Alice In Wonderland, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, I was extremely excited to see his take on it. I was an avid fan of the original Walt Disney film and the novel it was based on by Lewis Carrol. Both contain a psychedelic sense of whimsical humour that contains interesting flaws in formal logic. How did Tim Burton screw this up??? The movie has no whimsical charm for everyone to enjoy, no flaws in formal logic for philosophy buffs like myself, and can't even pull off being a good head-movie for people who have smoked a couple before entering the theatre. What we have here is dry uninspired Harry Potter type film with character's that barely represent Lewis Carrol's novel. It's a sequel with one or two allusions to the original source material, and a dry lifeless story, that drags on and on as you stare at the screen looking for an Alice in Wonderland film. An utter disappointment and absolute garbage!!! How did this happen and Why?!?