Nonsense&nonsensibility

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2018)

I guess it was just a matter of time before Burton decided to do his own take on Lewis Carroll's classic tale of nonsense&nonsensibility. It's safe to say that production-wise, the whole thing was in the best of hands, since Burton is known for employing characters like those in Carroll's book all the time. The costume department did a magnifficent job- the Hatter and the Red Queen look exactly as one would imagine them to be, with Helena Bonham Carter as the one who takes the cake for the best job in the cast, with her frantic, hysterical antics and hilarious lines. Johnny Depp is becoming increasingly annoying with his constant insistence on quirky characters, personality-and-costumewise. Mia Wasikowska was a good choice for the leading role, with her long blond hair and delicate features. That being said, the one thing that turns all of this into a mess is the fact that Burton tried to "adapt" the original story to the Hollywood standards and introduce a plot into a book that's famous for a lack of one in the traditional sense. If you go, go for the beautiful details, otherwise a bit of a disappointment.