Tim Burton Makes Another Lousy Movie. Not Good. Not Bad. Lousy

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2016)

Alice in Wonderland is directed by Tim Burton and stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsley, the ever so famous Disney not- princess. This story is the sequel to - that's right, not a remake - of the Disney classic Alice in Wonderland (1951). Alongside Wasikowska is Johnny Depp as the mad hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. This story follows Alice at about age 20, on her wedding day, in fact as she falls down the rabbit hole yet again, to find that Underland (that's right, she "misheard" the name the first time) is under rule of the Red Queen, or the Queen of Hearts. Under her rule, Underland is now in dismay, and mostly in chaos.
The best thing this film has going for it is the cinematography and directing. Tim Burton, of course, is a good director, and this film shows it. Honestly, this film is beautiful to look at. It's almost all CGI, and almost none of it looks fake. I could tell that a couple shots looked unbelievable, mostly with the White Rabbit, but other than that, it looks great. This is probably due to their big budget of $200 million. However, it doesn't seem that big compared to what they made: $1 billion.
Now, the negatives are more abundant. The first one is the acting. Even Johnny Depp doesn't do that great, and he's an A list actor. Mia Wasikowska does fine. That's all; not good, but not bad either. Just fine. Anne Hathaway does pretty good, although her character is utterly boring. Helena Bonham Carter is definitely the best performance throughout the whole film. We all know she's a good actress, but compared to Johnny Depp, she shouldn't outshine him, which makes for a problem.
The second con is the plot. The plot and dialogue, to be specific. This film's plot has a very convoluted plot, that, at times, doesn't make sense, and completely ditches the audience. My first time watching it, I thought that the Red Queen was a completely different person that the Queen of Hearts from the first movie. I didn't figure out they were the same person until more than half of the way through the film.
The last thing I'll discuss is the ending. This isn't really a spoiler, because I won't say what she does at the ending, just what it's based on. Alice has to become a "champion" for the White Queen (fully dressed as a knight), and fight the Jabberwocky, a name mentioned in the original Alice in Wonderland poem. The Jabberwocky is a giant, dragon-like creature that can spew fire from it's jaws. Yeah, the ending is very, very.dumb.
Overall, Alice in Wonderland isn't horrible, but it's far from good. I'm going to give Alice in Wonderland a C-, or a 6 out of 10.