Good, not quite great

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2010)

I had been waiting for at least a year to see this movie, and finally did last night at the midnight showing. It had a good start, and I thought all the characters were done very well. The character of Alice was very reminiscent of Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra in The Golden Compass. Johnny Depp of course had a great performance, making the Hatter quite mad, and very lovable. Although there was a moment or two when all I saw was Willy Wonka on (more) crack. Helena Bonham Carter was a great Red Queen and Crispin Glover was wonderful as the Knave. I never cared much for the Caterpillar but Alan Rickman made it perfect. Overall the movie was very good. It didn't drag, there weren't any awful lines, it just didn't have everything I expected. I probably would have enjoyed it a little more if we weren't completely surrounded by 16 year old girls in tutus and top hats.