Way better than I had expected.

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 2010)

I'm an avid fan of the Alice in Wonderland animation by Disney as well as the book by Lewis Carroll. Watching the trailers made me realize it wasn't a remake but a 'return' which had me giddy with joy for a new story.
Even though the Cheshire Cat didn't amuse me as much as in the animation and book, and the dormouse wasn't tired and used a sword like every other mouse in every other movie, this movie was awesome.
Being a Tim Burton film I was shocked how well he kept this movie in the range of children. I sat in the theatre with people of all ages who appeared to enjoy the film. The most mature part of the film would be either the heads in the moat of blood, the eye part with Dormouse, and the fake breasts scene. Very tastefully done Tim! I applaud you for not taking this movie too far away from it's start.
The trailers led me to believe the movie may be too built around the Mad Hatter, advertising Johnny Depp and basically no one else, I was pleasantly surprised when it followed Alice the whole time essentially. I think the actress who portrayed Alice, Mia Wasikowska, was the best cast decision in the whole film. The best Alice I've ever seen cast and one I wish to see again in perhaps a reprisal in another Wonderland tale. I absolutely fell in love with her. I loved how Alice took care of the Jabberwocky, and her line "Off with your head!" Epic.
The soundtrack throughout the movie and credits were wonderful, I liked them all.
10/10 Stars from a very satisfied Wonderland fan.
Mia Wasikowska is my new favorite actress because of her performance as Alice.
Edited to add this: Alice is 19 now. My question is why is everyone complaining about her not being the same naive girl she was before? Hard to believe everyone complaining remained as ignorant when they were 19 as when they were 7. I choose not to wear the codfish on my head.