Burton's Alice in Wonderland Lacks Excitement For Viewers of All Ages.

Rating: 2/10 (13 April 2010)

The recent film production, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, takes a spin on the classic Disney Film. It features many of the audience's favorite classic characters, including Alice, The Rabbit, and The Mad Hatter. The production, is not so much a remake to the 1951 film, But a sequel with an entirely new plot scheme. The Film begins as Alice, a young woman who many will remember from the original film, at a family party, which she later discovers is for her own wedding engagement to a family friend. Later, she sees The Rabbit, running through her family bushes. (However later, we find that Alice has no recollection of her previous experience in wonderland.) She then, as expected, follows him down into his rabbit hole. Here, Alice finds herself in a small room, and drinks of series of potion, to become the exact side needed to fit through the one working door in the room. She then discovers herself to be in a large land, the audience members know as Wonderland. The new film also makes several references to the previous film, and the poem The Jabberwacky. After seeing this movie twice, the film seemed to never lose its luster, because it never had any. The film, including very untalented actors and actresses. (Besides Johnny Depps performance as the Mad Hatter, which I believe he portrayed quite well, with an upbeat emotion about him, even in the most upsetting of times.) However, at times, the movie's happy, and uplifting tempo, many audience members believed it would have, was ruined by Burton, who replaced it with a more sinister, adult approach. The film, in all honesty, was boring, the plot line, very lacking, and predictable after the first few scenes. It also left many questions unanswered, leaving me and many other audience members with many questions, about the ending. Also, towards the ending there were scenes of gore and violence, which many parents may find inappropriate for their children. However, many adults will find the film boring. In conclusion, Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton, is a grave disappointment. It is to gruesome for young children, boring for adults, and even many teenagers see the film as unsatisfying. In my opinion, even for parents taking their children to the film, Alice in wonderland is a waste of time, and money.