Yet another grotesque mockery of an excellent book

Rating: 3/10 (14 March 2010)

I had wasted a horde of money seeing Tim Burton's Alice. What a huge disappointment! Worst thing to befall an artist, nay a human being, is when he begins to worship himself. Half reading books he doesn't understand, he tells himself that he does and stuffs his creation with liberal untruths, unmorals and unvirtuous preachings because the original author's genius escapes him completely.
I am not even talking about the fact that the transvestite looking Hathaway was completely eclipsed by the true beauty of Bonham Carter even despite the grotesque head. Of course that wasn't what the movie was trying to condition into its audience. 3-Dimensional experience of entirely 2-Dimensional characters was a key factor to making this film utter boredom and even Helena's efforts (the only person who tried) could not salvage this shipwreck. (Depp was cast in a role which entirely constricted his ability to do anything with the character and is probably devastated by his own performance.)