Alice in Burtonland

Rating: 5/10 (26 December 2012)

Another Burton re-imagining and another disappointment. What is this about Tim Burton's movies? Always a lot of hype but the execution is often just boring. It looks like he should stick to making trailers, the images are interesting for about 5 minutes but when it comes to telling a story Mr Burton goes AWOL.
Johnny Depp also seems to have lost it. All his latest roles seem to be some twee parody of an incomprehensible Wizard of Oz character. Is it in his contract to mumble his words?
A lot has been written about how the plot has ended up being another quest with a final battle between good and evil. There are some redeeming features on the way but not enough to end up with a deflated feeling at the end.
To see a real interesting Alice interpretation go and watch the Dennis Potter scripted 1985s movie called Dreamchild with great visuals by Jim Henson's team.