A much more boring version of Alice in Wonderland than Lewis Carols'

Rating: 5/10 (28 April 2010)

I saw this in 3D recently at the cinema, the 3D was great, all the ingredients were there but the story was lacking. I am not a Lewis Carol purist by any means, but I know the story like just about everyone else. It seems the film makers took random ingredients from the original and mixed them up with other fairy tales in a style that reminds me of the wonderful 10th Kingdom that I saw some years ago. Unfortunately it just doesn't work, everything is out of context, and the story failed to grasp me. The March Hare for example was mad, fine but the character had no purpose, he simply threw things about and gibbered unintelligible phrases. I know when you go to a film and have high expectations it can be disappointing but I had none but was still disappointed. The first 10 minutes of the movie seemed to show promise but once Alice gets to Underland it's all down hill. Definitely not on my recommended list.