Awesome visuals couldn't save the dull story

Rating: 5/10 (11 May 2010)

I walked into the theater with the expectations of the movie having great Elfman music and outstanding visuals. I was counting much on the story. After Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, I knew I was in for a screwed up script, but wow.... it was worse than I thought! The visuals were good but that's all that stood out in the movie, the screen play felt like it was written over night, and was cold. If you thought Charlie And The Chocolate Factory was heartless, this movie was even worse and disappointed me even on my low expectations.
-I was disappointed in the score too, I listened to the soundtrack and none of it's awesome music was in the movie except for back ground music for scenes. I expected to see an opening credits with Elfman theme and another magical piece of music at the end, but not only were there no opening credits, the end credit song wasn't even Elfman, it was some other song which I was disappointed. I didn't know I had to wait for that song to be over to hear Alice's Theme so I missed it.
-The beginning with Alice and the proposal is okay, I felt like they were trying to create a wonderland and real life connection but in the end of the film Alice learns that she's different from society and shouldn't be bossed around and forced to marry. That's all okay.
-When Alice first comes to wonderland we hear of the Red Queen taking over wonderland and that Alice needs to defeat the Jabberwocky. So at that point I already knew that in the end Alice would defeat the jabberwocky, and they didn't even make an effort to at least play with the audience a little on that point.
-When ever there wasn't an action scene it was Alice convincing herself that she's is not the right Alice and that it is all a dream.... that's week, do they really think we're going to be surprised that it's not a dream?
-Alice was a boring character, and Mia's performance is almost razzie worthy. Throughout the entire movie she only has about too expressions and always speaks in the same monotone. The mad hatter was okay, the mouse was okay, the only characters that were really had interesting and likable personality was the Red Queen. In fact, the Red queen was so too likable, enough that I really felt sorry for her with the battle and how Stayne tried to kill her, I don't get how she's evil. I thought I was suppose to hate the villain for it being evil and look forward to it's defeat, but no not with her. On top of that, I could not stand Anne's over acting for the Whit Queen, I wanted her to die in the battle.
-The whole plot of the story is just dull and boring, the entire premise is:
Alice grows up and returns to wonderland and needs to defeat the jabberwocky because a magic piece of toilet paper says she does, she goes through Wonderland in a bunch of action scenes thinking it's all a dream. Through the actions scenes, we learn important plot points about the past, such as how the Red Queen had taken over wonderland and some back ground on the Red Queen, but it doesn't save the film or add up in a strong way. mostly because it's rushed.
-There is nothing in the movie that is gripping at the least, or anything that makes me want to seat to wait for the end, I knew Alice would realize it's a dream, I knew she will defeat the jabberwocky, I knew the red queen will be defeated and I knew that red queen has taken over wonderland. There's nothing that gets my interest, by halfway through the movie I was finding myself yawning waiting for it to be over. I didn't care for the plot, why would anyone? The awesome special effects couldn't save the film, after a while I started to wish I saw it in 3D.
There, I have proved you wrong, the movie gets negative reviews and hate because it's not a very good film. True a lot of people like to be trolls and slam Tim for the fun of it, but I'm not like that. I judge a film by it's quality, not by it's box office, director or cast. Now having that review posted, it's your turn. Give me a specific review on how this film is good, if you can't than you are the one with vague reviews on the mater.