All in all 6 out of 10

Rating: 6/10 (29 March 2010)

I love Tim Burton movies, that has to be said at the beginning, I am not hater of his, but an admirer, even more so (if that is possible) since I have been to that exhibition of him in the Moma/ New York. Anyway I am somewhat familiar with the original Alice, but I knew the movie would be different and I accepted it as totally OK. The cast sounded fabulous, Helena Bonham- Carter (Red Queen) and Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter) were in it, which was to be expected, also Anne Hathaway (White Queen) and Mia Wasikowska as Alice. I watched it in 3D and here is what happened: The movie starts. I am excited. The movies goes on. I am still excited. (this could be repeated a hundred times). The movie ends. I am sitting in my chair, turning to my mother with a somewhat puzzled expression on my face, which can be seen on hers too. And we thought "And that was it now?" We were left somehow unsatisfied. I cannot put my foot down and describe it exactly, but there was something missing. The grip, the fascination, the thrill. All these words do not really express what was missing, but maybe you felt it too, or you will feel it too. It wasn't because of the performances. Helena was as evil as red queen, but she was also amusing and somewhat funny. Anne was amusing, I liked her as the White Queen. Especially I liked Matt Lucas as Tweedledee/Tweedledum and Mia Wasikowska was great as Alice. Also Stephen Frys voice was so great for the Cat and I loved the appearance of it so much. Still... I went out of the cinema thinking, that I was disappointed. The movie did not manage to fulfill my expectations as a whole.