Emo Alice meets Tim Burton

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2010)

I was looking forward to this movie immensely when I heard that it was coming to theaters. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to the theater in time, so I rented in on Blu-Ray.
I am a huge fan of Disney movies. Yes, they might be corny at some times, but the magic and charm of the movies make them classics. However, Disney made a complete MISTAKE teaming up with Tim Burton. In the first place, I don't understand why anyone finds his movies interesting. They are dark, dull, and I turn them off every time.
The movie itself was one of the worst movies I have seen in years. First, the plot was confusing, boring, and had no sense in it whatsoever. Alice, a sullen teenager, stupidly trips down a very LARGE, unmissable hole, in which she falls to Underland? (????) meets up with characters from the past who seem sullen, crazed and lifeless. Thru the movie, there is a whole subplot based on Alice claiming that she's not "Alice." While this subplot leads on a confusing, jumbled pathway, she stumbles around lifelessly, completely unaware of what is going on. There was no color, the C-A was plain awful, and Johnny Depp made the movie ten times worse with his overacting. Additionally, Alice and the Hatter seemingly had some attraction deal going on, which made the movie just plain weird. It felt awkward and forced.
I finished the movie completely frustrated with the film. Probably the most exciting part of the movie was the last minute, in which there is a brief glimpse of blue color from the butterfly fluttering by Alice whilst on the ship. Honestly, I was never more excited in my life than to see a brief glimpse of color in this extremely dark, cold movie.
Don't waste your money, time or energy on this sad attempt of a twist on a classic book.
Note- If you have to see the movie, Don't take your children. Some of the characters were extremely frightening and would scare the life out of small kids.