Goob's Alice Review

First off I feel we must discuss Tim Burton. It's generally been accepted that either:

You LOVE him

or

You Hate him.

I usually love him. So I figured I'd appreciate this film too.

And BOY was I right!

(If you have generally hated him in the past, don't let that keep you from trying to understand him this time). :)

We all know we were anxious to see Johnny Depp play the Mad Hatter... it's very suiting.

I heard before hand that his acting was similar to that of other roles he's played, including Edward Scissorhands and Capt. Sparrow. I thought I would see more Willy Wonka than anyone. So you must take into consideration that I watched this movie with that judgement already in mind. However, it didn't affect to to much. I'm sure they knew that the Mad Hatter could come across as some other parts Depp has played and they were conscious to avoid too much similarity. I didn't just see one character of Depp's in the Hatter, but several small slices. And all of that made up the wonderful Hatter. He was scottish (which is where I think people confuse him with Sparrow), he was prophetic, he had a lisp, he got lost in thought (the wonka part), he was childish (the Edward part), he was funny, he was mumbling, he was dancing (which I loved!!!), he was all over the place, and yet you could see why Alice felt so much concern and friendship for him. He was lovable ( and quite mad, but the best people are :D).

Also, Alice... I was unsure what to feel about her at first. But... after the first few minutes of her on the screen, I was in Love! I knew we'd be best friends. She's quirky, random, full of impossible dreams and not usual. I like her.

Then of course, we have the wonderful role of the Queen of Hearts, played by Helena Bonham Carter.

She's fantastic! No sign of deatheater in her, although they share the love for killing people. She's was so humorous with her warm pigs and fat boys.

Anne Hathaway did great too. I don't know how really to express my approval of her as the White Queen, other than she played it perfectly.

The whole story was fantastic. Alice learned so much throughout her journey. She found herself and learned lessons that could have taken her so much longer in real life. If only we could all have dreams that taught us such lessons. However, I wish she would have convinced her brother in law to confess his infidelity to her sister.

I'd like to read the book to see how it compares. For now all I know is the story made complete sense, the characters were phenomenal (my favorite being the Hare... oh my goodness he's so Mad!), it was heart warming enough, hilarious, and thought provoking.

Plenty of thumbs up from me!