Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland"

This movie was more like a crippled love story between Alice and the Mad Hatter.

And somehow I saw it coming.
Since Mr. Burton let his good buddy Johnny Depp play him, there was but a small chance Johnny would be left out on the background. I never saw the Mad Hatter as an important element in the original story, neither would I be able to give a good reason why, of all the characters, he should be.
Even so, the crazy man was played by Johnny Depp, so expect awkward brilliance.

Though I wouldn't have had any problems with it if this "Alice in Wonderland" tried to be more like its predecessor, instead of hooking up our Alice with the "suddenly handsome" Hatter. Try imagining that in the animated Disney movie.

The beginning of this movie was boring and bland. The acting skills were terrible. Just until we found ourselves in Wonderland things seemed to get a tad more loose; the 3D characters, including the Hatter and the red queen, showed more emotion than most of the "regular" human actors.
If their bad performance was part of the act, they're certainly good in sucking.

What I didn't mind that much was the new story. Even though the title says "Alice in Wonderland", it was obviously not the story we were all familiar with. And I like that.
But there were so many empty scenes in this movie and the contrast between good/bad acting and decent writing was incredibly high; so the story might not have delivered its message properly. Whatever it was.