ALICE IN WONDERLAND... WHAT A WONDER INDEED

Alice Kingsley: This is impossible.

The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.

This is not your father's Alice in Wonderland.  Tim Burton haters do not need to read any further. I can't understand why critics slammed this film so hard knowing what a twist Burton provides to everything he does. I loved this film. It was like watching a totally new story, only slightly resembling the previous movies that have been made. Burton brought on his A game, creating a bizarro world full of good and evil, so visually amazing and enjoyable. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is a young woman now, not a girl, and she is rebelling against the norm of the day, getting married to a man she hardly knows and doesn't love. Of course she falls through the rabbit hole and is taken to a far different world, strange yet compelling. Like in a dream, elements of Alice's real life are brought in to Wonderland, only under much more bizarre participants. In this world, she is made to fight her demons. Literally. Of course the biggest stir was Johnny Depp playing the Mad Hatter. I hated the way he looked, but loved him in character, especially his lapse into a deep Scottish brogue.  Wasikowska was adorable and was able to show Alice's transformation. She did a great job with a most gratifying battle scene toward the end. The CGI effects in this are incredible. Almost everything was shot on a green screen and to think that actors have to pretend in the first place, nonetheless pretend with nothing around to put them in character, I'd say they did a spectacular job. This is not a movie for everyone. In a world where the Bounty Hunter is a number one rental, I question the majority's taste. I may be the only one, but I though this film was lovely and enchanting. Be sure to watch the bonus features to see how they created Wonderland and the odd looking assorted inhabitants. Thanks Tim!