Alice in Wonderland (2010)

I went into this with very low expectations. For me, Tim Burton is hit or miss. I loved Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd, but hated Nightmare Before Christmas. So I don't get all excited when I see another Tim Burton movie on the horizon. I can even usually wait until video to watch them. I don't think I've ever seen the Disney cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland, so my only memory of the story is from reading it way back when I was a kid. So I don't have a lot of feelings about what should or shouldn't be included or what it was going to really be about. So the only thing I knew going in was that I don't always love Tim Burton....I think thats the key was the low expectations. I flipping loved it. I realize I am in the minority. I don't know many people that loved this movie. Opinions, if I remember people talking about it ranged from "just okay" to "awful". I don't get it. I thought it was wonderful. I thought it was fantastical, and visually stunning. I thought the characters were brought to life in such creative ways. I loved pretty much everything about it. Johnny Depp, oh my goodness, I love him more and more all the time. I loved his Mad Hatter. I thought Mia Wasikowska was a beautiful Alice. I had only seen her once before in The Kids are Alright, and I thought she was subtle but amazing. I thought this was well worth my time watching, in fact it made me sorry I didn't try harder to see it at the movies, maybe even in 3D. I would watch it again for sure, and I think I might re-read the book while the movie is still fresh in my mind

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/