I went, I saw, I'm biased

I saw Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

*sigh*

It's more Through the Looking Glass than Alice in Wonderland. Yes, I do understand that nobody would have watched it under that title, but what about "Alice in Wonderland - Through the Looking Glass"?

Well. It was enjoyable. I'm not saying I'm giving it 10+... I'm gonna give it a 6,5-7... because of Johnny Depp. It is pretty... just vapid. But still an enjoyable watch for most. The visual effects rock.

So... the Hatter wasn't exactly unattractive. It was my first concern before watching it. But I'll talk about it later.

The visuals... rocked. (I watched it in 2D, since 3D looks blurry and makes me nauseous.) The characters looked awesome. But the Wonderland part...

I hated the barren look. It lacked every colour. I guess that was the intent, but I felt it was ugly and depressing. I wanted something pretty. The gnarly trees looked awesome though and well... it was ok, I guess. But the card soldiers... eugh. Fucking ugly. I expected something much prettier.

The queens both... pissed me off. The Red Queen... just the usual, I guess. Actually, she was much much more likable than the White Queen. I wished I could grab her head and smash it against a wall repeatedly until she stopped moving like that. Seriously, with those thick black eyebrows, thick black lipstick and her movements she looked like a transvestite. And where the hell were the White King and Knight? Not that I wanted to see any more trannies of course.

I guess I should read the book first before asking other, touchy questions like where were the other two queens?

So what did I miss? Emotions. Our Alice was all lukewarm. The only moment I liked her was when she decided to save the Hatter after all. Otherwise... she was sort of... empty. I mean she never showed emotions like crying or bitching... like people did in situations like hers. Also, there was no indication why she did what she did. Maybe I'm too used to books, but seriously, I've seen much better acting and much better plots than this.

The only saving grace was Johnny Depp. He completely stole the show. It should have been Mad Hatter in Wonderland. And I'm not even sure I liked him as Hatter. I like Depp, I like the characters he plays, and I like the Mad Hatter, but somehow these two together... I'm just not completely comfortable with the idea of a red headed Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.

Yes, I know that Hatters went bonkers because of Mercury poisoning and that their hair turned red, so the Mad Hatter ought to be a redhead, but... I liked white haired, snarky Reginald, the Disney World type Mad Hatter.

Oh well. This gothic, weird Mad Hatter was ok too. Just a bit weird, unexpected and different.

I just wish the ending would have been a bit... different.