I can't tell you that his character, The Mad Hatter, is an original. Having a protagonist who's so down trodden in a beautiful world is counterintuitive. Outside the last ten minutes, she's the antithesis of Dorothy. Still I wonder what's going through her head when she decided to play Alice as oppressively jaded. The first person to blame would be Burton, since Wasikowska lacks leading experience. She sees giant creatures, she shrinks, flies on a hat, all without a yelp. For a girl who can't remember anything, Alice is never surprised. I recall a time where his vision wasn't hampered by the concepts of others, at time when his films were so wholly original that nothing else compared, and sadly he's been stuck in a limbo of "revisions" for a decade. It makes me wonder if director Tim Burton is better suited as a set designer since he is always given projects for his vision. Everything visual is well appointed with lavish detail. It's Disney, it's CGI loaded, it's in 3D. If you've seen anything at all on this movie, then the strengths are obvious. And so, Alice in roped back into the world of fantasy/absurdity. Nope, she merely felt the urge to chase a rabbit who himself was seeking to fulfill a prophecy. Surely there is a creative reason to pull her back into the zany world. Turns out this is the famous Alice who 13 years earlier ventured in to Wonderland. Alice Kingsley (Mia Wasikowska) is, unbeknownst to her, on her way to her engagement party.
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