Took Luke to see this straight from his swimming class (excellent front crawl today). Got there a bit early silly, resulting in having to stand outside with Muggles waiting for the cinema to open. Loads of kids too including some really noisy and brash American brats. 'Talk about living up to your stereotype' I thought stereotypically.
Film was no less than very pleasant. Lovely to look at, great designs and visuals which you'd expect from Tim Burton of course. Felt curiously un-Burton to me though - think I just prefer his more gothic tendencies which weren't really called for here. Wonderland looked fab though. Froggy footmen, Cheshire Cat (great voicework by Lord Fry) and the Matt Lucas X2 Tweedledum and Tweedledee were my enjoyables. Alan Rickman as the Yoda-like smoky caterpillar was cool too. We saw the 3D version of course but you could tell it was a conversion job rather than something made deliberately for 3D. Also wish the glasses they give you could be a bit less Dennis Taylor and wrap more snugly round your face - I find them a bit distracting when I'm trying to lose myself in the film.
So yeah the non-story just ambles along, Johnny Depp does his quirky thing and it all looks very pretty and then gets to a mini Lord Of The Rings style battle with two armies and an impressive dragony Jabberwocky. Christopher Lee does the voice of said snarly beast dude - another treat, I could happily listen to him saying anything. Those rich timbres and deep boom tones really do it for me. Not in that way dirty you. Oh the girly girl who plays Alice was blooming good too and all the better for being a complete unknown. Well done casting director person. Yes, I agree with me above - a very pleasant film. More for the senses than anything else. I will definitely watch this film again. Yes.
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