Alice in Wonderland

We saw Alice in Wonderland yesterday, and I wasn't very impressed. Hathaway's White Queen was pretty, boring and what was with the hands? She spends all her on-screen time hoisting her hands to shoulder level and practising 'elegant wrists'. Bonham Carter did a good job as spoiled rotten queen, and Depp was far too much Willy Wonka. Has he used up his repertoire of quirky, I wonder? It was beautiful enough, but the 3D seemed superfluous – like someone in post-production having a bright idea, along the lines of 'Hey, 3D would be cool, let's go all Avatar on Alice's ass'.

Alice in Wonderland

We saw Alice in Wonderland yesterday, and I wasn't very impressed. Hathaway's White Queen was pretty, boring and what was with the hands? She spends all her on-screen time hoisting her hands to shoulder level and practising 'elegant wrists'. Bonham Carter did a good job as spoiled rotten queen, and Depp was far too much Willy Wonka. Has he used up his repertoire of quirky, I wonder? It was beautiful enough, but the 3D seemed superfluous – like someone in post-production having a bright idea, along the lines of 'Hey, 3D would be cool, let's go all Avatar on Alice's ass'.