Movie Review : Alice In Wonderland

When this film launched, I was really excited to hear that. One, they got Johnny Depp as Tarrant Hightopp, the Mad Hatter--my favorite. Two, in the Almost Alice--various artists' music inspired by the film--I found 'The Poison' by All American Rejects. So glad to know. Let me start, then.

Alice In Wonderland

A 2010 American computer-animated/live action fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen, Matt Lucas and Stephen Fry. With a 108 mins duration, this movie was released at 5 March 2010 and 25 February 2010 in London.

Troubled by a strange recurring dream and mourning the loss of her beloved father, nineteen-year-old Alice Kingsleigh attends a garden party at Lord Ascot's estate, where she is confronted by an unwanted marriage proposal and the stifling expectations of the society in which she lives. Unsure of how to reply, and increasingly confused, she runs away to chase after a rabbit in a blue waistcoat, and accidentally falls into a large rabbit hole. She is transported to a world called Underland, where she is greeted by the White Rabbit, the Dormouse, the Dodo, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They argue over her identity as "the right Alice", who it is foretold will slay the Red Queen's Jabberwocky on the Frabjous Day and restore the White Queen to power. The Red Queen is unaware of Alice's true identity and therefore welcomes her as a guest. Alice learns that the Vorpal Sword (the only weapon capable of killing the Jabberwocky) is locked away in a case inside the Bandersnatch's den. The resistance flees to the White Queen's castle, and both armies prepare for battle. Alice remains unsure about the expectation for her to champion the White Queen, and meets with Absolem the Caterpillar. He reminds Alice of her past visit to Underland (which she mistakenly called "Wonderland" at the time) thirteen years earlier, and helps give her the courage to fight the Jabberwocky. When the Frabjous Day arrives, both the White and Red Queens gather their armies on a chessboard-like battlefield and send forth their chosen champions (armor-clad Alice and the Jabberwocky respectively) to decide the fate of Underland. Encouraging herself with the words of her late father, Alice manages to kill the Jabberwocky. At the end of the war, White Queen gives Alice a vial of Jabberwocky's blood that could take her back home. The Hatter suggests that she could stay in Underland, but she decides that she must go back and promises that she will return.

Here are the details of this movie:
Official Site: Walt Disney Pictures
Country: United States, United Kingdom
Release Date: 25 February 2010 (London), 5 March 2010
Music by: Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Editing by: Chris Lebenzon
Budget: $150 - $200 million
Box office: $1,024,299,904

Here also I give you the casts.