saw alice in wonderland yesterday with my cousin... i have to say i had some trepidation in seeing this movie because i've heard so many bad things about it. critics were bashing it on twitter and i didn't want to be a part of that so i stopped. johnny depp, that's how much i love and adore you.
going back... i didn't get to start the movie because we came in late... my cousin NEEDED to smoke... whatever. so the part i actually got to watch was when the dad was talking to little alice in her room and when she and mother were going to the "party".
from there, i loved every single second of it all = from the time the white rabbit started pointing to his watch to the ending = this movie stayed true to the alice in wonderland i grew up knowing.
mia wasikowska stole the show. she plays the title character and i was just so taken by her, it was quite unexpected. i loved anne hathaway as the white queen, as always ~ she was perfection. her comedic timing is impeccable =) her gagging faces are genius! LOL helena bonham-carter was her usual amazing self as the red queen. the voice i recognized first was alan rickman's - it's unmistakable. he played absolom, the blue caterpillar. couldn't figure out who played the cheshire, though. but according to imdb.com, it was stephen fry = he was in v for vendetta and harry potter. apparently, they hired a lot of actors who appeared in the harry potter movies.
then there was johnny. mr. depp was superb as the mad hatter ~ his accent was perfect, the acting too. the green contacts bothered me though ~ i wonder how he got to act in those? it must've been horrible! they were bigger than his irises! i guess that goes to show how professional and wonderful he really is. i found myself fidgeting in my seat when 10-15 minutes into the movie, i still hadn't seen the hatter... then cheshire says he's going to lead alice to the hatter - and i was in heaven!
watching mr. depp, i couldn't help but think how he felt and what he thought while doing a lot of the acting on his own. the rabbit and the mouse were obviously CGI - even alice in some instances, when she's really tiny and really big.
because i'm currently strapped for cash, i was only able to watch this in the regular cinema ~ been wondering what it'd be like in 3D.
at the end of the day, i'd still recommend this to everybody ~ perfect for children =) and maybe, it'll get them to start (if they hadn't already) to read =) after all, this WAS conceptualized first in a book and re-imagined in film. one of tim burton's finest =)
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