At first, the words "Tim Burton" and "Alice in Wonderland" seem to go together with all the inspired joy of combinations like "all you can eat" and "sex buffet." It's a shame, then, that Burton's handling of one of literature's most famous stories ended up as a yawn-inducing snoozefest with none of the inspired wackiness inherent to Mr. Lewis Caroll's timeless novel - not to mention the relentless levels of CGI. Alice in Wonderland becomes boring after about 30 minutes. The reason? There's nothing to get your teeth into. Burton moves from one scene to the next with such a care-free attitude that sort of pays compliment to the unpredictable, scatty nature of the plot, but there's no real sense that any of the people involved in the picture ever actually met one another. After half an hour of random fun, it begins to grate. Off to bed, then.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
