2. Alice In Wonderland (2010)
As a big budget production for Disney, expectations were high for Burtons quasi-sequel to Lewis Caroll's classic fable Alice In Wonderland. Once again Johnny Depp stars in a quirky role as the Mad Hatter supported by a cast including Helena Bonham Carter and Stephen Fry, along with some truly eye-popping computer animated visuals. Sadly, its another messy collaboration which takes huge liberties with the source material and struggles to offer a truly engaging narrative within the overwhelmingly surreal visuals. Depp is in full-on quirky mode, giving his most distractingly weird performance since his take on Willy Wonka, while theres something rather unsettling about the computer enhanced mocap performances. Helana Bonham Carters big headed Red Queen is like looking at Miranda Richardsons Queeny from Blackadder through a distorted magnifying glass. If youre after a more engaging and arguably even more surreal interpretation of Alice in Wonderland, youre far better off seeking out Jan Švankmajers weird and wonderful mix of stop-motion animation and live action in Alice.