I have to say, I went into this film with low expectations, and even then I was disappointed. They had such great source material, so I don't see why they felt the need to make up their own story and occasionally throw in a reference to the books.

I mean, this isn't hard. Alice has no plot to speak of. The "plot" was always just an excuse to move Alice around and explore Wonderland. Which was a really good thing in this case. Why on earth did Burton feel the need to add a story? And even if you NEED a story to, say, differentiate from the first Disney film, make it whimsical. Lighthearted. Everything that is clear proof that Burton should NOT have been allowed near this mythos.

Johnny Depp is just getting sad. I mean, really. He's so desperate for attention nowadays. "Johnny can't play the main character because it's a girl? Not a problem! Just make the whole story revolve around the Mad Hatter and give him the only backstory and personal motive! That way Johnny can chew the scenery to his heart's content!'

For that matter, Alice herself was TERRIBLE. "Wow. Look at all that fantasy. It almost makes me want to have an emotion. Too bad I'm a zombie." UGH.

Oh, and "Underland?" Give me a break, Burton.

I'm hoping that critics hate this film as much as I do, and Burton gets the hint and stops butchering classic films.

More likely though, he'll just keep on vomiting out the same movie every few years. Sleeping Beauty's next, eh? Sigh...