Saw Alice in Wonderland.
It was...
Well, it was a good movie. And it had Alice in Wonderland characters.
But I wouldn't call it an Alice in Wonderland movie.
See, for me, Alice in Wonderland isn't the Mad Hatter or the caterpillar or even the chesire cat. It's about logic problems and words and social commentary and such. I love the books and the cartoon movie not for the characters, but for the ideas behind everything. The books were great in this regard and the cartoon was fun and had some of the same themes.
This movie? It was good. Don't get me wrong. But there were no clever rhymes and silly things. (Hardly anything was silly at all, for that matter.)They didn't ridicule Alice for following social norms of a world far different from the one she is in. They didn't sing silly songs with strange characters and prattle about a moral different than the one given. The didn't disseminate language usage.
Mad Hatter stole the show. No surprise there. The story was almost as much about him as it was about Alice. Depp didn't do a bad job. He was a very creepy but lovable character. He was truly crazy though. Not like the Kooky Mad Hatters of old. He had a lot of... fledgling personalities inside of him. One quoted the books (I think. It was rather hard to hear.) Another was an angry scottish hero-type. He did make hats though, which was nice to see the Hatter do, even though it gave a very Edward Scissorhands vibe.
The completely fucked up my favorite character though. The Dormouse! It wasn't sleepy! Or a guy for that matter. It was a cute little chickmouse that wanted to be a brave knight. It was a nice character but... I like my sleepy dormouse.
tl;dr: Alice in Wonderland: None of that cute and silly vibe with a bit more creepy. Come for the Depp, stay for the... Depp?
EDIT: After a quick reread of what I wrote, I think it could come across as me not liking the movie. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. I liked it. It wasn't what I expected. It didn't have a lot of parts I liked. But they talked about the books. And they did a good job on a lot of things.
I just wanted the Dormouse to have narcolepsy or something.