Midnight's bright lights, marching into the fight. Drink me, shrink me, fill me to sink me.

Oh holy crap, I think you can guess what epic movie I saw last weekend!!!
Yep. The one. The only. The Epic Sauce of all pictionary creations.
Alice. In. Wonderland.
Yep, this movie blew my mind, recircuited it, and blew it all over again in the space of... 108 minutes. I loved every second of it. I mean, come on - Alan Rickman+Johnny Depp+Matt Lucas+Stephen Fry+Helena Bonham Carter = MIND-BOGGLING EXPLOSION OF AWESOME.

Yes, this movie has been given crap reviews. I was horrified to see a 3/10 in some newspaper. But don't be put off by the reviews, because despite opinions like "incredibly dull, flat, and utterly full of itself" (IMBD.com "alice in blunderland" review), "The plot is fairly simplistic", "a piece of fluff" and other cruel comments, I absolutely loved every second in front of that cinema screen.
I would not have said that it was perfectly fine-tuned and cleverly composed down to the most minute of details, yes the plot was a little scatterbrained, but that was the beauty of it. You'd have needed a simplistic plot for such a crazy piece of filmography anyway. And the slightly scatterbrained-ness of it was, in my eyes, awesome.
Incredible scenery and visuals, a star-studded cast who have all taken their parts with great zest and enthusiasm, and come on - TIM BURTON!

So don't be put off by crap reviews. Remember, these guys are professionals who scrutinise every detail of a film, and cut down anything that is unconventional. And Alice is pretty damn unconventional. Us viewers are not professional film reviewers, and we aren't that picky, right?
I recognise Alice as being an amazing movie, and I'm behind it all the way. If you haven't seen it, WATCH IT GODDAMMIT, and if you can, GET YOUR ASS TO A CINEMA!! This movie, like most movies, has its best impact up on the big screen.

BTW - title's from the song lyrics of "Her Name Is Alice" by Shinedown, off the Almost Alice album. As in, a collection of songs by awesome artists who were inspired by the movie. It's pretty damn good, and Her Name Is Alice is my fave off the album.

~lylt,
The Aliway.