Movie Reviews

We'll start out with the movie I saw first: Alice in Wonderland. Really, it was an enjoyable movie--but it was mediocre. The cinematography was wonderful, but I felt that the warped part of wonderland was missing. Tim Burton's movie didn't feel like HIM, if you know what I mean. All the movies he has directed have been warped and interesting, and though this one was interesting, it lacked the warpedness of his movies. Maybe this is because Disney made him hold back.

The second reason this movie didn't meet my expectations is because Johnny Depp didn't live up to my expectations as the Mad Hatter. He often sounded more like Captain Jack Sparrow than the Mad Hatter. Sometimes he filled the role perfectly, but more often than not throughout the movie I was disappointed.

The second movie I saw was Remember Me. Go ahead and laugh, but it was really good, and in my opinion, worth the seven dollars I spent to watch it. The show is surprisingly tragic, but leaves you to think about what is really important in your life. The acting in it is phenomenal, which surprised me because the guy that plays Edward in Twilight is the main actor, and I never really thought he was a very good actor. The whole reason I went to see it is because the guy that plays Homer Hickham's dad in October Sky was the girl's dad in this show. The movie strongly supports the importance of a strong family unit and what happens if something goes wrong when you don't have one. In this case, the something is a death in each family eleven years prior to when the show takes place. The real story isn't the love between the girl and boy, but more putting families back together after eleven years of pain from the deaths.

So, my star rating for each....

Alice In Wonderland: 3 stars

Remember Me: 4 stars

Realize that this is Chelsea standards, not critics standards, so the star ratings are probably a lot higher than they would be if a critic were to rate each film.