Go see Alice in Wonderland. The only review that does it justice is here. I didn't like Avatar too much, it's a flat, predictable movie, a lot of sound and fury. And slowly the consensus comes around to my view. Alice in Wonderland is like Avatar in many respects: Good will triumph over Evil, the girl will man up in the end and the Big Bad will get just deserts. But it makes absolutely no bones about being a fairytale, while Avatar tried to be a gnarly war-is-hell-we-should-treat-our-Mother-right movie and left me playing trope-bingo for two hours. Alice herself is a much more lovable protagonist than the soldier-turned-blue: A bit of politeness can go a long way. Wonderland is at least as awesome to behold as Pandora, and while Cameron's creature design had to keep some standards of biological feasibility, Burton could just run wild. And thus you get a Cheshire cat that is...well, you best see for yourself. The 3D is a bit obtrusive in some places, but people really seem to learn how to employ the medium.
And the Jabberwocky is the best dragon in ages.
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