Editorial - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland: This Year's Star Trek?

Well it's been a while since I've done an editorial so I thought it was time to get back into it and discuss a topic I've been thinking about for some time.

And that is the upcoming Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, I've been predicting big things for this one mainly because it's the first major blockbuster of the year to be released and in 3D, which many predict will take the bulk of its screens from James Cameron's Avatar.

But after reading some articles on the film and learning about the film as a whole, I began to wonder if it could be this year's Star Trek, which I should explain, JJ Abrams's Star Trek film came with enormous uncertainty attached and despite not winning over yours truly, the film was very well received with many claiming it was a fun popcorn ride and a brilliant re-invention of a long dead franchise and in addition to good audience appeal, the film was one of the top 10 highest grossing in America last year.

But veering back on topic, this Alice has many things that could work in its favour, firstly Depp's enormous star power but it's also a family film somewhat and an adaptation of a beloved source, both of which are seen as a comfort zone somewhat for audiences around the world in recent years as the world's economy took a nosedive.

But hey I could be wrong and Alice could underperform, box office is a very uncertain thing as is movie making as a whole with situations like those depending on something akin to a roll of the dice and where those dice will roll well only time can tell.