Tim Burton at his best; magical stuff; the cinema was packed with loads of kids who didn't make a squeak or a noise during the film; a great success both creatively and commercially I reckon, despite several negative reviews.

Banner headlines tomorrow will be about a Vile Pervert watching innocent children while lurking in the shadows of a cinema. Calls for CRB certificates to be shown at all cinemas. Tazer weilding guards on the doors. 15 year olds made to prove they haven't yet reached 16 and turned into pedos overnight.

Sorry JK .. imagination running rampant! I know such things couldn't happen here ...

I won't take the risk. I'll wait for the dvd.

Well jk, what makes this film so different to that other Tim Burton film adapted from a children's book "Charlie and the chocolate factory", which you hated!!! Apart from the fact that it is in 3D.

I'm a big Burton fan when he's good (since Edward Scissorhands) and hate him when he gets self indulgent. This is magic and really works in 3D (the rabbit hole is fabulous). I hated the books when I reread them last year - badly written rubbish - but Burton has taken the brilliant characters (Tenniel was better than Carrol) and put them in a good story - with nods to Narnia, Potter, Pullman, and many others.

I'm going to see it this week. 3D is an amazing experience and Avatar was (literally) out of this world.

My brother and oldest nephew went last night and loved it too.

I haven't seen Alice in Wonderland or Avatar. I think really good films shouldn't need gimics like 3d to make it work. The viewer should be drawn into the film's storyline and characters. The film shouldn't come out and grab the viewer. I wouldn't mind seeing Alice in Wonderland because it is a classic story with magical characters, however I can't really relate to a film about blue aliens. As Morrissey once said, it says nothing to me about my life.