These charts shift faster than a list of car insurance companies offering a new deal. Alice in Wonderland that topped the charts, showing continued strength on its third weekend, particularly overseas. Director Tim Burton’s 3-D blockbuster hit dropped 45 percent domestically to $34.5 million and 41 percent internationally to $47 million, bringing its worldwide ticket sales total to a massive $565.8 million.

The strong overall weekend boosted total box office receipts this year 10 percent higher than at the same point last year, according to Hollywood.com.

One of the most creepy, and wonderful stories ever written is obviously getting about its 1 millionth adaption this year. Ig you ever wondered what Tim Burton could do with this story you don’t have much longer to wait. Burton is certainly one director that I would peg as perfect for an Alice and Wonderland story. Add to that he has Johnny Depp in the movie and you have to assume this is a classic in the making.

Also, let me say I haven’t watched this movie yet, and that I have no ulterior motive. It could suck ass for all I know, but I do want to see it because I like the story, and want to see what Burton does with it. He makes some dark movies, and it will be interesting to see his interpretation of this story to me. I wasn’t actually planning to go on a rant until I read a review that kind of forced me to.

One review I read just flat out annoyed me to no end. Well…to the point I stopped reading it. Take a look at this excerpt from a review by Kenneth Turan for the La Times:

Through no fault of its own, “Alice” also has the misfortune of being the first major 3-D release to come out after the “Avatar” revolution, and when you add in that Burton chose to shoot in 2-D and have the footage converted, it inevitably plays like one of the last gasps of the old-fashioned ways of doing things.

I literally just stopped reading it after I saw that and skimmed through the rest without even thinking about it. Stuff like this makes me wish this guy did rv repair instead of reviewing movies.

Why does this annoy me? Well…simply put Avatar as a movie sucked. It was ALL about the CGI and the new tech. Any awards it won for best picture were completely wrong. It just re-enforces the idea that CGI and special effects are more important than anything to some people. Special effects aren’t a movie. They have never been something I walked out of a theater and was like: “Hey that movie was amzing because of the special effects…ME LIKE THING GO BOOM….HURR DURR DURR”.

Anyways, I will go see this, and if the movie sucks I will say it sucks because it was a horrible movie, not because the special effects weren’t as good as friggin’ Avatar.

The actor has been named the “Top Moneymaking Star of 2007” in Quigley Publishing Co.’s 76th Annual Poll.

Johnny Depp, appearing in movies such as the 3rd installment of Pirates of the Caribbean and Sweeny Todd now has been the top moneymaker in 2 consecutive years.

Can’t say i am disappointed. Depp is one of my favorite actors of this generation by far. Not just because he is in quite a few movies that I love, but he actually has great acting ability. HE can play as anyone, and can do it as good as anyone. He could probably play as a bag of golf balls and pull it off better than a real bag of golf balls themselves…lol