The Hatter and the Hare

In Tim Burton's "Alice In Wonderland," the Mad Hatter and the March Hare were depicted somewhat differently than they were in Lewis Carroll's version. Of course they were still just as crazy and contradicting as they were in the book, but there were a few things that did not match up or were not completely expressed in the book. The main thing I noticed was that the Hatter seemed much more dark in the movie, almost depressed and even scary. In the book it seemed he was a very happy enthusiastic character. The March Hare also differed between the versions a bit. In the book he was definately insane as his sentence were very contradictory, but in the movie it almost seemed like he was tripping on acid or something of that sort. He really did not say much and when he did they were very random and abstract things like "cup!" As for the Cat, I thought he was portrayed fairly similar in both versions. The only thing I noticed was that in Burton's version he kind of floated around like a ghost and I really did not get that from the book. He just kind of disappeared. But yeah, the tea party and its participants definately were not as light-hearted and chaotic as they were portrayed as in the book.