I chose Alice In Wonderland (2010) as one of my focus films because it is the first live action film directed by Tim Burton which has a female characters name as part of the title. If you look at the main women (including dormouse) they are all very strong and are determined to get what they want. However the main female character isn't as strong as the others are and until she is the other characters call her the wrong Alice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ppsDNkBLGY
In the scene where Alice falls down the rabbit hole she has just ran away from a marriage proposal, the fact that she couldn't say no to it and had to run away shows she wasn't a strong character at this point. Burton also makes her look weaker by having Mia Wasikowska breathing heavily and showing other signs of having a panic attack. Luckily she over comes being frightened, weak and not believing in the surreal just before she 'hurtles towards her appointment on the good-verses-evil battlefield'1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsFYo3auua4
In the fight scene she is going against the Red Queen played by Helena Bonham-Carter who has an 'obsession with beheading people'2. Although she appears a strong character she is one of Burtons only characters with a real insecurity, her big head, which Bonham-Carter and Burton have made have a shrill and squeaky voice which contrasts with her status. Unlike The White Queen (Anne Hathaway) who speaks softly which complements her character as she could have power but doesn't.
First Weekend UK £10,555,220
Budget $200,000,000
1. Sight and Sound May 2010 - Lisa Mullen
2. Sight and Sound May 2010 - Lisa Mullen
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