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Summary: I FOUND IT!!
Review: My little sister and I have been searching for this since we saw it in 1985. She was 3 and I was 14 and we both fell in love immediately! Imaginative, musical, fun: this version of Lewis Carrols awesomely nonsensical books is just simply the best. This is such a fond memory for us that we are each ordering copies and I'm sure we will wear them out in no time, coming to DVD any time soon? Thanks, Amazon.
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Summary: Classic Textbook Version of Alice
Review: The Norton Critical Edition of Alice in Wonderland is the classic textbook of three of Lewis Carroll's most widely read works. The book contains authoritative texts of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and The Hunting of the Snark.Any one looking for a review of the two Alice books should see my review of The Annotated Alice, ed. Martin Gardner as I will limit my review to the additional material supplied by this edition. The Hunting of the Snark is presented in its entirety but without the classic Holliday illustrations. The poem is a masterwork of nonsense that would have been helped by adding the illustrations. After all, the edition leaves in the Tenniel illustrations to the Alice books. Snark is not the easiest poem to read and Donald Gray is somewhat sparse in his annotations. The remainder of the book is broken into two sections: Background and Literary Criticism. The Background section gives a fairly good portrait of C.L.Dodgson who became the nonsense writer Lewis Carroll. Included are selections from biographies, letters to friends and children and selections from the diaries. The annotations in this section are fairly extensive and helpful. The Essays in Criticism are the weakest section of the entire work. From my perspective they are dated and unnecessarily complex for the work at hand. Most of this section is made up of essays dealing with the Freudian analysis of the works. One may take this with a grain of salt. Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. The problem with this section is that the analysis seems to be somewhat dated. We have edited versions of the same tired Empson essay that was written in 1935. Perhaps the 3rd edition of this text will update the criticism and make this section more useful to the modern reader. This edition is worth having if you are a student of the Alice works or have a more than basic interest in Carroll/Dodgson and the development of Victorian Children's Literature. For a few dollars more I would highly recommend purchasing the Definitive Edition of the Annotated Alice instead. Recommended with reservations.
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Summary: Telly Suvalis as the walrus
Review: This was a pretty good adaptation,
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Summary: FROM A GARDEN
Review: I collect Alice memorabilia and have massive sites on <yahoo> and <photobox>.And maybe I'm the only one who saw the uncanny resemblance between Alice In Wonderland and my favourite singer Virginia Astley. Even her middle name is ALICE.
Her instrumental album "FROM GARDENS WHERE WE FEEL SECURE" is the perfect soundtrack to Alice and all the titles she used were appropriate:Summer Of Their Dreams,Out On The Lawn I lie in Bed,Its Too Hot To Sleep,Hiding In The Ha Ha,A Summer Long Since Past...the music is accompanied by Nature sounds and splashing oars. Her later songs had titles like Nothing Is What It Seems and Over The Edge Of The World,these especially fit into her version of Wonderland. Virginia Astley even LOOKS like the Rackham illustration of Alice and not only that but she lived with her family in the 70s at Moulsford,Oxfordshire,with the Thames outside the back door and only a few miles South of Alice Country.
Virginia is,in fact,Alice in the Deanery garden,her latest song "I Will Miss This Holy Garden"
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Lewis Carroll did an excellent job when he wrote this book. The way he described everything Alice saw in Wonderland I felt I was also there. Alice a young girl is on the riverbank listening to her older sister read when she dozes off. As she's sleeping she dreams of a place called Wonderland, where people eat tarts made of pepper, and babies turn into pigs. Where Cheshire Cats are always grinning, and Hatter's have tea parties all the time. This is a wonderful, exciting, and magical adventure for all young readers, and don't think because you've seen the movie you know the whole story. The book is somewhat different than the movie, but just as enchanting.
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Summary: Wonderland Wonderful
Review: I remember watching this movie on Tv when I was a child, and I have spent years trying to find it in stores. Usually the only "Alices'" you find in stores are the cartoons or the newer one with Whoopi Goldberg. So you can imagine how psyched I was to finally locate it. This movie is incerdible. I have seen the other versions of the movie, and none of them come close to this one. One piece of advice: if you buy this movie then you MUST buy "Alice Through The Looking Glass" to go along with it...it will amaze you!
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Summary: Mini-series Enjoyable and Tuneful Version of "Alice"
Review: Of the many, many versions of the classic story this is one of the better ones! Natalie Gregory is a charming Alice and the songs by Steve Allen leave you humming. This video and "Alice Through the Looking Glass"- which were shown together as a TV mini-series- play a little fast-and-loose with the original story (as most adaptations do)but the music, guest stars, and little Natalie make both of these videos fine for the whole family!
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Summary: A classic for the child in all of us
Review: If you were the kind of child who always asked the "why?" question, and who liked to challenge what everyone else regarded as normal, you'll love this book. In "Wonderland", Lewis Carroll questions everything about life that is normal, and gives us a picture of a world where everything that we accept as normal is turned upside down. With Alice, you'll fall into a rabbit hole and enter an imaginary and wacky world where nothing is at it seems. Here's a small taste: "By-the-bye, what became of the baby?" said the Cat. "I'd nearly forgotten to ask." "It turned into a pig,' Alice answered very quietly, just as if the Cat had come back in a natural way. "I thought it would," said the Cat, and vanished again. And another quote: "...they drew all manner of things - everything that begins with an M -" "Why with an M?" said Alice. "Why not?" said the March Hare. If you find this kind of maddening surreal world even remotely attractive, then you're sure to love Alice's "Wonderland". You'll be amazed by the cat-less grin of the Cheshire-Cat, amused by the absurd logic of the mad Hatter, and in hysterics over the antics of the murderous Queen of Hearts with her constant refrain of "Off with his head." "Alice in Wonderland" is full to the brim with wild humour, farcical fantasy, witty wisecracks, and slapstick comedy. What I especially enjoyed were the abundance of delightful puns, paradoxes, and parodies. Much of the deeper significance will escape young children, but they will enjoy it as a fantastic story, and rediscover it with even greater pleasure as adults. A "classic" is a book that appeals to people of all times and ages, and that's certainly the case with "Alice in Wonderland." Is "Alice in Wonderland" all nonsense? I don't think so. Behind the outer layer of nonsense Carroll conveys a great deal of sense. He allows you to return to reality with a renewed appreciation for everything that is normal and accepted. Yet this fantasy world is at the same time so nonsensical and enjoyable, that you'll want to return there many a time. Don't be satisfied with a movie edition or simplified version of Alice - nothing is as enjoyable as the original! Truly a classic for the child in all of us!
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Summary: Mad, Mad, Utterly Mad
Review: I truly feel sorry for any child forced to read this book in school. Reading it as an adult was no better. It was possibly the most warped and perverse story I have ever read in my life. Most passages were pure nonsense while others lead the reader to wonder if Lewis Carroll had possibly tasted some of the mushrooms Alice came upon in her adventure. There are many other "classics" out there more enjoyable and logical than this one.
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Summary: Rabbit hole adventures are the bomb!
Review: One of my favorites. In this book, Alice falls down the rabbit hole and meets the white rabbit, chester cat, the queen of hearts and others. And she also has a very happy UN-birthday. I love this book!
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