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Summary: Walt Disney created the more or less definitive "Alice"
Review: Without a doubt, Walt Disney's 13th Animated feature is the most famous telling of "Alice In Wonderland" out there. The story is fimiliar to most, Alice dreams of a White Rabbit racing against his clock, proclaiming that he's late. Alice's curiosity wins, and she follows, leading to her falling into Wonderland."Alice in Wonderland" finds it's strength by mining Carrol's original tale for rich sequences, that are then transplanted into the film to the full extent of Walt Disney's animator's imagination. The film has it's weakness: story pacing. Unlike other of Walt's creations, this one does not have great transitions to take us through Alice's journey. It's just one thing, followed all of a sudden by another. The Gold Collection DVD, contains an insightful documentary of Walt Disney taking us through the making of the movie with appearences by the real life actors modeling for the animators. I also think that instead of Disney continuing to ruin Walt's classics by making contrived, unnecessary video sequels, they should mine Carrol's "Alice Through The Looking Glass" to make a justified sequel out of this one.
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Summary: ALICE IN WONDERLAND!
Review: Disney does its own take on the Lewis Carroll classic in this 1951 animated feature film! While the voices by Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway and others are excellent, this film is not exactly true to the spirit of the book! But since this is Disney it is to be expected and with a song like "I'm Late, I'm Late, for a Very Important Date" you certainly feel like making allowances! But certainly Disney's strength is with more traditional fairy tale fare!
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Summary: Alice on LSD
Review: Ok, heres the thing, throughout the history of this film, people have been looking at it as a child's film. It is, to a point, but it is enjoyed by older more mature viewers who can understand the pure nonsense of the story and characters. The movie has been described as a dream or a psychedelic trip. The author of the book was known to use LSD and mushrooms giving him the insight needed to create such a masterpiece. Alice in Wonderland is funny and great. It is a distinctive film that should be appreciated far more than it has been in the past.
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Summary: DUMBEST MOVIE EVER!
Review: This has got to be the dumbest movie I have ever seen! Such a dissapointment coming from Disney! There is no plot to the movie and it doesn't keep the children's attention. It teaches no lessons other than to be mean (the queen of hearts). I cannot stand this movie and it will NEVER be in my house!
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Summary: Entertaining Classic Literature
Review: Whimsical, magical adventure with terrific animation and memorable score. Entertaining introduction to classic literature, plus Walt Disney explaining animation. Promotes diversity: "Everyone is different, and that is OK." Really taken with the fantasy. "I would like to dream like that." "It told a very funny story of things that we can't see here in this world." "We also get bored with school and want to go exploring." Some kids even said they would like to read the book. Ages 5-8.
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Summary: Greatest story
Review: Other reviewers have already explained why this is a great movie. I just wanted to add that this is an artist's interpretation of Carrol's story - that is why some of the characters are missing and the plot somewhat deviates from the book. If the creators were to stick to the book word-for-word, it would probably be a 4 hour film. Books and movies are two different formats, so I judged this cartoon based on its INTERPRETATION of the story, as well as masterful animation. This is one of those stories that will dazzle the child and make the adult think at the same time. If I could give 6 stars, I would.
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Summary: Cute movie
Review: My favorite disney film. A valid alternative to Disney sequels! DISNEY ORIGINALS!
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Summary: Gripe,gripe,gripe..
Review: I purchased the DVD of this sometime near the end of May.. at first,I loved it and thought it was a fairly well done DVD.. then I got over that and re-watched it. Oh,where to start? For one,Alice didn't sing about every flipping thing, the Cheshire Cat wasn't in the forest,he was near the Duchess' house (and WHERE was the Duchess,I wonder?).. Tweedle Dee and Dum's "Logic!" line was just sheer idiocy.. The script writers tried to cram all the poetry into the *songs* (example: As Alice is leaving Dee and Dum, they start singing "You are old Father William"). The Spanish dub was.. eh,fair. I've heard better dubs,though, and from what I could tell (and this is coming from a 1st year Spanish student) the songs were translated in a rhyming-sing along style instead of directly translating. (Of course,the translator(s) had to make the words fit the music but "The Unbirthday song" was overkill..) The Mad Tea Party scene was wrecked and the Hatter,who in the book was a witty person, was changed to a Goofy-esque short man with grey hair. *sigh* I could go on about the idiocy of this adaption,but why bother? If you want to see all of Disney's films,then by all means,buy this. But if you're looking for a good adaption of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland",you won't find it here.
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Summary: "If i had a world of my own everything would be nonsense"
Review: This is a brilliant movie. I first saw it when I was a kid and and it has been my favourite movie ever since. It has everything, adventure, comedy, magic and music. It takes you into a wonderful dreamland where everything is surreal and a wonderful escapism from life. I would recommend it to adults and children alike.
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Summary: Madcap, colorful, surreal, smart and funny!
Review: This Walt Disney production is often criticized as being episodic but wasn't Carrol's "Wonderland" and "Looking Glass" books themselves written in episodes? I find this to be one of the best animated films of all time. The animation is nothing short of breathtaking and the story is fast-paced and ingeniously funny. This is one of those movies where you find more and more wonderful and subtle humour with each viewing (very rare for a cartoon). This version of "Alice in Wonderland" is so surreal at times, you may feel like you are under the influence of some kind of narcotic while watching it. The songs are fanciful, the characters colorful, and the scenery is ....well.....a wonderland of imagination!
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