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Summary: CLASSIC WALT DISNEY
Review: This was misreably under rated at the time of its origanal release in 1951 for its Americanisation of its familiar characters. However this has become the classic it rightly deserves! Drawing both from Lewis Carrolls volumes, ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, this is beautifully animated and has some great, funny moments such as the hilariously over the top Queen Of Hearts. This remains the only notably succesful adaptation of the classic story therefore making this the definitive version. A true, loveable classic!
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Summary: Being Alice In Wonderland
Review: When you review the film remember this: IT WAS MADE FOR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN ARE NOT AS STUPID AS YOU THINK. The movie is a journey inside the brain of a young girl, Alice, and it is therefore a work of the imagination, an escape from reality, and a reminder that a child's imagination must be allowed to grow even as a chld must grow to accept the limitations of reality. A person without imagination is like a history book without pictures. For an adult version of "Alice In Wonderland" see "Being John Malkovich". There are many similarities between the two movies: the tunnel, the small door, the problem of being too big for one's environment, and the eccentric and strange characters.
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Summary: I FINALLY GET IT!
Review: After buying this DVD for my five year old daughter and watching it a few times myself, I finally get it! Alice, a young girl, is tired of following the rules in "her world" and longs to live in a world of her own creation; a world where there are no "boring" rules to follow and nothing is as it appears. However, after Alice's wish "comes true" she discovers that maybe a world without rules is not quite as wonderful as she imagined it would be! Okay, so maybe my daughter doesn't quite grasp the full meaning of this story, but it doesn't matter. SHE LOVES THE MOVIE, ANYWAY! She sits rivetted to the screen; ethralled by the silliness, the non-stop action, and all the strange and interesting characters Alice meets along the way! In my opinion,Alice In Wonderland is a fascinating trip through fantasy-land that most young children (especially girls!)will find absolutely captivating!
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Summary: Good Story, Good Characters, Good Animation= Great Movie!
Review: Alice in Wonderland is a nice little adaption of the Lewis Carrol classic. With the fast paced plot and great characters, it is one of my favorite animated movies of all time. Don't hesitate to buy it, whether you have kids or not, whether you're a Disney fanatic or you've never heard of Mickey Mouse. Trust me, you'll like it!
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Summary: Makes No sense
Review: I had to watch this movie one time and i got to say that this movie makes no sense at all.None.Some girl sits on a tree and some woman takes her to some place with dancing silverware.Keep Your Money.
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Summary: Not Disney's best work.
Review: If Lewis Carroll had seen this he would have disliked it so much that he would have refused to have his name in the opening credits. Just like Michale Ende did with the film version of his "The Neverending Story". They ommited a lot of things. In the book the Knave of Hearts is on trial for stealing the tarts. In the film Alice is on trial for causing the Queen to lose her temper. And they leave out some important characters. The Duchess, the Frog Footman, Humpty Dumpty and the White Knight. They said that this film had no "heart" I saw a Warner Brothers version that had as much heart as this one had comedy. But the Childrens Company Theater version is my favorite.
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Summary: Why Doesn't ALICE IN WONDERLAND Really Work?
Review: The Lewis Carroll book was always a top contender for the Disney studios. Yet somehow, when the movie was made, the book must have reined in the artists too much. They couldn't really indulge their creative fantasies as much as they could with the other major Disney features of the times, which were based on very short stories and hence had tons of room for creative innovation. So, ALICE IN WONDERLAND became a picture-movie of the book--delightful and all that, but somehow constrained, restricted. The book was meant to be a study in logical irony; obviously a movie couldn't do that and still make you root for Alice. But if you take the irony out, things happen to Alice that don't make much sense, and I suppose that kids notice this. They can't really relate to Alice. Of course, it's still a very fine movie. And with the DVD on a good TV or projection unit, you find what I consider the absolute best employment of cartoons on a totally black background. Disney kept the black, I suppose, to remind us that it was all a dream. But look at what the black does to the cartoon characters! It brings them out, it almost makes them three-dimensional. The colors become magical because you can focus on them against a solid background of black. There is nothing like it in moviedom except the marvelous ice-skating sequence in SUN VALLEY SERENADE where Sonja Henie skates on black ice!
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Summary: Great Story
Review: I wonder what Lewis Carroll was taking when he wrote this book. Just look at Alice as she takes one pill to grow big, then one pill to grow small. This story that takes you through the dreamy mind of Alice. If you really look close you'll see some political satire from the time of Lewis Carroll. Example: The small king and the really fat queen running after the free thinker Alice, Alice being thrown out of the flower garden because she's not their social type. This story was really ahead of its time, I guess Lewis Carroll had to make it a childrens story; a great story for both children and adults.
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Summary: This is no bad dream
Review: Because of critics' reaction to Alice in Wonderland in 1951, it is written, Walt Disney actually apologized for the movie and soon after his television show became a hit a few years later, he showed it in its entirety on TV, thus relegating it to his "minor film" category. The movie has never been able to shake this image, and that is a shame. We should remember that "Wizard of Oz" wasn't a giant box office hit in 1939, and only after it was made an annual event on television did it become a classic in the eyes of the public. "Alice in Wonderland" deserves far more attention than it has ever received. The characters are wonderful. The music is humable, even singable. It's a short film that takes the viewer into a dreamland, and Disney's animated version stands up against any of the other live versions that have popped up over the years. It's time to give this movie the credit it deserves as a classic in animation. Watch it from a child's point of view, with the amazing images of a cat that disappears, talking cards, and Alice constantly growing and shrinking. And then enjoy it as an adult for the dream world into which we are all swept. And furthermore, the DVD transfer is fantastic, with as many extras as one will find on a Disney non-special edition disc. Take another look at this one and be swept away.
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Summary: Candy for the Eyes and Ears.
Review: Alice in Wonderland can definately be called a Disney classic, is it one of the best Disney animated films. It is a Magical Visual Ride from beginning to end.As Alice is day dreaming, she is transported into a magical world. In this world "everything is what it isn't" and "everything is nonsence." That is a good thing, because in this process we meet a bunch of strange and compelling characters with stange situations. Sometimes the film can go a little overboard with this, but I don't think many people who are young at heart or have an imagination will complain. Plus, this film is similar to the book that came before it. If you have not seen this, you should, it's a classic. If you are turned of by vivid fantasy or over imaginative films, you might want to let your kids see it insted. 4 out of 5 stars because the DVD lacks. It has a short featurette and trailer, plus a read-along for the kids. Overall though, a nice package. Reccomended.
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