This was more a sequel to the Disney Alice in Wonderland, than a continuation from the books. I don’t like the mixing of the stories at all. Dee and Dum were from “Through the Looking Glass”, not “Alice in Wonderland”, as were the White Queen, the Jabberwocky (and it’s other referenced, the Bandersnatch and the Jubjub Bird). The queen of hearts and the red queen aren’t the same person since TTLG doesn’t take place in Wonderland, it takes place.. well.. in the reverse world of the looking glass.

I think Carrol would have liked the imagery, but the blending of worlds would have upset him. He purposefully wrote the stories to be different. In fact, nothing connects the two worlds aside from Alice. AIW uses differences in size to move the plot pieces, alone with the deck of cards theme and the mockery of aristocratic life. TTLG uses bizarre changes in setting to move the plot, along with using chess as the backdrop.

To address the point about Alice, keep in mind that the vorpal sword is the opposite of the standard sword (it comes from TTLG). Whereas, we would say it’s not the weapon, it’s who wields it, with the vorpal sword, it’s not who wields it, but the weapon itself. The sword did the moving, Alice only held it.

I saw Alice in 3D and enjoyed it, although there were somethings that detracted from it. Firstly the good things I adored the visual and costume porn. Visually I did find myself in a wonderland. I also loved the portrayal of Alice by Wasikowska. While overall I liked the idea of the new spin on the Alice story, there were a few problems with it, which of course lead to the bad things.

The mixing of the stories was somewhat frustrating – especially in the combining of the Red Queen and Queen of Hearts. I would have like to see the chess and card motifs explored more and not so randomly combined.

Additionally while I usually adore the work of Depp I found his portrayal of the Hatter to be little more than a reprise of Jack Sparrow (just a touch more madness and a little more sugar).

I thought the movie was just ok. I kept waiting for something to happen…it felt like I’d already been there seen that kind of story.

I don’t understand why a lot of fantasy movies nowadays need to have a big LOTR battle at the end. They can’t top it. Alice fighting? That was a bit much.

I’ve never been a fan of the original story, which is weird for me because I love fantasies. I went to see the movie because of Tim and Johnny.

Actor and Director together again. They’re good together and they should make more in the future. All their other movies were wonderful.

Visually, Alice was stunning, just wasn’t satisfying.

Loralee

In my opinion telling the old lady that’s she’s delusional makes
sense, since she became sad from her dreams they only made her feel lonely.

didn’t read or hear the original but this one was weird and the story itself was kinda empty except for a few parts that actually seemed to mean something.