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DVD Alice Through the Looking Glass
A delicious combination of live-action, animation, and special effects tells the fantastical adventures of Alice as she returns to Wonderland, in this imaginative adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic story of the same name. Kate Beckinsale plays Alice, a young girl who steps through a magical mirror and is transported from the real world into an enchanted one of talking insects, nonsensical questions, and reversals of logic. Her journey is marked by mostly incomprehensible encounters with quirky characters such as Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Red Queen and White Queen, and Humpty Dumpty. Beckinsale's Alice is a believable blend of curiosity, poise, and impertinence whose presence in nearly every scene carries the film. Other strong performances include Desmond Barritt, as Humpty, who recites a chilling rendition of "Beware the Jabberwocky," and Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings), as White Knight, with a soliloquy as colorful as his hair. If, as Carroll states at the end of his tale, "all life is but a dream," this wacky version is one to remember. (Ages 10 and older) --Lynn Gibson
I actually thought that I would never find this on DVD. I saw a snippet of the film on television and was blown away! Finally somebody did a slightly twisted yet faithful version of the story. The casting was great too, especially Ian Holm as the White Knight who doesn't look like the Knight from the book but makes you believe he is the White Knight. Geoffrey Palmer is a great choice for the White King and I loved how the costumes at times looked vaguely Seussian.
There are a few moments in the film ("Walrus and the Carpenter", the Train Ride, "Jabberwocky" and the Finale) that are actually rather unsettling at times and might scare younger viewers, so I suggest that Parents watch this film first to gauge whether their child could watch it and not be frightened.
I wish this production team had done the previous Alice story as well. Top Notch.
Outstanding Adaptation
This is the best adaptation of Carroll's masterpiece I've seen yet. The cast is supurb and even though Alice is a tad older than 7 1/2, Kate Beckinsale is supurb in the role. The rest of the cast is exceptional as well. The dialogue is straight from the book and has all the sparkle and punch of the original. In my mind, this adaptation leaves the others in the dust.
A nice new interpretation...
Some of the complaints that this is a more drugged out version, I think are correct. But that's good. If you read the actual stories as Carroll wrote them they are very drug induced, or seem to be. As for the different camera techniques, I thought they were clever and a nice variety. I also liked the British cast. I'm used to seeing the same old American actors in everything, that they are rather dull. Also, the British tend to use more appropriate actors for the roles, not young and popular stars.
Okay, so to begin with, this is an awesome production of Alice in Wonderland. The sets are beautiful and bright and you really feel like it is wonderland. The actors are pretty good , Fiona Fullerton (who plays Alice) is incredible and some of the "all star cast" are pretty good as well, though some of them seem like they can't develop their character just because of the lines or their screen time. The music is SENSATIONAL! John Barry has composed such a haunting and hypnotic score that is just chilling (in truth he's too good for the ehh "so so" songs in the movie) Some of the songs are really good and are HELPFUL to the story, wheras some like the tea party "pun song" or the mouse's song or even Alice singing a random line that lasts less than 1 minute are pretty unnecessary to the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Dudley Moore DVD Release Date: Released the 12 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Fans of Lewis Carroll's classic novel for children will be fascinated by this startling 1966 interpretation by Jonathan Miller, a noted British theater director. Influenced by surrealism and Victorian architecture, Miller's black-and-white version of Wonderland is a dour and creepy place, not the frenetic and charming bustle usually depicted. A brunette Alice (Anne-Marie Mallik) wanders like a sleepwalker, rarely looking anyone in the eye, and has fractured conversations with the likes of the Mad Hatter (Peter Cook, Bedazzled), the Caterpillar (Sir Michael Redgrave, The Lady Vanishes), the Duchess (Leo McKern, Rumpole of the Bailey), and the Mock Turtle (Sir John Gielgud, Brideshead Revisited, Arthur). The result is probably an accurate picture... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jonathan Miller DVD Release Date: Released the 18 November 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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This is an impressive-looking version of Lewis Carroll's story originally produced for NBC-TV. Dreading a singing recital at her parents' lavish home, Alice falls into a strange world in pursuit of a large White Rabbit. The talented child actor Tina Majorino (Corrina, Corrina) plays Alice with all the good graces but mostly wanders through the story unquestioningly. Carroll's tale of whimsical, illogical adventures is a field day for designers Roger Hall and Alan Tomkins, costumer Charles Knode, Jim Henson's Creature Shop, and director Nick Willing (Photographing Fairies. Influenced by Time Bandits and Labyrinth (the latter also designed by the Henson company), the film has a splendid array of effects, many dealing with multiple perspectives as Alice... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Whoopi Goldberg - Tina Majorino Director(s): Nick Willing DVD Release Date: Released the 20 February 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland mixes animation and live action to create a dreamlike world, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's simply a kid's film. Young Alice (Kristyna Kohoutová, spoken by Camilla Power) watches a stuffed and mounted rabbit come to life in her playroom and follows it through a magical drawer into a strange world that resembles a 19th-century toy store come to life, with a few specimens from a natural history museum thrown in. Czech animator Jan Svankmajer retains the familiar story elements but tweaks them with bizarre imagery brought to herky-jerky life with his spasmodic style of stop-motion animation. The caterpillar becomes a sock puppet with dentures, while other crazy creatures materialize as creepy skull-headed... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jan Svankmajer DVD Release Date: Released the 11 April 2000 Usually ships in 24 hours
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