Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition) | Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn

Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition) | Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn | Still Wonderful

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	Alice in Wonderland (Masterpiece Edition) Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn Walt Disney Home Video, 2004 average customer review:based on 222 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Perfect display of pure nonsense...

`Alice in Wonderland' is a story about nonsense. It makes this very clear within the first few moments. Alice wants her world to be filled with nonsense, talking flowers and cats, nothing is what it is, what's that is this and what's this is that. Knowing this makes following and appreciating `Alice in Wonderland' possible because it really has no clue as to which direction it's going. Nothing really fits together, there's no rhyme and or reason to the sequences of events, to the disorder within Alice's world, and if the audience isn't aware of the concept behind this cartoon they may find themselves a little turned off. I find this one of the most fascinating of Walt Disney's cartoons just because of the sheer magnitude of its cascade of creations. Everything within Alice's world is intriguing and interesting and color (literally and figuratively) and it provides one fun, spellbinding good time.

Alice gets her world of nonsense when she spots a white rabbit with a clock complaining about being late for something. She, out of pure curiosity, follows him into a world unlike any she's ever known. From the moment she crawls into the rabbit hole till she escapes the clutches of the evil Queen of Hearts the story is just about all over the place. Alice meets a slew of interesting characters, legendary in the world of Disney. She meets Tweedledee and Tweedledum who tell her the cautionary tale of the Walrus and the Carpenter in a warning of her growing curiosity. She meets the Cheshire Cat who leads her in directions unbecoming. She meets the singing flowers of the field who mistake her for a weed and the strange Caterpillar who smokes himself into a butterfly. She comes across the Mad Hatter and March Hare who are busy celebrating their un-birthdays to help Alice find her rabbit. And then of course we have the Queen of Hearts and the ultimate showdown between her and Alice.

With everything that goes on in `Alice in Wonderland' I'm tempted to say there really is no moral, which is usually consistent with Walt Disney films. If there is a moral it's that we all need a little order in our lives, but even that could be a stretch. In fact, `Alice in Wonderland' is really nothing more than good fun. It's entertaining to everyone, even myself, and it's sure to be a favorite amongst the little ones. It's the first cartoon I bought for my daughter and I hope as she gets older it becomes one of her favorites. I have yet to read the novels by Lewis Carroll but from what I hear this cartoon adaptation is a good comparison, which may explain for it's strangeness to a degree. This is actually based on two of his novels, `Alice in Wonderland' & `Through the Looking Glass'. I'm anxious to know what a modern adaptation would look like. Until that day we have this classic masterpiece to watch and rewatch again and again.

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Still Wonderful

One of the best of the Golden Age of Disney, Alice in Wonderland remains a delight for all ages. Unlike recent Disney films using computer generated images, Alice was created by hand. Beautifully drawn, one frame at a time, by true artists who could create subtle emotion on the faces of the most nonsensical creatures. This was true artistic talent, something sadly gone now from Disney Studios. One of the most likeable things, besides the witty story, the absolutely whacky characters and the endless movement from one crazy situation to another, is the fact that unlike all of the Disney films in the past 20 years, the film makers do not PREACH their own agenda at you. How quickly have films like Pocohontas and Squanto, rife with holier-than-thou moralizing about a Utopian world despoiled by inherently evil and stupid western males, passed to the second or even third tier of forgettable Disney fims. Alice in Wonderland remains at the top with films like Pinnochio for one reason, they entertain. Unlike the boring, preachy, agenda riddled and UNFUNNY "cartoons" presented to kids today, here is a funny feast of escapism that with cause your kids to actually laugh while having their imaginations set free.

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Wonderful To Watch As Usual

Alice in Wonderland (Disney)
Was looking for this on DVD and had no idea how much it could cost. So I turned to the VHS copy and was very pleased with this version as it has some behind the scenes look at the creation of the movie. I love dthis as a child and now my 3 yr old is enjoying it as well.

Alice is wonderful

My middle school chorus is presenting the play version of 'Alice' and we watched the DVD in school. They were glued to the screen and loved it. It's off the wall fun with great music. Kids LOVE IT!

Love Disney!

Alice in Wonderland is truly the magical dreams for children. The one draw back is that this is made more for children over the age of 8-or-9, not the younger group, I didn't think. But, I love Disney, so all the movies are good to me.

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