Alice In Wonderland

anyone notice Uncle Jessie is in this movie?! XD John Stamos FTW

Carol Channings special power is to change into a goat after saying "Bieeeatch!"

I never knew what version of wonderland that was, but that jabberwocky gave me nightmares all threw my childhood, spot on.

i dont know why but this movie always scared me

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who remembers Zoobilee Zoo.

Also, the pig makes sense.. its from the book ;)

I'm not really into disney stuff but i loved alice in wonderland funny enough. I also love the newer ("sequel") movie from i think 2009.

Whoa.

i vagually remember seeing an old version of alice in the wonderland. the movie was Black-and-white, and the only "living" actor was a child portraying alice. also, the film was narreted by alice, with a shord break showing her mouth while she was saying every spoken thing in the film, "would you like some tea? said the mad hatter", for instance.

i searched for that movie all over, and haven't found it yet. does anyone know any details about the movie?

Great review but she turned into a sheep not a goat

The animated film of Alice in Wonderland, is my childhood film. I've never seen the real life movie until I watched this video. IT looks pretty weird with the actors dressed as animals and objects. And I was pretty surpirsed that you mentioned Ringo being in this thing, "I'm on Acid!" lol But yeah the new movie was alright, but yeah, Tim Burton could've done better. He basically took some of techniques from his other films. For example, the blue butterfly flying in the sky at the end, hmmmm...doesn't that look familiar? Kind of like the blue butterfly flying in the sky in Corpse Bride. Oh well, but yeah Alice In Wonderland will always be cooky and insane, but in reality, that's how life is! :D

love the review.

Wow, James... I'm glad someone else saw the Jabberwocky at a young age and found it truly frightening. Essentially the exact same thing happened to me. Looking back on it now (and I haven't seen it for probably about 2 decades) I can see why the damn thing scared me. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.

in wonderland the only thing that makes sence is nothing makes sence

My favorite Disney ;)

Nice review

I also saw the two old ones as a kid. And I loved the new one.

hey!!! who you call hardcore fans?

;P

By the way i love tim burton but i really dont get his version (only nice visual?)

The new Alice and Wonderland was crap. Tim Burton basically made it to make Alice in Wonderland dark and edgy and to parade around his little acting troupe (Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Timothy Spall). I went to see it in 3D. The best part was the cat food commercial they played before the movie to test out the 3D effects.

I always found somehow disappointing that the Queen of Hearts is always portrayed as a human. I know she's like this also in the original illustration to the book, but actually in the text there's no reference to the fact that she's not a card!
It basically says: "Alice then meets a card deck; there are all cards and there's the Queen of Hearts." That's it. She's a card! It makes no sense for her to be human!
Also, if you carefully check everytime Alice shrinks and gets bigger, at the time she meets the deck she's the size of a card! (but the whole misures thing is very poorly considered in films)

Ringo Starr was in that movie?! HOLY SHIT now i have to watch it!!!!!!!

Thank you James, I too have been scared by that Jabberwocky scene though the thing was I only had fragmented memories of it so I could never remember when I saw it and what it was from so for years it was bugging the hell out of me where my memory of it came form so thanks for finally putting that to rest though for some reason I've always remember the scene a little different in that I remember Alice seeing Jabberwocky behind the mirror not in the frontroom but I guess that I was just contracting her seeing her parents in the mirror with the dragon. Well either that or my mind was just protecting it's self form pure nightmare fuel because I do agree, it's even more fucked up that it was in the room with her.

Animation version was the best...

wasn't jabberwocky writen by the same guy? that would be like t\if the jabberwock went to his local library and picked up a copy of alice in wonderland

Back then, the Disney-version almost made me hate Alice.

I started watching horror films rather young (for that time), but the only movie I've ever got nightmares so far, in my whole life, up until now, is the animated Alice movie.

I forced myself to watch it again and again several times, to make the nightmares stop, but it didn't work. Haven't seen the movie for more than 20 years now and still don't feel like it.

Minds are strange, especially as I was older the first time watching Alice than the first time watching the first Poltergeist movie (it was scary for my about 7 or 8 years old self, but nope, no nightmares).

Anyway, I like this review. Choice of words, intonation and the movies just work great together.

Second comment: What is the deal with every one trying to invent a relationship between the Hatter and Alice? He's a creepy dude, she's a girl trying to get back to the real world. Where is there material for romance, or even a slight fondness?

The animated feature was my first exposure to Alice in Wonderland, and it lead to me later in life reading the associated books untouched by Disney. Normally I have nothing good to say about movies, ESPECIALLY things made by Disney, but I honestly liked this movie. I didn't have the opportunity to ever see that TV feature, but it looks positively mind blowing.

There was also a SCI-FI channel installment of the movie which gave me a migraine to watch. However, to give people an idea about it. It's about Alice, going to wonderland (Yes this happened before the new CG movie). The scenery is pretty radical, and imaginative. Humans from the real world get kidnapped by squad of minions and they're then refer to as Oysters. They're drained of emotion in a giant casino where they exposed to all kinds of stimuli to cause said emotions. It's got a pretty big Sci-Fi theme going, considering it was on the Sci-Fi channel. I can't say it was terrible. It's highly original, and at least they weren't trying to do what every one else has done. I recommend it if only to see the spectacle.

As for the new one... It's not gonna announce the coming of Rapture, but it is adequate. I usually spill nothing but Bile and Liquid Malevolence in responses to unneeded sequels, series reboots, and remakes. But this was decent. It's not perfect, but it isn't bad. Now what I'm really waiting to see is the Freddy movie. I can't decide if I wanna scream encore or foul from the stuff I've seen so far. :D

i think the actors with there head sticking out of the costumes look terrible i mean come on that looks ridiculous its like an ed wood movie but for some reason its funny at the same time. and the mad hatter well he is really a mad hatter hes turned into a villain in batman and why is johnny depp in everyfilm now i liked him as willy wonka,jack sparrow,the husband in corpse bride,ed wood but why is he a mad hatter now i like him mostly as jack sparrow not to be rude but i'd rather see jim carrey cause jim carrey is awesome like in the grinch stole christmas 2001 the step father in a series of unfortanute events the riddler in batman forever i think johnny depp should lay low because he is in and not to be rude again but i dont think he should've been casted as the mad hatter i'd rather preffer jim carrey cause he really is mad in some films oh yeah i forgot to mention he stars in the spongebob special spongebob the big one which he made it work but i think we need a break from johnny depp.

"Evil Dead" & "Spiderman" director Sam Raimi has just been signed to direct a 3D prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" called "Oz: The Great and Powerful".

I remember watching this and thinking Carol Channing was my grandmother. Both my grandmas had that old lady smoker rasp, and they were the only people I knew of at the time who did.

Yeah, makes you wonder why Jonny Depp and Tim Burton are now a team. Could it be because of Jonny's remarkable tallent to become a totally different and possibly surreal character on demand? :p

can you stand on your head?

my favorite part

the reason that jonny depp is in all his movies is because jonny is owes him something just like how ben affleck is in all of kevin smith's movies thats just want i think and if anyone can come up with something better please tell me

You couldn't have reviewed the live action Alice in Wonderland any better. I feel the exact same way you do about it. And I can't believe you remember Zoobalee Zoo. Great Review!

poor pig...

The disney version is what i remember. The animation is interesting to watch, espescially from that time. My favorite character was probaby the Creshire Cat too, and my opinion is that disney shouldn't make sequel, because they destroy classics. Thank goodness many of them still are.

And...Holy Crap, i didn't even know they made a reality version of Alice in Wonderland, and i'm surpised they showed that scene with the Jabberwockey in the first movie to little kids, what the hell were they thinking.

James, it looks creepy, but not scary enough for me, but that's coming from someone who's older. I probably would've done the same thing if i saw that at a young age.

Oh there is no doubt theyre making another wizard of oz. but they better not do something stupid and make all the characters (such as scarecrow, tinman, and the cowardly lion) computer generated. i will be pissed

I LOVE THIS MOVIE REVIEW 8D!!! OMG!!!!"
And specially i agree with James Rolfe, the Carol Channing scene is my favorite... i dont like her singing, but SHE`S going nuts..thats the funniest part.
I cant even believe she is alive, she talks like she has been smoking a lot of sigaretes since she was born O.O...She is soon 90...unbelieveble...
And when i first watched the dragon (sorry, cant remember the name of that creacture)... i was like...OH SHIT!!" Has that ever happen in the disney version, of COURSE NOT!! XD
Good jobb with the movie review James Rolfe xD

I always remember the 1985 version for the amazing scenery, the costumes, and most especially the special effects including the scene where Alice shedded gallons of tears from her eyes!

I actually do enjoy the new Alice in Wonderland for being a fun entertaining ride. I can't believe how many people are taking it way too seriously. I think it's meant to be fun without being too stupid. It does get into Lord of the Rings territory in the third act, but overall it is a great experience.

As for Christopher Lee's cameo, even though we mostly see the Jabberwocky in the third act, his two lines does make it an effective cameo which goes by the old saying 'less is more!' Even the tiniest of growls coming from Lee's legendary voice can be still be as effective as his entire filmography.

Plus, I always love watching the Burton/Depp films including one of your faves Ed Wood. But my favorite is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because it's a visual feast with great music, great acting, and it follows the book much closer than the 1971 film version.

Ever seen WARBUS?

Uhm, that's a sheep not a goat.