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Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. --Tom Keogh
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DVD does not play
So yet another DVD that does not play correctly. Inside reads something about "made in Mexico" but whatever, DVD's are supposed to last 100 years but I have had far more problems with DVD's than I ever had with VHS Tapes. What's up with that? (and no, it is not my dvd player, I always test on multiple working players)
Alice in Wonderland
It came in perfect condiditon as well as the prompt timing! My 20yr old daughter loved it.
A Great imaginative Disney Film!!
Alice in Wonderland is one of those movies that was underapreciated for a long time since its original debut in 1951. Nowadays it had received more positive feedback and I'm among the ones who like it. Alice is not like your typical Disney film. The animator's imagination plays a very important role in the film. The backgrounds and characters are really beautiful. The story is a little crazy and don't have a proper plot but I think that is one of the charms of the film, that is a little crazy. Two minor flaws I think is first there are way too many songs and the Alice character is a little apathic. But aside from that, is a wonderful inventive film. I was a little disappointed that they will re-release the film in a 2-disc set because they previously done that so I thought this time they will also release it in Blu-Ray.
Another thing, I can't wait to see the new Tim Burton Alice, it looks awesome!!!
This one is horrible, period.
Very simply, this movie is a mess. It overdoes its cute quotient, and summarily dismisses the darker elements of Lewis Carroll's original book. If not for the insistent marketing muscle Disney can throw behind this misfire, it would barely be remembered today.
With the voice talents of Kathryn Beaumont(Disney's much better "Peter Pan"), Ed Wynn("Mary Poppins"), and Verna Felton(Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"), this movie should have been much better than it is. It is sunk by passionless, directionless storytelling which only vaguely resembles its superior source material. Additionally, an unwelcome feeling of boredom begins to creep in AFTER Alice gets to Wonderland. Where was the creativity Walt Disney had mustered just the previous year for "Cinderella?" This whole effort feels like he wanted to do it simply because "Alice in Wonderland" was a great fairytale he had not yet adapted at that point.
For a much better adaptation, search out the 1985 TV production "Alice in Wonderland." It gives a fuller account of Lewis Carroll's story, and features a wonderful cast for its era. It is also currently on DVD, and done in live action. As for this movie, don't bother with it.
DVD
This is a great movie. The delivery was for Christmas. It was fast and prompt. Best service in a long time.
