Alice in Wonderland

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I haven't seen the film, and have no plans to see it. The NYT review
just butchered it.
This is about the book, which I love.
The book is satire. When Alice falls down the well, he is poking fun at the British rote education system. She knew facts, but had not the slightest idea what to do with them.
The line, 'you have to go twice as fast just to stay in the same place' describes the fate of people living in an aging empire quite nicely, as does the Mad Hatters tea party.
The book is full of, well, stuff. You need to know what he's talking about, since he's doing (among other things) topical satire. But there are ruminations about philosophy and math, as well.
What the book doesn't have is developed characters. You could update it,
and do contemporary satire using the book as a sort of template.
But if it was like the book, with clever delights for intellectuals,
it would exactly bring in the teen audience that movie makers worship.
Oh well.
read the book, skip the movie.
the book is one of the great gifts of literature.

Edits: 03/20/10

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Topic - Alice in Wonderland - late 14:06:53 03/20/10 (10)

I was really disappointed that it was not true to the original story - PhilJ 10:46:04 03/26/10 (1)

It was advertised as a sequel to the original (which it was), but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 20:22:59 03/26/10 (0)

Visually good but... - tunenut 11:40:29 03/25/10 (0)

Just saw it in IMAX 3D last night - Chris from Lafayette 08:58:38 03/25/10 (0)

Cute characters, unmemorable movie... - Eldragon65 07:20:08 03/22/10 (0)

RE: Alice in Wonderland / The blue screen folly--- - patrickU 14:30:41 03/20/10 (4)

"That may serve the director´s ego": which film doesn't? - dave c 16:59:38 03/20/10 (3)

Wave? - late 04:14:58 03/21/10 (0)

RE: There is ART and There is EGO--- - patrickU 03:00:36 03/21/10 (0)

I'm inclined to see it just for that reason! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 23:08:02 03/20/10 (0)

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