Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Sorry, this movie sucks

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

While there may not be an exact story in the adaption of Alice in Wonderland it just throws so much delightful nonsense and madness at us that you can tell the effort made for it. Alice is trying to imagine how a world of her own would be and we get along for the ride of many really weird characters in her search for the white rabbit which is the only thing vaguely resembling a plot. So there is no exact plot, but more like a travel through different environments meeting different fantasy creatures which mostly come off as memorable. I dare say we all know the White Rabbit, Chesire Cat, Mad Hatter, March Hare, Tweedle Dee and Dum and Queen of Hearts. The rest is up for debate whether they are memorable not. Definitely the weirdest Disney movie, but I love it for that reason. The kind of aimless direction it has to it may turn some people off, but I think it's nice with a little trippy animation to play with the wonderful thing called imagination.

I have already watched Alice in Wonderland once and I think it is a good movie. I was surprised to see that the flowers don't know what a girl is. Alice's cat, Dinah, is so cute! My favorite part was when Alice met the caterpillar. My least favorite part is when Alice's sister was reading to her because it was boring. The book is so different from the movie, because there was no second part. I liked the book way better because it is much more detailed. The movie was about Alice falling asleep, and finding a white rabbit. Then she follows him into a tale of a time. Alice meets strange creatures in her journey, like Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the door mouse, the white rabbit, or the Cheshire Cat. The funniest part of the movie, was when the glasses creature landed on Alice's nose. I think the mirror is a team with the glasses. Another funny part was when the Queen of Heart's underpants showed. A scary part in the movie was when the umbrella birds glared at Alice. A weird creature had a bird's head and the body of a cage, and I think its children live in there. This creature eats its children in order to get them into the cage.

People say that Disney lost its magic classic touch at Pocahontas, had none in Pixar, and definitely not Tangled, Frozen, or Moana. I think these are wrong. Tangled is a very sweet movie, and Moana did have a touch of some sort to it at a certain point. But in the first place, not all of the Disney movies had a great, classic touch to them. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella did, for sure, but Alice in Wonderland doesn't give me a warm feeling but makes me stare at the screen and make me feel out of place. It's not because of all the strange creatures and the world Alice is in, but because of how abrupt things are and the way they're presented to you. It has me staring at the screen and blinking, thinking, "Um, okay?" There are pleasant things and humor, such as the Mad Hatter and March Hare celebrating their un- birthdays. Alice's singing is beautiful, and the songs are good, but I feel like the movie was misplaced.

The movie might not have much of a conflict, or story, but it still manages to have a lot of energy to it. You could sort of say that this movie is a bunch of little shorts, and Alice just moves from one to the next. Sure the movie might be a dream, but it at least makes sense given how crazy everything is. Never having read the books it's based off of, I always considered the story to be about someone going slowly insane. Desperate to escape her mundane life, Alice creates a world where nothing makes sense, and gets lost in her own creation. I know the theory I have has been explored before by numerous click-bait articles titled "Top 69 Dark Disney Theories That Will Destroy Your Existence (#35 Will Make You Divorce Your Wife)" or something like that, but I think it's a neat theory. The movie's surreal, but it still manages to hold your attention and makes you want to see what happens next. I don't like it as much compared to other Disney movies, but I still liked it and I suggest giving it a shot.