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Modern Version of Alice in Wonderland

posted 16 years ago by BubbaJ2k2
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I was curious if anybody has realized how much this movie borrows from Alice in Wonderland. Take for instance Christohper Lloyd's part, time is stopped at exactly 10:04. For the Mad Hatter, Time plays a crucial role in his world and it is stopped for a forever tea party. Even when James Marsden drives through the dark, smokey tunnel its like when Alice goes through the rabbit hole. If none of this convinces you, take this into consideration. Chris Cooper utters almost verbatim the lines that are said in Alice in Wonderland, "Say what you mean, mean what you say." James Marsden is basically Alice, always looking for an answer, but after they begin traveling through this strange new world, they stop asking for answers and just adept to the new rules, and go along for the ride. I mean even James' character wakes up from his hospital bed, realizing it was some sort of dream world. Review Alice in Wonderland and then watch this film again, you'll realize what I'm talking about.

[–] EddyOne 16 years ago

it's definetly true. you forgot to mention the playcards as another alice resemblence.

[–] laurenn_inwinter 15 years ago

This is a fantastic similarity. I read this post before I watched the movie and it made the movie that much better if you think of it like this.

Like Alice in Wonderland, she goes through a mystical world & meets friends on the way. I thought the girl at the beginning acted as the "Drink Me" potions Alice drank, the temptation. OW Grant could be interpreted as the Cheshire Cat or the Caterpillar (caterpillar referring to the fact he was smoking a pipe the entire time). There's so many different interpretations, it made me want to actually buy this movie. (:

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[–] Black_Dahlia 14 years ago

Also The Wizard of Oz and Homer's Odyssey.

[–] hiddenagenda1 11 years ago

This is also similar to The Phantom Tollbooth. They both feature a young man driving a new red car in a made-up place.

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[–] emvan 10 years ago

I don't think the similarities are anywhere strong enough to call it a version of Alice; that's selling the freshness of the story short. But there's no question that Bob Gale is an Alice fan (who isn't?) and threw in appropriate references, which you did a great job of spotting.

It's nearly as much a whimsical Twilight Zone episode, and there are those references, too.

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