![]() ![]() Ben Kingsley is entertaining as Major Caterpillar, even if he did have some of the film's weakest dialogue, he delivers very well. ![]() Like Goldberg, Christopher Lloyd as the White Knight could've done with more screen time, but he does a very good job with what he has. The director also does a good job making Wonderland as magical, as odd and as dreamlike as it should be, and some scenes were very well directed, especially the Mock Turtle sequence, the Caccus race, the Hatter's tea party, the Walrus and the Carpenter and of course the courtroom scene. Likewise with the merging of the two books, I for one didn't find that a problem. ![]() Some of the added lines didn't quite work as well, but they were entertaining. I enjoyed spotting the quotes lifted from the books and the actors seemed to having fun with it. I know people have complained of the screenplay being poor, personally I didn't find that. And I found the music surprisingly memorable, quite sweet really. The sets are really colourful, the landscapes are vivid, the special effects are fairly impressive and the costumes are visionary. For a TV movie, the visuals are pretty amazing. She has the grin and her costume was wonderful, but she should have had more screen time. Plus in terms of performances, while I enjoyed the acting on the whole, Whoopi Goldberg as the Cheshire Cat disappointed me. While it meant that Alice goes on a sort of journey in the film character-wise, it felt somewhat unnecessary. The length is rather excessive though making some scenes drag on a bit, and as sweet as it was the subplot about Alice being asked to sing at a party I had mixed feelings about. Back on target, this TV version is not bad at all. ![]() That is the same for Through the Looking Glass, I do prefer Alice in Wonderland as a book, but Through the Looking Glass does have a nice narrative and the characters still have their appeal. The book is a real delight, it is admittedly oddball, but it is charming and visionary with memorable colourful characters. I am not entirely sure whether this version is the best version of the book, as I grew up on the Disney film. ![]()
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