![]() There are so many tricks with language pulled in the books, such as in the conversations with Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum as well as several other characters, that it really makes you think about the English language as a game with which an endless variety of tricks can be played. One of the only things that I noticed about this film that did not match up to the quality of the novels is that the books have so much more in them for adults than the movie does. I, for example, would have loved to see the whole chess story in Through The Looking Glass included in the film (there certainly was time for it), where Alice travels through Wonderland on her quest to become a Queen herself, but I am more than happy with how this film turned out. As far as being a full length feature (although rather short at roughly 75 minutes), however, I think that this movie does justice to both stories, converting them into a single story rather smoothly, and only leaving out things that will only really be missed by people who know the novels enough to be disappointed that certain things were not included. I was pleased to see so many of the characters from the second novel in this version of Alice In Wonderland (such as the Cheshire Cat, the talking flowers in the garden, and Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum), although I must admit that I was slightly disappointed to see that Through The Looking Glass has been assimilated into this version of Alice In Wonderland rather than adapted into its own film, which I think is an honor that it certainly deserves. ![]() I read Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass for English 180 (Children's Literature) at the University of California, Davis, so needless to say, I read it with more of a literary appreciation than is generally applied to children's books. On the other hand, this WAS made in 1951, which makes me wonder what a more modern adaptation would look like. While I did get more than the traditional share of talking animals with this film (as well as a variety of other inanimate objects), the film stayed more faithful to the original story than is generally expected from a Disney film. (called%20Haigha,book%20Alice's%20Adventures%20in%20Wonderland.I was a little worried when I went to watch the film version of Alice In Wonderland, because I just read the novel and Disney has a tendency to dumb down the material that they make into their films with goofball romantic nonsense and cutesy talking animals. (Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland)#Disney Let me know if there are any other Disney characters you want to learn more about! Apparently he had a lisp, and would often end up saying his last name as “Dodo-dodgson”. There’s not much explanation to this character’s origins other than the fact that Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Dodgson, and the Dodo bird was based off of himself. The hatters essentially went “mad” after working with mercury for almost 100 years. It would affect their teeth, tongue, eyelids, limbs, and even alter their personalities to become irritable and paranoid. At the time, it wasn’t yet discovered that mercury was actually poisonous, and all of the hatters began showing unusual symptoms. In the 1730s, they realized that if they added a little bit of mercury to cheap furs they were able to find, that it would turn into felt. Hatters, the hat makers, realized they were running out of felt and needed a quick fix for the high demand of top hats. ![]() Back in the 16th century, every European man was supposed to wear a felt hat anytime they went out in public - a societal fashion trend. It has been a rumor for a while that the Mad Hatter actually got his name and quirky personality from a real-life event in the 17s. It is hypothesized that Carroll created the characters based on people who knew in his real life, as most authors tend to do. However, majority of the main characters are involved in both stories. ![]() There are a few characters from Lewis Carroll’s story that did not make it into the 1951 Disney film, such as The Lory, The Eaglet, The Duck, Pat, Puppy, The Mock Turtle, and others. ![]()
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