Alice Through the Looking Glass

This is one of my favorites of all the film versions of Alice!Believing that the writing--that is, the actual words--Lewis Carroll employs in telling this story are eminently clever and just as important as the action, I am always annoyed by film versions that stray unnecessarily from the language of the book. This version sticks quite close to the original in both aspects, while still managing to be quite creative.I think its very effective the way director, John Henderson, conveys some of Alice's unspoken thoughts from the book by having Kate Beckinsale speak the lines either as if to herself or to the little girl on the other side of the mirror.Speaking of that little girl on the other side of the mirror, she's more the appropriate age of the Alice character than Kate Beckinsale, but thank goodness she didn't play the part. She's not really very appealing and doesn't seem up to the challenge. Despite Alice's age being raised from the 7 and a half years Carroll gave her, Beckinsale's performance is excellent. She is as bewildered, headstrong, kind, impatient, charming, brave, and intelligent as her creator meant her to be, but in ways that are different from, but just as good as, I'd imagined her.Some of my other favorite portrayals were Penelope Wilton, who truly embodied the White Queen, Steve Coogan in his brief appearance as the Gnat, and Gary Olsen and Marc Warren as Tweedledum and Tweedledee. I also thought Ian Holm's performance as the White Knight quite good, though perhaps he put a bit too much melancholy and lethargy into it.There were a few disappointments, but the only truly bothersome one was the Walrus and the Carpenter scene. I loved the crazy-music-video treatment, but the audio balance was way off, with the music nearly completely drowning out Tweedledum and Tweedledee speaking the words of the poem.I suppose people can love both, but I suspect others who, like me, found the Disney treatment of Alice too...well...Disneyfied, will find a lot to love in this film.

If you're looking for another Tim Burtonish version of the story, I'd look elsewhere. I promise you, this is no where even close.If, however, you're an actual fan of Lewis Carrolls BOOK, "Alice in Wonderland", then you'll more than likely enjoy this movie!Director John Henderson stays pretty much true to the original story with a modern day "fashion flair". Kate Beckinsale is a beautiful Alice and her delivery of each line is exactly as most lovers of literature heard them in our heads when we first read the book! Her many MANY wardrobe changes in the same scenes are a bit distracting, however, it's played off well and you start counting how many different things they can stick in Kates hair without giving away the joke! But Penelope Wilton stole nearly every scene she was in as the White Queen! She's quirky and almost lovable ... you find yourself waiting for her to appear again!While I love Tim Burtons version for overall entertainment, this is my favorite version of the story as it was told by Carroll.

I want to start by saying that I have always been a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. I am giving this film 3 stars for being one of the few adaptations of Alice Through The Looking Glass that does attempt to follow the original story line, but not without flaws. However, even as a made for television film some of the costumes and setting seemed to be of very low quality. The acting felt flat. It was like viewing what could have been a good film, but with too low of a budget to accomplish that goal(and this is keeping in mind that it was produced in the 90s). It was hard to actually finish this film. I admit, I nodded off several times. I wish I could rate this higher since I am such a loyal fan of the Wonderland series, but it just leaves too much to be desired.

This was an amazingly odd version of the book! Other than the poor sound quality in places, this was wonderful! I am an Alice nut, so I will watch anything Alice related. This one surely didn't disappoint.An adult playing a childlike Alice. Ian Holm as the White Knight. Beautiful costumes. Definitely an interesting take on the book.

My 6 year old picked this to watch; we are both big fans of alice in wonderland movies. Something about it could not grab/keep my attention. Just overall hard to follow and boring. Glad we did not actually have to pay to rent this. Also in this movie Alice is suppose to be 7 1/2, she looks my age (in her 20s) LOL. Weird.

On the whole disappointing as the story should allow as did the book a slow realisation that this is a chess board. Some of the acting was very poor. I particularly dislikes The twins but others where not bad. Kate Beckinsale was to old for the part. I think overall the director was not committed to the story. Shame

A great film indeed

I love this film! Only through the looking glass film I throughly enjoyed and could watch countless times. This copy is quite hard to find too

Excellent

highly watchable and enjoyable dvd, would totally recommend to anyone who likes this genre, also highly satisfied with product and servive provided.