Book vs 2010 movie
The story of Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll, has been a part of many children’s lives and is seemingly a fairy tale. Although, many readers have interpreted that it is so much more than its commonly illuminated definition. According to Charles Frey and John Griffon, “Alice is engaged in a romantic quest for her own identity and growth, for some understanding of logic, rules, the games people play, authority, time and death.” Even though the book is filled peculiar scenes, the events have a direct correlation to how one grows and evolves in the transition from childhood to adolescence.This allows Alice in Wonderland to have amazing symbolic properties.
Although Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is an adaptation of the book, it holds an entirely divergent meaning. Burton’s version has rendered many in awe, and plenty in repugnance. The 2010 movie was more about the ideal feminist rising to power and discovering her true destiny. By observing the heavy makeup used on the characters, the computer animation of animals, and the butchering, or editing of the plot, one might say that the movie was tilted more towards the destroying of the Jabberwocky rather than Alice finding her true self. While Tim Burton was not the first to create this adaption, his was one of the many that went beyond the story to create a film using their own imagination and ideas. Did this thought process create a masterpiece, or a disaster?
As one watches the 2010 Alice in Wonderland film by Tim Burton, their mind might get boggled and create a tidal wave of confusion. The reason being that the plot of the film seemed to consist of a dramatically morphed fusion between Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the books by Lewis Carroll. As if this was not peculiar enough, the Alice in the movie was nineteen and had been to Wonderland before. This abnormality might make one wonder what the young Alice did in Wonderland in the first place. This might cause one to feel mislead by either the book, the movie, or both.
As there is no direct explanation for this conjoining of books decision, one might say that the movie plot seemed to have taken a deadly road that lead to confusion and puzzlement. The only way that the producers, writers and/or director could have overcome this misconception was if they had named the movie differently. In doing so, the viewers would know to expect something divergent from the original. The title Alice in Wonderland deceived many, it gave viewers something to expect if they had previously read the book. This could the main reason why many were disappointed with the overall outcome of the movie.
Even though the plot changes were bearable and enhanced the movie in a way, the film only mirrored the spirit of Lewis Carroll’s work. The tribute lacked the subtle darkness that was balanced by quirky comedy that made the book so surreal. Lewis Carroll’s original books have a profundity that isn’t very closely looked upon by those of us that have watched both the Disney adaptations. While it is refreshing that producers tried to create something fresh with Carroll’s source of material, it lacked the complexity that made his work so riveting. Although the movie wasn’t too inadequate, it hardly lived up to the material that made it so astounding in the first place.
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