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Classic Films

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1. IMHO, that story is incompatible with motion pictures

Reply to Crowman2009 (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 11:43 PM

Feb 2020

All of the film versions, including the Disney animated and live action versions, register a "meh" at best.

And it's not because of its fantasy elements or anything like that. It's because Lewis Carroll told those stories to children first, then recollected them, wrote them down and published them. In other words, the books are really collections of short stories strung together, and therefore lack a long smooth storyline that a good feature movie needs.

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1933 adaption of "Alice In Wonderland" has to be the strangest one. [View all] Crowman2009 Feb 2020 OP

IMHO, that story is incompatible with motion pictures Wednesdays Feb 2020 #1

Bizarre, don't know how I never knew of this as much as I like films appalachiablue Feb 2020 #2

Well it wasn't released on DVD until 2010. Crowman2009 Feb 2020 #3

Tx for the resources, I'll check it out. Bizarre but interesting, appalachiablue Feb 2020 #4

Speaking of TCM, the screenwriter for this movie was Ben Mankiewicz's great uncle. Crowman2009 Feb 2020 #5

Cary Grant and his Mock Turtle. Crowman2009 Feb 2020 #6

That's wild, my family will love this funky 'Alice' version if we ever appalachiablue Feb 2020 #7

Like I said before, the 1933 adaption is available for purchase on DVD and is available to rent on.. Crowman2009 Feb 2020 #8

Found a free copy on DailyMotion. Crowman2009 Feb 2020 #9

Will keep that in mind, I've used Amazon for movies as well. appalachiablue Feb 2020 #10