Friday, May 28, 2010

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

You cannot really outgrow Fairy-Tales and Cartoon strip characters, can you?
Your eyes never fail to light up whenever you come across Snow-white and her adorable dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and the numerous prince and princesses, be it in a children-book, a poster or the label on a bottle of Honey (imploring you to buy it because Pooh Bear recommends it!)

Lewis Carroll and his story of Alice falling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland has been and will be a strong favourite with us. Which right minded Dawg wouldn’t love Wonderland?
Imagine being able to run free and wild in that beautiful land, not to speak of running after a March-Hare, door-mice, bumble-bees and a SMILING(!) Cat.




Considering that I am almost 5 and Ginger is almost 4 (which is 35 and 28 years in Human-Years), we thought we would be over this story by now. In fact there have been insinuating remarks from a few acquaintances about the maturity levels (or the lack of it!) in our family because we all (Mummy and Daddy included) love Fairies and Butterflies and Pink Clouds and Blue-caterpillars and Lavender Roses!!

But we couldn’t care less. Mummy says Fairy-Tales epitomises the child in you and there is nothing wrong in preserving a little bit of that. In fact, it makes you happier.

We dawgs, we think are much better at doing that than hoomans. Don’t we always find joy in the simplest and littlest of things in life?
So you guys can imagine our joy when Mummy told us we were going to watch ‘Alice in Wonderland’ today.
Our all time favourite story in a movie!!


We enjoyed it very, very much and highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who loves Lewis Caroll.
We even liked the Cheshire cat in the movie.

Mummy loved the Mad Hatter the best. We think he was pretty good too. She would have loved him even if he wasn’t, for the express reason that Johnny Depp portrayed this character! She thinks Depp is always wonderful portraying all eccentric, weird, difficult and wondrous characters.
Well, she thinks Depp is always wonderful, Period.


Anne Hathaway looks Oh! So lovely as the White Queen. Mummy is still Ooohing and Ahhhing over her gowns!



Mia as Alice, of course, was just perfect!



You cannot forget the Blue catter-pillar. He is so overbearing, reminds you of Professor Snape and that depressed robot in 'The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'!!
We loved the colourful, outrageously imaginary images of Wonderland.
Like in Alice’s dreams, these images are going to be in our memory forever.

In fact, after the movie, Mummy is in such a wistful frame of mind we thought she would like this picture.


Believe in the Fairies
that make Dreams come true.

Believe in the wonder of the Star and the Moon,
Believe in the Magic
from the Fairies Above,
They dance on the flowers

and sing songs of Love,

And if you just believe and always stay true,
The Fairies will be there to watch over You.

The above picture and the poem that accompanies it is from a poster she plans to get framed but is currently safely preserved in her store-room like many others!
All the other pictures were sniffed out by Google. Hope you like them and they inspire you to watch the movie soon, if you haven't already!

Wags,

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18 comments:

Chewy said...

Hi Ginger and Buddy,

My momma really likes Alice in the Wonderland too. She has not seen the movie yet but she likes the disney cartoon. I hope to see the movie soon!

Paws and Licks
Chewy

mayziegal said...

Oh, thank you so very much for that wonderful review! I will have to gets mom and dad to put it on the list. It shouldn't be hard cuz my mom is like yours - she LUVS that Johnny Depp fellow something fierce! (Although she's most partial to him as a pirate.)

I'm very much happy that you all refuse to grow ALL the way up!

Wiggles & Wags,
Mayzie

♥I am Holly♥ said...

My mom hasn't seen it yet but my Auntie Gwen saw it at the theater when it came out and she absolutely loved it!! Mom has it on her list at Netflix so hopefully it will come soon and we can see it! Holly and mom

Remington said...

I get to watch it next weekend! I can't wait! It will be soooo good!

little princess Luna~ said...

mummy and i watched this movie TWICE already. we totally LOVE it. we love the original disney one and we super love this new one~!!!!

xo,
luna

KT and Easton said...

Having the God-kids over for a Depp fest this long weekend. Should be fun.

houndstooth said...

Mom really loves fairy tales. I think our favorite is Beauty and the Beast. She said she was disappointed in Alice in Wonderland, though. She had high hopes, but it didn't live up. The costumes were gorgeous, though!

Bunny

Kate said...

Snapepillar is my favourite character in the movie! HeHE it is cool!

Lola and also Franklin, too said...

Thanks for the review. I'll let Daddy know. He's usually the one who rents the movies. We'll have to get it.

wags, Lola

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

What a lovely post!!! Nothing wrong with being an adult and loving fairy tales - they sure beat life sometimes:( Mom gets to watch all those fairy tales here with the little grandbipeds - they even like to dress up like them - see our recent post. Today we had Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, and alas, even Spiderman keeping us all entertained from the magical costume box.

Have a great weekend.

Woos - Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara

NAK and The Residents of The Khottage Now With KhattleDog! said...

Just a pawesome and inkhredibly true post!

My mom used to watch The Wizard of Oz evFURRY year it was on fur many years...and she loved the version of Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren too!

Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra & Khousin Merdie

Lorenza said...

Thanks for the review!
We have not watched it yet... but we will soon!
Kisses and hugs
Lorenza

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Teddy Bear said...

ALice in Wonderland is one of the best fairy tales, ever! We can't wait to watch it.:)

Love,
Teddy Bear

the booker man said...

hey miss gin and buddy!
we love fairy tailes at our house, too! my mama's favorite is beauty and the beast. :)
thanks for reviewing alice in wonderland for all of us! we haven't been able to see it yet, but it's on our list of friday night movies to watch!
*woof*
the booker man

Nelly said...

Thanks for this lovely review Buddy & Ginger. We haven't seen it yet but love all the images you have posted here and will definitely remind Mum & Dad to get it some time soon.
Nibbles
Nelly xx

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing the review. I always like Lewis Carroll but have never thought of going to the cinema to watch the movie. However, I think I'm gonna watch it soon now.

Molly the Airedale said...

This movie is on the top of mom's list! She hopes to see it soon! Thank you for the review!

Love ya lots,
Maggie and Mitch

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