All in the golden afternoon, leisurely we glide.
The dream-child moving through a land of wonders
wild and new, in friendly chat with bird or beast, thus grew
the tale of Wonderland, the rest next time-it is next time.
Lewis Carroll
The entire visual effects crew did a phenomenal job bringing Lewis Carroll's imagination to the eyes and screen writer Linda Woolverton who also wrote Disney's 2010 "Alice In Wonderland" sagaciously transformed Carroll's books into a joyous mind journey on the 3-D big screen.
Acting greats Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen return from the 2010 movie "Alice In Wonderland."
Disney's "Alice Through The Looking Glass," released May 27 in theaters is being shown in 3-D and regular movie mode. I went to the 3-D version and yes, it was an awesome movie experience that warrants the big screen showing. When Alice is traveling back in time, the thoughts of her past pictured in the raging waters of the ocean under a dark sky was captivating.
Alice is forced to go back in time to save the life of the Mad Hatter, who is grieving the presence of his parents and other immediate family members. I love the dialogue when Alice meets the Mad Hatter before they met (time travel) and the Mad Hatter says to Alice;
"So I'll meet you again for the first time when I'm older and your younger."
I thought the Red Queen was too nice in this movie, but hey, no movie or story is absolutely perfect, especially when your catering to both the adult and child mind, a very tough combination because, if the writer leans too much toward the child mind, the adult could get bored and vise versa.
"Alice Through The Looking Glass" will be better on the big screen than in the home and Alice (Wasikowska) portrays an excellent role model for young girls across the universe.
