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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:21 am
... is the greatest book ever written. 3nodding (Or at least the greatest book I've ever read. ninja ) Most people think of it as a silly children's story, but I think it's a work of literary genius.
Discuss. blaugh
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:59 pm
I happen to agree with you. It IS genius, even if I feel like I'm tripping on acid every time I read it. xd
"But I don't want to go amongst mad people!"
"Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. You might have noticed that I'm not all there myself."
That's one of my favorite parts right there!
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:49 am
iThe Penguin I happen to agree with you. It IS genius, even if I feel like I'm tripping on acid every time I read it. xd "But I don't want to go amongst mad people!" "Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. You might have noticed that I'm not all there myself." That's one of my favorite parts right there! I lurve the Cheshire Cat! 3nodding (I made myself a Cheshire Cat costume for Halloween the year before last. whee ) One of the parts that makes me laugh the most is when Alice is talking about writing letters to her feet. rofl One thing I really don't like about the Disney movie is that Alice is a pathetic, wimpy, little simp. She was a tough cookie in the book. blaugh She was always harsh and bold and independent. And most importantly, she was a little cuckoo, herself. Disney kinda ruined her. Miraculously, Carroll wasn't tripping on anything. Not acid, shrooms, or uppity tree roots. ninja He was on a boat with three little girls. There's a poem about it in the beginning of most copies of Alice in Wonderland. Speaking of copies, I really wanna get one from 1865. That was original release year. My earliest copy right now is from 1927.
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:24 pm
May I ask what you think of 'Through the Looking Glass'? I enjoy both books (and agree - the books are infinitely better than the movie) and wondered what people's thoughts were on this.
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:43 am
(Finally decides to get involved in this conversation.)
I also agree that Disney didn't really do the stories (since they kinda combined them) justice; the movie just seems to miss the whole point of the saga, which, among other things, is thinly-disguised satire. (And "surrealism" or whatever you'd call it and so forth.) Not Alice traipsing around like a ninny while singing about her desire to talk to flowers. O_o;
@Melnoli: I actually liked "Through the Looking Glass" better than "Alice in Wonderland" when I read it, though they're both good. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:11 pm
Melnoli May I ask what you think of 'Through the Looking Glass'? I enjoy both books (and agree - the books are infinitely better than the movie) and wondered what people's thoughts were on this. I do like Through The Looking Glass, but I prefer Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. heart
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:32 pm
OoooOOO, differing opinions in the thread! :p
I have to say that personally I enjoyed Through the Looking Glass more, but that may be because I'm actually more familiar with that story (as in, I know it better, I've read it more, etc)
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:29 pm
Just out of curiosity, when's the last time all of you read AiW?
Cuz I asked my mummy yesterday and she said "sometime in the late 50's". rofl
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:14 pm
DysFUNKtional Duck Just out of curiosity, when's the last time all of you read AiW? Cuz I asked my mummy yesterday and she said " sometime in the late 50's". rofl Hmm, let me see... five or six years ago, or something like that. >.O
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:18 pm
r_s_boston DysFUNKtional Duck Just out of curiosity, when's the last time all of you read AiW? Cuz I asked my mummy yesterday and she said " sometime in the late 50's". rofl Hmm, let me see... five or six years ago, or something like that. >.O Ooo! >.O You need to read it again, kiddo! The Duck finds that the older she gets, the more she appreciates it. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:03 pm
DysFUNKtional Duck r_s_boston DysFUNKtional Duck Just out of curiosity, when's the last time all of you read AiW? Cuz I asked my mummy yesterday and she said " sometime in the late 50's". rofl Hmm, let me see... five or six years ago, or something like that. >.O Ooo! >.O You need to read it again, kiddo! The Duck finds that the older she gets, the more she appreciates it. 3nodding Meh, I'll probably get around to rereading it one of these days. smile And yeah, I think in many ways the story is really more for adults than children. Because when you look at some of the stuff as a kid you just kinda go, "What the hell??" and take it all too literally or something I guess. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:30 pm
The books ARE much better than the movie by far. I like Alice's Adventures In Wonderland better personally, but both are awesome. And the last time I read them was about 2 1/2 years ago. I used to read them more frequently, but Navy life's gotten in the way. I need to read them again. crying
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:41 am
It's been about nine months since I last read Through the Looking Glass. Probably about two years since I read Alice in Wonderland.
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:43 am
I did go to a play last summer that was based off of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. mrgreen The play was lovely and the company was fantastic. wink
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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:25 pm
Any of you ever play the 'American McGee's Alice In Wonderland' game?
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