Does anyone else think the way Alice confronted her aunt about her imaginary prince was... something a bitch would do? There are better, less soul shattering and publicly humiliating ways to go about it.
shareNot at all, she did not confront her she gently told her the truth.
As far as doing it in public, anyone watching would have realized she was being nice to her aunt.
I mostly liked Alice and could empathize with her quest to find her inner strength and destiny, but I felt that was a bit out of place. Some of the others deserved to be put in their place, but not the aunt. I guess I just found it a bit hypocritical. Since Alice had a vivid imagination herself and had just spent a whole freakin' movie having adventures in a fantasy-type place (arguably in her own - yes - imagination, but I won't get into the "dream vs real" debate), where she learned it was ok to be her imaginative self, that one can be both imaginative and strong, and also its ok to not conform to society and expectations. Or I thought she learned that. So I was surprised she wasn't more understanding of her aunt.
I guess it was ok for Alice because she's young. If you're young: imagination = good. If you're "older": imagination = crazy, silly, delusional and you need to be "corrected" and come back to "reality". ::Sigh:: Double standard IMO. I guess it makes more sense if you see Alice defeating the Jabberwocky and leaving Underland as symbolizing her putting away "childish" things and becoming "grown-up", hence her embarking on that business adventure. So she wouldn't end up like the "crazy" aunt. Since adults should only care about business and responsibility, I guess. Ok, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, and so on. Riiiiiight... Oh well...not all of us can be a "champion", so she still should have been nicer to her :-/
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she was unlikable anyway, why do we NEED to CONSTANTLY make ALL heroines in movies the "independent" feminist who OMG SHES TOO GOOD FOR A MAN?
BOOORRIIIINNNNNG. i for one, would like some diversity. i was rooting for the red queen, she was a cooler character than alice!
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Why does anyone HAVE to be likeable ?
Do you like everyone you meet in person?.. I certainly don't, this doesn't meant they are bad people, it just means I don't get on with them..lol
she was unlikable anyway, why do we NEED to CONSTANTLY make ALL heroines in movies the "independent" feminist who OMG SHES TOO GOOD FOR A MAN?
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I think the aunt was meant to be a parallel for the White Queen waiting for a hero who'll never come.
shareHa! I was hoping a prince would show up and whisk the aunt away!
Yeah, I was mentally re-writing this film as I watched it, it was that bad. And oddly enough, the only thing I remember is the aunt.
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She was a bitch for most of the movie. with her pissed off expression and her "I could care less" vibe.
I don't even remember seeing her smile, Not really, no genuinely, Not once was she happy, And even at the end when she was kind of happy she still looked pissed off.
This movie was like if Lydia from Bettlejuice came to Wonderland.
and the most pathetic thing is that Even Lydia Does Smile and dance at the very end.
She actually LOOKS HAPPY at the end of that one. Yet Alice still looks depressed at the end of this movie
Even the queen of Gloom in bettlejuice was more likable than Alice...
I don't even remember seeing her smile, Not really, no genuinely, Not once was she happy, And even at the end when she was kind of happy she still looked pissed off.
is not just the smile but her overall attitude. She has to be the most negative pissed off depressing character I've seen in a Disney movie that was not meant to be a villain.
People complain about Bella in twilight and this girl that played Alice was even more dull and depressing than Bella. Bella was moody as well but at least you could feel some sort of passion in her moodiness (I am not defending twilight by the way)
the Alice girl was just completely dull and void of any emotion
right....
This movie was aimed at the Twilight audience. These are the kids who shop at Hot Topic. No one understands them. Everyone is backwards. They love a character like Alice.
The sad thing: Alice, in the novel, is curious, imaginative, spunky and polite. This Alice is none of those things.
Lizzie
To love another person is to see the face of God! - Les Miserables
Not necessarily. She was constructive about it.
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