Alice's Misadventures in Wonderland

I, too, saw this movie at the Sidewalk Film Festival last night. Although parts of "Alice" were confusing and/or long-winded, there were several great scenes and memorable performances by the actors (some professional, some not) overall. The girl who played Alice (Maggie... Henry? God, I suck for already forgetting that. Forgive me.) was particularly convincing in a role that had to be difficult to play (her basic storyline was to be confused/disoriented for the majority of the movie; I'm certainly not an actor, but that seems like it would be one of the more difficult emotions to play). The story suffered in spots because some scenes ran a bit long or were confusing, to me, anyway. There was a bit of frenetic energy that was difficult to follow.

That being said, the production values on this movie were amazing; I can't believe that the shooting schedule was only 16 days (this was revealed at the filmmakers' Q and A session after the film). I would have thought that just securing the locations would have made that kind of schedule impossible, but I was wrong.

I was the most excited by the special effects in "Alice", which were better than many studio films I've seen this year. I couldn't find a bad effects shot in this movie (and there were MANY effects shots). I was very impressed that the screenwriter/director Robb Rugan did most or all of the effects himself. This movie obviously spent a LOT of time in post-production. The music was also extremely impressive, and entirely original by one person. When I heard the music in the trailer, I thought they had temped it from another soundtrack because it was so good, but all of the music in "Alice" was composed entirely by Jim Robeson, who is local. A lot of talent in the Birmingham area was at play here.

So many of the comments about this movie are way too serious.

There are at least two comments to the effect that Carroll's tale was ruined. Well I would argue that the spirit of the original is definitely intact. It is all absurd, it is not a series of inside jokes (and if it is they still play funny to me the uninitiated) rather it is a series of absurd experiences that reference the noise of everyday life. That is what L.C. did in the original he wrote a series of absurd events that echo clichés and experience contemporaneous with his writing. If you so easily get Carroll's joke then you are either amazingly old or you have done outside reading that contextualizes his writings, we don't need that here all of the absurdities referenced are around us everyday.

The nay saying and negativity of the other comments can be be easily tossed aside as the whining of traditionalists faced with a radical reinterpretation of a beloved work.

Comparisons as odious as they are...this is better than Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet which is arguably in the same vein. This succeeds where the other fails. They do not seek to simply reset the existing text or previous interpretations in the modern world, they seek to reinterpret the story in the modern world.

I enjoyed despite my desire to find fault with it an want to write it off as a series of inside jokes or pretentious attempts at depth...these are not evident in the movie, if they are there again it is still enjoyable, so please if you have read the all the comments do not let the naysayers dissuade you from watching this feature, plus it will be a chance to support truly independent film making. And remember that sour grapes can be served up in online reviews.

I was a featured extra in the queens garden party, and we had a blast filming this movie. I was very excited to get to see it at the sidewalk film festival. My friends and I had an excellent time, and I thought the crew did a wonderful job with the special effects. The entire theaters full of people seemed to laugh along with the movie. I loved the story of Alice as a child, and I don't think that this movie does the story any great injustice. The film captures the same sense of the bizarre characters that Alice meets and presents them in an updated way. Sometimes people simply want to be entertained, and this film delivers.

I went to see it in hopes of some good old fashioned Alice Entertainment.Once I realized I would not be getting that,I watched it for a pretty well made movie (in terms of filming,and yeah..that was it).But aside from it having a good film quality,considering I had been watching grainy movies all day long,there was nothing good about that movie.

He killed 42.Why were Tweedle Dee and Dum played by Mudler and Scully?Serisouly,Who can answer that for me?Who can answer anything awful about this movie for me.

I agree with whoever said it was just one big long inside joke for the staff.That's all it seemed to be.

Poor Mr.Carroll.I'm so sorry somebody did that to his wonderful tales.

I, too, saw this movie at the Sidewalk Film Festival last night. Although parts of "Alice" were confusing and/or long-winded, there were several great scenes and memorable performances by the actors (some professional, some not) overall. The girl who played Alice (Maggie... Henry? God, I suck for already forgetting that. Forgive me.) was particularly convincing in a role that had to be difficult to play (her basic storyline was to be confused/disoriented for the majority of the movie; I'm certainly not an actor, but that seems like it would be one of the more difficult emotions to play). The story suffered in spots because some scenes ran a bit long or were confusing, to me, anyway. There was a bit of frenetic energy that was difficult to follow.

<p>That being said, the production values on this movie were amazing; I can't believe that the shooting schedule was only 16 days (this was revealed at the filmmakers' Q and A session after the film). I would have thought that just securing the locations would have made that kind of schedule impossible, but I was wrong.

<p>I was the most excited by the special effects in "Alice", which were better than many studio films I've seen this year. I couldn't find a bad effects shot in this movie (and there were MANY effects shots). I was very impressed that the screenwriter/director Robb Rugan did most or all of the effects himself. This movie obviously spent a LOT of time in post-production. The music was also extremely impressive, and entirely original by one person. When I heard the music in the trailer, I thought they had temped it from another soundtrack because it was so good, but all of the music in "Alice" was composed entirely by Jim Robeson, who is local. A lot of talent in the Birmingham area was at play here.