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Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Walt Disney
I haven’t seen all the other old Disney films, but if this movie is any
indication, I need to seriously think about it. This movie is in a galaxy far
far away from the Lion King’s and Little Mermaid’s of today. Not that
those movies aren’t great for children and adults who are like children, but
this Alice movie is really something else. Packed with memorable scenes
and a totally off-the-wall script. The last time a cartoon had near this level
of animatory wit and flare would be the great cartoons from Warner
Brothers in the Chuck Jones/Michael Maltese period. For those of you
who’ve been living under a rock, that means Pepe Le Peu, Road Runner,
Foghorn Leghorn and, not least, some choice incarnations of Bugs and
Daffy. Of course, everyone knows good cartoons are made for adults,
particularly the perceptive ones, who collectively enable certain films to
become classics. Dude, Where’s My Car has not yet achieved this status,
but these things take time. If you haven’t seen Alice In Wonderland and
expect to see The Prince of Egypt only with Diana Ross instead of
Whitney Houston on the soundtrack, think again.
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