Why no movie could show the same story of ‘Alice in Wonderland’?

 

 

Real Alice who inspired the story of Alice in wonderland

From the time of its release, the novel ‘Alice of Wonderland’ saw many adaptions, illustration, inspiration of itself. There are many animation movies on it from the time 1951 to 2010. Many painters painted their imaginary wonderland in their paintings and exhibited to the world. Same as them, Illustrators drew wonderland according to their imagination and after taking inspiration from the original illustration of wonderland which is in Lewis Caroll’s original copy.

Not only movies were made on the novel but also the name of Alice and wonderland was used as an inspiration to many creations including novels, TV series, movies. May be if human reach at other planet and find life, we will start to give them name after ‘Alice in Wonderland’, like as ‘We reached at wonderland’. 

A painting inspired from depiction of White rabbit and rabbit hole

Why no movie could depict the same story of novel?

There are many movies but no movie adaption depicts the same story as it is written in the book. Movie makers adapted facts according to their own convenience. And this type of adaptation has both good or bad perspectives.

We know that people who watch English movies, generally have read the book in their childhood or at any stage of life. So, if movie makers will just show the depiction as it is, it will lose the curiosity from audience because they already know the story.

But, there are millions of people in the world who try to watch movies to know the stories of fairy tales. We know that English is prevalent in all over the world and the people who read English also know that there is something ‘Alice in Wonderland’, So, in case if they try to know the actual story and couldn’t watch it through movies, it is not good.

With the story of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, a magical can be created by the movie makers by using modern techniques such as VFX because visuals affect us more than the reading. 

Alice in an animation movie

The scene of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ which secured a place in almost every adaptation of the novel.

Without second answer, it is the scene of ‘Tea Party’ which may be considered as the most popular scene of novel. Seventh Chapter of the novel introduced us with the most popular character of the novel ‘the mad hatter’. Tea party is the scene where mad hatter is drinking tea with March Hare. When Alice go there to join ‘Tea’ with them, first they say there is no room but then they allow her to sit there. 

A Tea Party from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland

‘Tea Party’ is the scene which appears in every movie which was made on the story of ‘Alice in Wonderland’, the travel to wonderland is incomplete without joining ‘Tea Party with ‘Mad Hatter’ and ‘March Hare’.

“There was a Table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it.

The table was a large one but the thee were all crowded together at one corner of it: ‘No room! No room!” they cried out when they saw Alice Coming.”

The other scene such as Trial, playing of croquet, visit at a home where a woman carrying baby, are moulded according to the convenience in movies.

After Tim burton’s ‘Alice in wonderland’ and Johnny Depp as Hatter in the movie, the character of Hatter became very popular among to the people who even don’t know the whole story of the novel.

Alice, red queen, white rabbit, Hatter are the most popular characters of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

Tea party from original illustration of Lewis Carrol's book

Why ‘Alice in Wonderland’ has the character of Queen and not of King as the head?

Three years earlier from its publication in 1865, when three daughters Reverend Robinson Duckworth came to Lewis Carrol and they went to boating and these daughters asked to tell a story to Lewis. He would have related the story with the conditions and happenings of that time because probably, Children understand the story if it relates to the current things which are happenings at present. 

Three daughters

At that time, the head of the Great Britain was Queen Victoria, a queen who was famous among her subject, so may be Lewis seemed it good to also introduce Queen in the story, however not a sane Queen but quire insane Queen who has only one solution of all problems ‘Off with their heads’. However, no one executed on these words (otherwise whole wonderland would be empty except the queen). 

Now, I think, the character of Dictator in ‘The Dictator’ was also inspired with the character of Red Queen, who also orders to execute everyone even on petty mistakes, however, no person is executed. 

Red Queen

 Which cinematic Adaptation of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ I like the most?

Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ considered as the best cinematic adaptation of ‘Alice in wonderland. However, the story of the movie is completely different from the story of novel. But, the characters of Alice, Red Queen and the Hatters made it the favorite movie to the people, also the changed story and the visuals of wonderland the acting of the characters made it a masterpiece. 

Tim burtons' Alice in Wonderland

Another one was the character of ‘Alice’ in ‘Once upon a time’ TV Series. The intelligently woven story of ‘Once Upon a Time’ which depicted every fairy tales’ characters, characters from classical fantasy novel such as Jeckyll and hide, even the Popular Greek God ‘Hercules’. 

Alice in Once upon a time

 The series also showed the character of Alice, the depiction of wonderland and the character of Alice and Hatter also give a satisfaction to eyes and senses.

Hatter in Once Upon a Time

The novel ‘Alice in Wonderland’ inspired many generation and always be one of the best recommendation to the Children to broaden their imagination which is required for the proper development of a child. No matter how many movies you watched but if you are a book lover and you did not read the novel then your love for books is incomplete.