![]() ![]() The point, in case you’ve missed it, is that Girls Can Do Anything. The plot has been junked up with a dumb framing device, hinted at in the earlier movie, that makes Alice the captain of her late father’s ship: In the opening sequence, she bravely guides the vessel through pirate-ridden seas. ![]() Mia Wasikowska returns as Alice, only in the movie’s vision, it’s not enough for her to simply slip into the looking-glass universe for some wild adventures. Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There was first published in December 1871 (dated 1872). The actors may as well have been zombified and then airlifted onto the set, they appear to have so little interest in being there. The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday - but never jam to-day. James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass-a sequel to Tim Burton’s mad, cluttered 2010 Alice in Wonderland, featuring much of the same cast-feels like a movie made by committee, a picture with no rhyme, no reason and no real reason for existing other than to cash in on its predecessor’s popularity. One thing leads to another, and Alice finds herself in the Looking-glass. As she half talks to herself and half sleeps, Alice imagines going into the Looking-glass House behind the mirror surrounding the fireplace. Alice gently scoops up a black kitten and scolds it for poor manners. Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is one of the trippiest children’s books ever written, a squiggly bit of tomfoolery made by a highly imaginative individual. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a novel by Lewis Carroll, and the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The novel opens with Alices cat, Dinah, grooming her kittens. ![]()
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