Why Is Alice In Wonderland So Popular

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Disney movies are always a popular hit. Whether it be the classics such as the princess movies or the newer reality and animated films. One of the overall best of them is one that combines most of the popular traits into one movie. This movie is Alice in Wonderland. Alice, the main character, first tells of a magical world where "[n]othing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would". Alice goes on an unforgettable journey when she follows a white rabbit into a rabbit hole. Where her journey is precisely the magical world she talks about, There are talking animals, creatures with strange powers, and even a disappearing cat. All of these creatures …show more content…

Sure Disney has brought inanimate objects to life but never in this way and to such extent. Other early Disney movies such as Cinderella have brought some small aspects of personification before, but Wonderland is an entirely different idea. "If he had his way, "Alice in Wonderland" would have been even wackier - and likely better" (Bjorkman). This movie was the product of Walt Disney's very first idea and how he got his start, in a sense Alice in wonderland was the original Disney movie. Alice in wonderland also uses all of its individual stories to create one story in the movie. This has never been done before in that time which is incredible considering that many movies now have side stories that all tie back into the main plot. Alice in wonderland takes a new perspective on the way animated films were previously thought to …show more content…

The most memorable part of any movie is the music. I know that I will never forget the "unbirthday song" and "painting the roses red". Disney chose these songs because they were very catchy, very short, and very random. each one of these songs will invoke some emotion. Whether that be happy for the unbirthday song, sad for alice's very good advice, or compassion for the walrus and the carpenter. These songs were instant classics, they were unforgettable when the came out and they will be for many more years to come. They will forever remain in the people who watched it as a child and who watches it

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