Alice 2009 Miniseries Blu-ray

I know i made a review of Alice before but I just wanted to say the cast alone makes this dvd a must-buy. I believe the dvd will be released in March 2010. So I never really got into the whole Alice in Wonderland story, to tell the truth, I was actually terrified with the story as a child. Anyways Alice is a wonderful and refreshing take on the well known classic and I was shocked at how much I enjoyed it. I watched it at about midnight, skimming through the channels until I came across it and for some reason I was hooked at once. Alice is portrayed as a kickass fighting heroine, that's quite different and the story/plot was so exciting and new, I don't want to give it away but there is some interesting bits added to the original. Summary: So this Alice is a martial arts butt-kicker. She meets Jack who slips her a ring and once Jack is abducted Alice follows, thus leading to her falling down the "rabbit hole" or the looking glass. Once there she meets Hatter who wants to help her find her way home. As she learns more about Wonderland and their emotion-extracting economy, her life becomes endangered when the Queen of Hearts orders for Alice's capture. The Queen ultimately wants the ring Alice recieved from Jack to power the looking glass. Along Alice's journey to find Jack, she also meets The White Knight who accompanys the duo to the Casino(where the captured humans are extracted) while also running away from the Queen's men: White Rabbit and the Suits. Quite an adventure. Okay back to characters: I must say the acting is top-notch, so great for SyFy to get these incredibly talented actors. First Caterina Scorsone as Alice is amazing and this is my first time watching her, but I am really impressed by her acting. The White Knight(Matt Frewer who is another great star who works perfectly in Alice) is there for some comical parts, and very fun to watch too. Kathy Bates as the Queen, I get what I expected knowing her previous work. The whole cast, Tim Curry, Phillip Winchester, Colm Meaney, etc. is great but the one person that MADE it for me is Andrew Lee Potts as the Mad Hatter. Cute, funny, adorable and most of all he is the one character you can sympathize with (also watch him in the sci-fi show Primeval!) I mean he practically steals every scene he is in. Pott's Hatter is so likable opposite of Scorsone's skeptical Alice that I would watch this just to see the two of them and their <spoiler> romance! He really surprised me with his fun cool side yet it was his sensitive and "mushy side" that just left me wanting more. Now I am curious to see Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter... The SyFy series Tin Man, was a similar miniseries that I saw a few years back(not sure how long) but I really enjoyed the show and the concept behind it. Alice is much like Tin Man, since it is by the same people, but I think it is slightly better and less gloomy. The cinematography is also perfect, many beautiful scenes but some might have something to say about the CGI. It kind of bothered me that the CG wasn't too amazing but considering it is SyFy, that is just a very miniscule issue and never took away from the show itself. The small attention to details is exceptional too, if you pay attention you can tell how amazing the level of depth is- from the clothing to the buildings. Basically the show is fun, bizarre, unique and a truly fantastic adventure. I highly recommend a watch. One last note: the ending ROCKED! and did I already mention how awesome Hatter was.... Read more

As a huge Alice in Wonderland fan, I have always enjoyed the different ways this story was told and always felt a little lost at the end...I'm a big "What happens next" girl. I love it when my characters get their HEA or Happily Ever After. Simply put, this story really gave me the "What next" that I have been craving. I never saw it on TV but after seeing the new Alice in Wonderland with Depp, et al, and being mildly amused by it (It was a good dark story and really gave you a grasp of what could be), my daughter said that I NEEDED to see this version. So I ordered the disk. (I figured if I didn't like it, I'd give it to her, because she LOVES this version.) I was intrigued, from the start. I enjoyed the fact that it wasn't a retelling of the original Alice story but a continuation (much like the Depp version). The story has enough dark to it to be believable and enough humor in it to keep your attention...(Hatter's line in the beginning about girls in wet dresses showed me that I needed to keep on my toes and listen.) With a cast that includes Bates and Curry, I knew I had to give it a shot. And, sigh...I wasn't disappointed even if I thought that Tim Curry should have had more screen time. Yes, Andrew Lee Potts is adorable, stealing your heart from minute one, and just gifted in this role - I looked forward to every scene he was in and Matt Frewer as the White Knight, Charlie, was freaking amazing and he just nailed it. Both of them were sane enough to be beloved and insane enough to be believable. And Alice, Caterina Scorsone, just rocks. I can't stand a "woe is me" heroine, and Scorsone, goes in and kicks butt. She has her moments where she is just there but her character is learning and growing and really gets tested...but when the moment comes, she lets loose and just plain rocks. She's smart and strong, but soft and caring, very well-rounded character for the type of story this was. While there are a few things that were superfluous....like the Drink Me Bottle (with its warning label - lol) and the Cheshire cat scene...I don't think it detracted from the story nor did I really miss them. This is an entirely different tale with same but different characters. However, all the more enjoyable. Just as Tin Man was to the Wizard of Oz, this is to Wonderland. I do believe Mr. Carroll would be impressed. So, no, my daughter can get her own copy, this one's mine. Goes on my movie shelf with the others that are my "need a good story" tales. I love a good HEA and it's about bloody time Hatter got his. Read more

i Had this version of "Alice In Wonderland" on DVD a few years ago and it was stolen along with many of my other DVD;s & CD's and I liked it so much. And when I had seen that it has come on Blu-ray I just had to have it. And I'm so glad I had. It is a wonderful version of this classic story. Just as confusing as all of the other versions of "Alice In Wonderland, but that's the point isen't it ! The colors in this film are bright, sharp and beautiful. So much more nicer than most of the theatrical movies out there today with all of that dark blue or brown film that they put in ( or on ) the film itself. What's the sence of making a beautiful color film if your going to smear it with a 'dark' film . Caterina Scorsone plays "Alice" who is a grown up Alice just Alice was in those good Johnny Depp versions. And she sort of reminded me of a younger Barbra Streisand. And this is rather an adult version of this famous story.Up dated to the extreme, but good. And an actor I had never seen before by the name of Andrew-Lee Potts played a very human 'Mad Hatter and he was magnificent. It was his movie as well as Caterina's as far as I am concerned and he certainly deserved his name above the title of the movie on the DVD box. I don't know or care all that much about Tim Curry who's name was above the title. Kathy Bates was above the title too, but her role as The Queen of Hearts was good, but not all that long of a role. Yeah, Andrew-Lee Potts deserved STAR billing. Some of this version of Alice was rather dark and didn't make sence in many respects, but did any version of Alice In Woderland make all that much sence ? Neither did the original book by Lewis Carroll make Not to me anyway. Read more