I think I need to discuss my ridiculous obsession. Everyone has their...thang. Mine is Alice in Wonderland. I don't care too much for the Disney cartoon, I like it, but it's not my world. I ADORE the books. Then to add to my appreciation of the books I studied abroad at Oxford University during college. Now, I'm not only obsessed with Alice but with Oxford. I left my soul in that city and I would go back in a heartbeat given the opportunity. If you don't know Alice in Wonderland was written by Lewis Carroll, which was a pen name of Charles Dodgson a mathematics professor at Christ Church College Oxford Uni. Alice was actually a real girl, the daughter of the president of the college who ran around quite often. Carroll used to make up stories and tell them to her, hense Alice in Wonderland. In Oxford there is an Alice shop (the Old Sheep shop and the shop where Alice got her candy) and Christ Church College has a whole stand glass window of Alice. So my obsessions go hand in hand. I got this necklace today and I'm really excited to get it and put a pound coin in it from Oxford. Be still my sentimental heart!
In light of all that....I feel like I'm going to have a stroke everytime I see the new movie commercial....I'm so damn excited. I already bought tickets, I'm throwing a mad tea party before the movie March 5....yeah the obsession is that bad. I can't stop thinking about this movie and how epic it's going to be. I think the new spin on an old tale will be amazing and I love the cast!
I read in an interview somewhere online that this version of Alice is like a sequel to Lewis Carroll's works, as it takes place 10 years after Alice's first trip into Wonderland and she doesn't seem to remember ever being there, yet everyone remembers her and now that she's back they need her help.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, it looks amazing and I can't wait to see it! I'm hoping we can go see it in 3D IMAX the first weekend it's out!