Perhaps most importantly, the film gave a generation of young women a different kind of heroine. Mia Wasikowska’s Alice doesn’t spend the film searching for a husband or a way home; she spends it searching for her own spine. In the final battle, she literally grows to 9 feet tall, sheds her dress for armor, and declares, "I make the path." It is a triumphant image that resonates far deeper than the film’s occasional CGI fuzziness.
The film’s central theme is distilled in the conversation between Alice and the Mad Hatter: alice.in.wonderland.2010
details how the Red Queen’s palette signifies both "countrified" aesthetics and evil, while the White Queen represents purity and nobility. Critical Perspective: Adaptation vs. Originality Perhaps most importantly, the film gave a generation