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[Nina West]

Welcome to Round 26 of Least Fave Disney Animated Classic and the latest one to drop is "Alice In Wonderland" which received 9 votes, and was a pretty close run over the last 24 hours. Released in 1951 as the 13th Disney animated feature and has since proved to be one the all time cult classics, being deemed ahead of it's time, when it was first released, where it was critically panned, but throughout the years it has gained much love. Walt Disney first attempted to adapt Alice in 1930's, but was unsuccessful and then again in the 1940's with the idea of a mixture of live action/animation, however due to the war at the time and budget restraints, the plans fell through and in the end decided to make it all animation. The book of which it's based upon has been adapted to the screen many times, most recently in 2010 with Tim Burton directing and stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice, Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, along with other stars such as Helena Bontam Carter & Anne Hathaway. It earned mixed reviews. but became a box office success earning $1.025 Billion worldwide and a sequel "Through The Looking Glass" is set for this year, which is also based on the books by Lewis Carroll.


So with Alice finishing in a respectable 8th place, the remaining ones "101 Dalmatians" had the 2nd highest votes with 6, "The Jungle Book" had 4 votes, while "Snow White", "Aladdin" & "The Lion King" each gained 2 votes each. Then "Beauty and the Beast" got 1 vote and finally "The Little Mermaid" was the only one not to get a vote in the last round.




08th Alice In Wonderland = 9 Votes



Out of all the versions of this story that have been adapted to the big screen this one has to be the best one, well in my opinion it is and t's definitely the most well known. Okay it may stray quite a bit from the source material (I've never read the original book), but who cares it's Disney and honestly I would place this in my personal top 10 fave Disney movies also. As for the Tim Burton version, well honestly I weren't too keen on it, I thought that it lacked the fun and imagination this one had. The concept and the wackiness of the story Alice as a character is really interesting. The way she reacts to all of the situations is very unique but extremely suitable for a young British girl. Every single side character is really memorable and everything about them shows how everyone involved with the movie has always been a high point for me with this, with it's bright and colourful animation that lights up from scene to scene, making every second more memorable than the next. Then we have the main character Alice herself voiced brilliantly by Kathryn Beaumont who also did Wendy in Peter Pan. I always found her interesting and the way she reacts to the situations is very unique and even the side characters were very memorable and a lot of fun, The Queen of Hearts was totally over the top and excellent, The Mad Hatter was just kooky and fun, The Cheshire Cat was a delight, even the White Rabbit was just loveable and fun. All of the actors managed to breathe so much life into this and the creators took so much care and time with this project that it pays off wonderfully and so well crafted, that makes this whole thing so much more wonderful.



Right then just 7 left now, same rules apply just vote for your least fave and the one with the most votes will be out by the next round which will be on 27th January 2016.


Results

08th - Alice In Wonderland = 9 Votes/34.62%
09th - Sleeping Beauty = 11 Votes/42.31%
10th - Pinocchio = 10 Votes/31.25%
11th - Lady and the Tramp = 5 Votes/17.86%
12th - Bambi = 6 Votes/21.43%
13th - Mulan = 13 Votes/40.62%
14th - The Hunchback Of Notre Dame = 13 Votes/41.94%
15th - Frozen = 9 Votes/33.33%
16th - Peter Pan = 7 Votes/29.17%
17th - Tangled = 7 Votes/25.93%
18th - Robin Hood = 11 Votes/36.67%
19th - Dumbo = 8 Votes/27.59%
20th - Cinderella = 5 Votes/22.73%
21st – Wreck It Ralph = 5 Votes/21.74%
22nd– Hercules = 9 Votes/39.13%
23rd - The Fox and the Hound = 5 Votes/22.73%
24th - Lilo & Stitch = 7 Votes/29.17%
25th - Pocahontas = 10 Votes/37.04%
26th - Tarzan = 8 Votes/28.57%
27th - Big Hero 6 = 4 Votes/15.38%
28th - The Princess and the Frog = 6 Votes/23.08%
29th - The Aristocats = 6 Votes/10.00%
30th - The Emperor's New Groove = 10 Votes/16.67%
31st - Bolt = 8 Votes/12.31%
32nd -The Sword In The Stone = 9 Votes/13.85%
33rd - Fantasia = 10 Votes/15.38%
34th - Winnie The Pooh (2011) = 6 Votes/11.76%
35th - Atlantis; The Lost Empire = 7 Votes/13.73%
36th - Brother Bear = 11 Votes/21.57%
=37th Treasure Planet = 8 Votes/8.70%
=37th Basil The Great Mouse Detective = 8 Votes/8.70%
39th - The Rescuers = 9 Votes/9.78%
40th - The Black Cauldron = 10 Votes/10.87%
=41st The Rescuers Down Under = 8 Votes/7.21%
=41st Oliver & Company = 8 Votes/7.21%
43rd - The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh = 9 Votes/8.11%
44th - Meet The Robinsons = 17 Votes/15.32%
=45th Fantasia 2000 = 8 Votes/8.60%
=45th Chicken Little = 8 Votes/8.60%
47th - Home On The Range = 9 Votes/9.68%
48th - The Adventures Of Ichabod Mr Toad = 10 Votes/10.75%
49th - The Three Cabarellos = 14 Votes/15.05%
50th - Dinosaur = 8 Votes/6.96%
=51st Fun & Fancy Free = 10 Votes/8.70%
=51st Make Mine Music = 10 Votes/8.70%
=51st Saludos Amigos = 10 Votes/8.70%
54th - Melody Time = 11 Votes/9.57%

This post has been edited by Acidburn: 26th January 2016, 09:43 PM