A Tale of Two Alices

So, yesterday I re-watched Alice in Wonderland, the animated version. [Side note: I thought Alice in Wonderland was in the vault, and I think technically it is, but I found it at FYE so I bought it. But, FYI, it is coming out on March 30th. Anyways, I don't understand the vault. My DVD is from the 2004 release. Aren't movies supposed to be in the vault for like 10 years? Why does it seem like only Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King actually abide by that period? Others have been released within the past 10 years. oh, the vault. Anyways, because I have an older version, I didn't get a code for Disney movie rewards so i get no credit for it. Bummer. Guess I should have been patient and waited 2 weeks....] Personally, I like the newer version better. Why?

1- It has a plot. The animated version's plot is Alice simply trying to find the rabbit, then trying to get home. Which is kinda a plot, but more of an exploration or an adventure than anything else. The new version actually has a legit plot. On a similar note, the characters in the newer version have more of a point than the ones in the animated version. They are more there to help and move the story along than the ones in the animated version.

2- I like the characters better. The Mad Hatter, for example. In the new version, he is more of a character (which makes sense. Why pay who knows how much for Johnny Depp to be the Mad Hatter and then have him be a somewhat pointless character?). He's "mad" but still more sane than the original one. [Side note: Am I the only person who did not know that the Mad Hatter is called that because he makes hats? In my defense, in the animated version, he doesn't make any hats. And I thought the hat store at Disneyland came as a secondary idea, not because that's what the character actually did. Hmm. Yes, you see, if he'd been the Mad Milliner, I would have gotten it. That's the word I more commonly find in historical fiction and stuff. I know, no excuses...]. Although the Hare is much weirder in the newer version...

3- Alice herself is less annoying.

Anyways, re-seeing it did bring some "aha!" moments because there are some things that were brought over like the falling scene, the "why is a raven like a writing desk," and a few other miscellaneous things...

Totally Random Other Note:

I noticed that tomorrow (Monday March 15) is a New Moon. Wouldn't it have made SO MUCH MORE sense for the New Moon DVD to come out tomorrow instead of Saturday? I'm sure they had their reasons for releasing it on saturday (which is totally not normal for a DVD. DVDs generally come out on Tuesdays. Like the Princess and the Frog! This Tuesday! Yea!!!), but wouldn't it have been really cool if New Moon came out on the New Moon? Eclipse would be a harder one...