{"id":1169,"date":"2016-10-04T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2016-11-22T05:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T05:07:50","slug":"through-the-looking-glass-past-and-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/10\/through-the-looking-glass-past-and-present.html","title":{"rendered":"Through the Looking Glass: past and present"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice in Wonderland demanded a sequel. Alice Through the Looking Glass<\/em> (2016, USA) begins where Wonderland left off.<\/p>\n

The connection with the past isn\u2019t left there.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a whole story about the past.\u00a0After again escaping the real world, Alice is back in Underland. Her mission is to save the Mad Hatter\u2019s family because the Hatter is depressed about losing them all those years ago. So she time travels, trying to change the past for the Mad Hatter’s benefit.<\/p>\n

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Mad Hatter is in a spot of bother. (Image sourced via google images.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The point is to change the past so the future can be better,\u00a0if<\/em> Alice can turn back time. If being the imperative word. \u00a0We know she can\u2019t, though trying to change what happened in the past is her mode of operation in this film.<\/p>\n

Is the impossible possible?<\/h4>\n

Human beings live in the one world with all its facets and problems.<\/p>\n

Will Alice Through the\u00a0Looking Glass <\/em>commit to following through on its premise of being able to change the past?<\/p>\n

In real life, people cannot change the past, as life happens.<\/p>\n

People tend to make changes when they must, such as when life spirals out of control.<\/p>\n

Yet wouldn\u2019t it be great if some things could have been prevented before they got out of control, or decisions which weren\u2019t that good were stalled until something better was thought of.<\/p>\n

This is why the message of Alice Through the Looking Glass<\/em> and another time travel film Back to the Future is really a good one. They show us that if we make changes before it\u2019s too late, life could be better. Therefore this message is to \u201cthink twice\u201d.<\/p>\n

If that can\u2019t be done, there\u2019s a catchy phrase in the film: \u201cThe impossible is possible!\u201d<\/p>\n

Alice Through the Looking Glass<\/em> is released to DVD on October 18, 2016, in the USA\/Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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