Alice In A Wonderful Matrix?

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2013)

In the film, after being proposed to by a man whose lifestyle bores her, Alice bolts from the alter to follow a curious rabbit on a magical adventure. After falling down a rabbit hole, she meets a variety of characters in a new world. She has to question her identity after finding out she was predetermined to slay a monster and free her new friends from the evil Red Queen's reign. The story of Alice In Wonderland epitomizes the question of what is real and what is not. Similar to the film The Matrix, young Alice is presented with the opportunity to escape the mundaneness of her everyday life and enter into a new world. Initially, Alice finds herself having to decide to either stay alone in an empty room, or to ingest an unknown substance to gain access into the world beyond. Alice decides to be brave and live up to her destiny. This is not unlike the situation Neo found himself in as depicted in The Matrix. Here, the liquid with the "drink me" tag parallels the red pill. Despite the fact that the events were all made up in Alice's head, she lived up to her destiny and her true identity after entering her own wonder-filled matrix.