Audience reviews
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RookieQueenOtaku
I loved Alice and Wonderland since I was a kid, because getting lost in a world of fantasy is something I love to do. By chance I got hold of the manga when a library was giving away books. I fell in love with it right away. The personified characters were amazing, and the twists and changes and more realistic spin-off right away hooked me. When I found out there was a movie for this, I was really excited. However, the movie was rather dissapointing compared to the manga. Their is pretty much zero plot and it jumps scenes without any explanation and left me at many moments completely confused. The characters didn't really have much personality to them, they barely gave them anytime. Characters like Elliot March, Peter White, Boris (the Cheshire Cat) and even Alice herself don't get much ch…
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I feel like Heart no Kuni no Alice is the epitome of what being on drugs feels like. I've never read the manga (though I am curious to check it out), so I can only speak for this movie, but good god, what a mess.
Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoyed a lot of different parts of this, but the general feeling you get is that you find yourself constantly murmuring "what the fuck" under your breath as time passes and you feel like you've made no progress, nor have you learned anything. The beginning itself messes up your concept of time altogether, because it feels like nothing ever really connects.
I do have to give credit where it's due. The characters themselves aren't bad, I actually enjoyed how they were all quite darker than I initially expected. I can even say I enjoy the world that was…
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Story Rating : 4/10
I'm sorry to say this but the story is pretty fucked up to be honest.. I mean what the hell is even the main conflict of this story?! That Alice doesn't know how to come back home?! Heck she didn't even do that much to find a way to go back home!! Plus it's not even stated who the hell is the main 'villain' in this fucked up story. They didn't even explain the first few minutes about how Alice is running from a random reason. The scenes keeps on freaking skipping scene per scene! Heck! I don't even know what's happening anymore. I know that this in fact is a movie so not all of it are going to be explain but why not just explain what the hell is going on instead of jumping from one scene to another. I know that this is based on Alice in Wonderland but I think they're j…
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story: 3/10
Pathetic. there was literally no plot to it. it was girl gets thrown into a dream land (i think. i don't actually know cause it never made that very clear) with hot guys that either want to hurt her or want her.
Art: 10/10
to be honest its art was beautiful and the effects were done so well especially with a movie with lots of random transitioning. It was my favourite type of art style and the male characters were very well animated *cough cough.
Sound: 10/10 nice voice acting and sound effect. no complaints
Character: 3/10
Apart from the *cough cough well animated male characters, they had very bland personalities especially Alice, the main character... Almost as bland as the heroine from Amnesia. She literally had no personality except for being a wannabe tsundere.
Enjoym…
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I LOVED the Heart no Kuni no Alice manga and games. When I found this, I was super excited to see my favorite characters come to life. Well, it failed. For one thing, it had almost nothing to do with the manga or games. They don't even explain that THE TERRITORIES HATE EACH OTHER AND ARE AT WAR! Seriously, how could you leave that out? And anyway, there are a ton of pointless scenes that make no sense and the plot is non-existent. This movie had sooo much potential, but sadly failed at what it was trying to do. It's nearly impossible to follow this non-existent plot. I was very disappointed with this movie.
Read at the sourceErysa
Heart no Kuni no Alice... Where do I start.
So, techniquely we have.. Alice, this Kingdom of hearts (whatever it's called –her dream world), absurdity (a lot of it) and yes a bunch of handsome men and rabbits surrounding the girl. Pretty funny for start.
Funny and crazy.. There is, I think, ONE phrase in the film that probably describes it perfectly. "This is a circus", a faceless says. A circus indeed.
If you are already familiar with the concept of Alice in Wonderland, then you already know that the story Lewis Carol fantasized, is quite ABSURD. Having read the original script and seen the animated and live-action films featuring his story I have to admit there was not even one as close to craziness as this one..
And I thought I've seen quite a few in the anime world already.. I wa…
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I love the Heart No Kuni No Alice games and the manga, so when I heard the movie was coming out, I was incredibly excited. However, I was incredibly disappointed. The movie jumps forwards and backwards a lot, so it is very confusing to follow. Also, there is basically no plot at all-I just watched the movie and I really can't tell you what the point of it all was.
Overall, the most disappointing thing about this movie was how it had so much potential and fell flat on its face. This movie wasted all of the amazing, funny, interesting characters from the manga and game. No one character is fleshed out, not even Alice. The plot of the manga is completely ignored, and the plot of the movie is just a jumbled mess. I spent the entire movie waiting for the story to begin or go somewhere recogniz…
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I read the manga and loved it. When I saw that there was a movie adaptation, I was ecstatic. After reading some reviews, I figured it was a movie that fans would enjoy, but understand why people who haven't read the manga (or played the games maybe) wouldn't enjoy it. But, no. I was wrong. Horribly wrong.
*Note: I'm using 1 as the minimum.
Story: 1/10
The story was...non-existent. No, I take that back, it was just all over the place. I feel like, whoever made this film, tried to piece in a bit of all of the spin-off mangas to "Alice in the Country of Hearts".
Art: 4/10
I simply didn't like it. It looked similar to the art by the artist who did "Alice in the Country of Clover: The Cheshire Cat Waltz". It was different from the parent manga's art and it just looked weird and out-of-place.…
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(may contain minor spoilers)
Oh well, I found this movie by chance and although the rating wasn't very high I decided to give it a shot so I came here with no idea what it would be about (excetp that, well, it had something to do with Alice in Wonderland).
To be fair it wasn't bad but could be much better if it was maybe a TV series?
Anyway, I'll explain in the topics so let's get started.
Story:
Hm... we start with a tough one for the movie. I found the story hard to follow because they didn't really set up a plot besides Alice trying to leave Heartland and then not? The beginning of the movie was specially hard to follow because the characters and scenes kept changing suddently so you have to watch a bit more to get explanation fro waht was going on. Moving on, I feel like the plot wasn…
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I really enjoy a good romance and magical factors so when i read the Manga (Still searching for more) i'm really enjoyed it and then i came across this i got really exited.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING MANGA BEFORE GOING NEAR THIS FILM.
I find it's really well done but the plot isn't easy to follow for it like's skipping between time zones and also there are some scenes that tend to drag on for a long time but Overall i really enjoyed it
Read at the sourceAishaQ
Why am I writing this review? Because I want warn anyone who want to watch this anime/movie.
I'm going to try to write this review so objectively as possible, for those who still want to watch this movie.
Okay, if you didn't read the manga you will not understand one bit about this movie, or whatsoever.
Let me explain why:
Story 5/10:
The movie starts with Alice running away during a party with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. During the running(escape) Alice has flashbacks of coming to the Country of the Hearts.* She was guided by Peter White(also known as the white rabbit), afterwards Alice gives a quick and a short intro about this world and introduces us to the residents of this world. (* This all is part of her flashback).
That is one of the reason why I scored to story low.
And a…
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I adore the manga. But is it too much to ask for a basic plot and satisfying ending? For those of us who have read the manga, it's enjoyable to see it in action, but it's obviously confusing and jumps around the timeline constantly. If you want to watch it I suggest reading the manga first. It will still leave a lot of questions, but the character development is much better and the plot is a bit more clear. Watching the movie afterwards might even give the blurry parts of the manga more of an explanation.
Art: it was basic animation but well done. 6
Sound: no strong opinion. I'm indifferent about the sound 6
Character: it stuck to the manga for the most part when it came to how they acted. Each personality was pretty significant. They weren't as developed though.7
Enjoyment: 7 .I loved se…
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This whole movie was confusing. if you want to watch the movie, at least read the manga frist, if i had not read the manga i would be lost. The movie overall is a 5 at best.
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Like everyone else is saying this movie really has no plot at all, if anything Please read the Manga version of this before you even try to watch this movie. the story in the movie skips around way to much, and there is no character development. The manga is nothing like this it flows so much better.
Story gets a 3 because you can't understand what the heck is going on unless you have read the manga before
Art gets a 10 because the style actually is really good.
Sound 10 you can't complain about the sound it's good.
Characters 10 because they are all the same from the manga as well.
Enjoyment 4 because you really don't understand it, there are clear time waste scenes in it
overall 4 because of the story.
Read at the sourceMiss-x-larie
"Say, did you know... that every game has rules?'"
This is the main point of the movie, a constant game with rules that aren't even explained.
I've seen flashbacks, flash- forwards, dreams and hallucinations but there was one thing it didn't have: common sense.
When the producers made this I'm sure the whole way through they thought the same thing: "What just happened?" and honestly,... I'm still thinking that.
Story: 2
Like I said before, this story doesn't make any sense, there simply is no story, my advice is to read the manga first, because the base isn't even given in this movie.
(Although the manga and the movie are both different stories the base is the same so it should help you figure things out a bit more).
Art: 8
The art was the only thing that really urged me to watch furth…
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I never read the manga and according to other reviews it was better, but I have to say I really liked it. It's a twist on the actual Alice in wonderland, they use guns here : ) and at the end make sure you watch after the credits there's an important scene after the end theme
The story moves really fast but as long as you're closely paying attention, it gets explained so you know what's going on but it's easy to miss something if you don't watch during the whole thing
Overall it was a great movie and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Alice in wonderland, or even if you don't it's still a good action mystery brain twister
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I am a big fan of just about anything Alice in Wonderland related. I throughly enjoyed reading the Heart no Kuni no Alice magna, and was very excited to watch the movie adaptation. However, I was throughly disappointed.
There is essentially no plot whatsoever throughout the course of this film. The scenes jump quickly and offer little explanation to the events going on. There is also absolutely no character development, so if someone unfamiliar with the series were to watch, they would be utterly lost.
Also, the film wastes a lot of time on pointless scenes. For example, in the opening, they continually showed cards turning over on themselves, or in one particular scene, characters were in an elevator for ten minutes with little to no dialogue between them. Although these scenes may ha…
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I am a fan of Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World manga. I have been looking forward to the anime adaptation since I caught wind of its making....
....and I am thoroughly disappointed with the outcome.
The storyline and character/story development in the manga was solid and enjoyable. The anime is a total spastic, rushed mess of chaos. It starts off in the middle of a scene. Now, thats not a bad thing in itself, BUT in this case, it was. Even thought I have read the manga, I was totally confused. Where was it? What was happening? Why were Alice and the Twins being chased? It was never brought up again what was going on.
On top of this, we are introduced the characters in a list-like fashion, not as Alice meets them and learns about them.
Plot: nonexistant....wonderland is no…
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Heart no Kuni no Alice or Alice in the Country of Hearts originally began as a
series of Otomegames, a manga and most recently the movie this rewiew covers.
As you already might or might not have guessed, the source material of the story is Lewis Carroll´s famous novel Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland, a fact which is rather unimportant as the shared points can be counted with one hand.
But now to the actual movie and be warned [SPOILERS AHEAD].
It starts out with Alice (obviously) getting thrown into wonderland, but that´s
where the flick decides that a chronological approach of telling the story is way to simple and starts switching back and forth in the timeline via transitions that leave people who don´t know the general story already dumbfounded.
After this mess the viewer is fi…
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We all know the original story: Alice falls into a bunny hole and finds herself in Wonderland...
There are hundreds of stories based on 'Alice in Wonderland', but from what I've seen, Heart no Kuni no Alice (together with Pandora Hearts) is one of the better ones. That was what I thought while reading the manga. I was pretty exited when I found out that they're making an movie. But perhaps my enthusiasm caused my disappointment.
Let me say this: if you didn't read the manga or didn't play the game you're not going to understand the movie. There's almost no story at all in it. You don't get to see how Alice got to Wonderland and her relationships with other characters isn't shown. And if you didn't read the manga it is hard to get where this movie is going
That is really a shame....
Beca…
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