Saturday, March 6, 2010

Through The Looking Glass

It took the mind of Lewis Carroll to dream of the Jabberwocky, and it took the mind of Tim Burton to bring it to justice on the screen.

Tim Burton's rendition of "Alice in Wonderland," based on the book "Through the Looking Glass" was every bit as acid tripping as the original tale intended for it to be, and it was every bit as magical as I hoped it'd be.

Johnny Depp is my favorite Mad Hatter there ever will be.

But it was beautiful. So go see it.

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"The Jabberwocky" by: Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

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