一百多年以来，Lewis Carroll笔下那个天真可爱却又充满冒险精神的Alice一直是影视导演们的宠儿，以她为主角的影视版本多达28个。可以说，Alice的奇境是观众心中永不褪色的童年。
2010年上映的《爱丽丝奇境漫游记》（Alice in Wonderland 〔3〕）实际上是原著故事的续集。这一次，还是那只拿着怀表的红眼睛白兔White Rabbit，还是那个深不见底的兔子洞，还是那扇15英寸的小门，19岁的Alice故地重游时，却只道是在梦境！十几年来，Alice每晚都在梦中见到的那些人和物，似曾相识，却又那么怪异陌生。好莱坞怪才导演Tim Burton一改往日的黑暗哥特风格，将Underland色彩绮丽地呈现在观众面前，让Alice从这里走出了成长的迷失之地。
再坠兔子洞
距第一次奇境之游13年后，19岁的Alice在母亲的要求下参加了一个盛大的宴会。在这个宴会上，Alice受富商之子Hamish之邀一起跳舞。Alice仍然如童年时一样充满好奇心和想象力。
Alice: Hamish, do you ever get tired of quadrille〔4〕?
Hamish: On the contrary, I find it invigorating (使人精神充沛的).
[这时Alice突然笑出声来，Hamish有些恼怒。]
Hamish: Do I amuse you?
Alice: No. I had a sudden vision of all the ladies in trousers and the men wearing dresses.
Hamish: It would be best to keep your visions to yourself. When in doubt, remain silent.
从Alice和Hamish的简短对话中我们可以发现，这是两个属于完全不同世界的人：Alice思维活跃，幽默风趣，而Hamish呆滞木纳，毫无生趣。而就是这样的两个年轻人，将被这个宴会拉拢在一起--在长辈们的安排下，Hamish要在这个宴会上向Alice求婚。由于长期养尊处优，习惯了生活在父母的庇护下，Alice失去了自我，没有主见，听不见自己内心的声音。在面对Hamish的求婚时，Alice背出了一大段长辈们告诫她的话，完全没有自己的主意。
Hamish: Alice Kingsley, will you be my wife?
Alice: Well ... everyone expects me to, and, you are a Lord. My face won't last and I don't want to end up like.... But this is happening so quickly, I ... I think I ... [这时，Alice看见White Rabbit拿着嘀嗒作响的怀表经过] I need a moment.
Alice在众目睽睽下从求婚仪式上跑掉了。跟着那只若即若离的兔子，Alice如自己的梦境中那样"down the rabbit-hole〔5〕"。在洞底，她喝下了那瓶写有"DRINK ME"字样的水，吃了那块写有"EAT ME"的点心，缩小变大又缩小后的她再次来到了小时候来过的奇境。
几乎不是Alice
面对奇形怪状的动植物，Alice不断用"It's only a dream."来给自己壮胆。而这些以前的朋友也不再认识迷失的她了。大家不确定Alice是否就是以前那个Alice，于是带着她前去咨询Underland的智者--毛毛虫Absolem。
Absolem: The question is ... who are you?
Alice: Alice.
Absolem: We shall see.
Alice: What do you mean by that? I ought to know who I am.
Absolem: Yes, you ought, stupid girl! Unroll (解开) the Oraculum (神谕).
White Rabbit: The Oraculum, being the calendrical (历法的) compendium (一览表) of Underland....
Alice: It's a calendar.
Absolem: Compendium. It tells of each and every day since the beginning.
White Rabbit: Today is Gribling Day〔6〕 in the time of the Red Queen.
Absolem: Show her the Frabjous Day〔7〕.
Tweedledum: Yes, Frabjous, being the day you'll slay (杀死) the Jabberwocky〔8〕.
Alice: Sorry? Slay the what?
Tweedledee: That being you there with the Vorpal Sword〔9〕.
Tweedledum: No other swords can kill the Jabberwocky. know how. If it ain't the Vorpal, it ain't dead.
Alice: That's not me.
Dormouse: I know!
White Rabbit: Resolve this for us, Absolem. Is she the right Alice?
Absolem: Not hardly〔10〕.
连睿智的毛毛虫Absolem都对Alice是否还是十几年前的那个小女孩产生了怀疑，表示了否定的态度。这也喻示Alice迷失了自我，失去了原本的勇敢、快乐和纯真。从这段对话中，我们知道，在Underland，此时是红王后Red Queen统治时期。同时，在预言黄历中，我们还知道了这些朋友们派出White Rabbit寻找Alice的目的，就是要请她帮忙杀掉恶龙Jabberwocky，推翻Red Queen的统治，将统治权交回白王后White Queen手中。
一行人刚从毛毛虫Absolem那里离开，就碰上了四处肆虐的红骑士Red Knight。混战中，睡鼠Dormouse为了解救 Alice，刺瞎了大怪物 Bandersnatch的眼睛，取出了他的眼珠，暂时解除了危险。可双胞胎Tweedledum和Tweedledee还是被Red Queen的Jubjub Bird〔11〕抓走了。
疯狂的茶会
在丛林中独自踯躅前行的Alice遇见了那只时隐时现、始终微笑的柴郡猫Cheshire Cat〔12〕。他帮Alice包扎好了伤口并带她来到一张长桌前。桌上乱糟糟地摆满了杯盘茶碟。长桌尽头坐着一位戴帽子的绅士，此时他正低头瞌睡，帽檐下露出杂乱的红发。他被惊醒后抬起头看见小小的Alice，立刻起身踏上长桌乒乒乓乓地走了过来。他就是疯帽子Mad Hatter〔13〕。
Mad Hatter: It's you!
Dormouse: No, it's not. The twins brought us the wrong Alice.
March Hare〔14〕: It's the wrong Alice?
Mad Hatter: It's absolutely Alice. You're absolutely Alice. I'd know you anywhere. I'd know him2 anywhere! Well, as you can see, we're still having tea. And it's all because I was obliged (迫使) to kill time waiting for your return. You're terribly late, you know. Naughty! Well, anyway, time became quite offended and stopped all together. Not a tick ever since.
Alice: Time can be funny in dreams.
Mad Hatter: Yes, yes, of course, but now you're back, you see. And we need to get on to the Frabjous Day.
Dormouse & March Hare: Frabjous Day!
Mad Hatter: I've been investigating things that begin with the letter "M". Have you any idea why a raven (乌鸦) is like a writing desk?〔15〕
正当Mad Hatter疯癫却又热情地欢迎Alice的归来时，Red Knight和一大帮纸牌兵的到来破坏了快乐的mad tea-party。Red Knight看到了预言黄历，知道Alice将要杀掉Jabberwocky，于是进言Red Queen，Red Queen命他四处捉拿Alice。Mad Hatter赶紧给Alice喝下一瓶药水，把Alice变小后藏进茶壶里，躲过一劫。Mad Hatter决定将Alice送到White Queen那里，安全地保护起来。
一路上，Mad Hatter跟Alice讲起她将要做的事情，可是Alice仍然不愿意接受要去屠杀怪物Bandersnatch这个任务。因为Alice认为自己只是在梦境中，只要从梦境中醒来，一切都会消失，一切都与自己无关。Mad Hatter生气地扔下她，责怪她冷漠无情，并激动地向Alice讲述了暴虐的Red Queen命令 Red Knight夺走 White Queen王冠的过程，并提醒Alice注意Underland如今生灵涂炭的样子。
此时，Red Knight再次追上了他们。为了让Alice逃脱，Mad Hatter被Red Knight抓走了。Alice终于被Mad Hatter感动，决定先去Red Queen的王宫解救Mad Hatter。她恢复了儿时的勇敢和果断，不顾大狗Bayard的劝说，执意前行。
Bayard: The Frabjous Day is almost upon us. You must prepare to meet the Jabberwocky.
Alice: From the moment I fell down that rabbit-hole, I have been told what I must do and who I must be. I've been shrunk, stretched, scratched and stuffed into a teapot. I've been accused of being Alice and of not being Alice, but this is my dream. I'll decide where it goes from here!
Bayard: If you diverge (背道而驰) from the path....
Alice: I make the path!
Alice此时斩钉截铁："This is my dream!"正如在说"这是我的人生！我不要'be told'，我不要'be accused'，我就是我自己的主宰！"她要走出"被动态"，找回自己！回想起影片开头Alice在面对求婚时的犹豫不决，我们已能感觉到Alice心中本我的回归。
蜕变
为解救Mad Hatter，Alice闯入了Red Queen的槌球场。Alice因为多吃了White Rabbit给的蛋糕，变成了巨人，Red Queen竟然将她当作宠物收容下来。Mad Hatter为了拖延时间，努力赢得了Red Queen的信任，主动提议为她做一顶帽子。在Mad Hatter的指引下，Alice找到了被怪物Bandersnatch看守的Vorpal Sword。她将睡鼠Dormouse取走的眼睛还给了Bandersnatch，Bandersnatch知恩图报，不但将装有Vorpal Sword的宝箱钥匙交给她，还从纸牌兵的包围圈中救出了Alice。
Alice和等在Red Queen王宫外面的大狗Bayard一起来到了White Queen的王宫，将本属于White Queen的Vorpal Sword还给了她。White Queen给Alice配制了缩小药水，将她恢复到正常高度。这时，White Queen告诉Alice有人要见她。
Alice: Absolem?
Absolem: Who are you?
Alice: I thought we'd settled this. I'm Alice, but not that one.
Absolem: How do you know?
Alice: You've said so yourself.
Absolem: I said you were not hardly Alice, but you are much more her now. In fact, you are almost Alice.
Alice: Even so, I could not slay the Jabberwocky if my life depended on it.
Absolem: It will. So I suggest you keep the Vorpal Sword on the hand when the Frabjous Day arrives.
Alice: You seem so real. Sometimes I forget that this is all a dream.
此时Alice仍然认为自己是在梦境中，但如此真实的梦境，让Alice不免有些疑惑：难道真的要面对Jabberwocky，亲手杀掉这条恶龙？
另一方面，Alice的逃走暴露了她的身份，惹怒了 Red Queen，她当即决定"off with the Mad Hatter's head"。所幸的是，Cheshire Cat化作Mad Hatter替他受了刑。Cheshire Cat是不会被砍头砍死的，他和Mad Hatter大闹刑场，带着睡鼠Dormouse逃了出来。
月夜，纯白的王宫，决斗的空气在Underland漫延，而勇士Alice却仍在犹豫。Alice躲起来哭泣，遇见了正倒挂成茧的毛毛虫Absolem。
Absolem: Nothing was ever accomplished with tears.
Alice: Absolem? Why are you upside down?
Absolem: I've come to the end of this life.
Alice: You're going to die?
Absolem: Transform.
Alice: Don't go. I need your help. I don't know what to do.
Absolem: I can't help if you don't even know who you are, stupid girl.
Alice: I'm not stupid! My name is Alice. I live in London. I have a mother named Helen and a sister named Margaret. My father was Charles Kingsley. He had a vision that stretched halfway around the world and nothing ever stopped him. I am his daughter. I'm Alice Kingsley.
Absolem: Alice ... at last!
不是die，是transform，生命是多么奇妙！毛毛虫都要在丑陋的虫茧里完成生命的蜕变，而Alice终于在Absolem的点拨下找回了自我。她勇敢地穿上盔甲，骑上Bandersnatch，战胜了Jabberwocky，并砍下了这条恶龙的头，帮助White Queen夺回了王位。尽管对Underland无限留恋，经历了蜕变的Alice不会再逃避现实，她深知自己的梦想和责任。Alice喝下几滴Jabberwocky的血，从兔子洞回到了订婚宴会上。全然不顾亲友们目瞪口呆的表情，Alice大声地对Hamish宣布："I'm sorry, Hamish, I can't marry you. You're not the right man for me."
找回自我的Alice同时也找到了自己奋斗的方向：她向Hamish的父亲建议开拓中国市场，获得了老人的肯定。影片结尾，Alice站在驶往中国的大船上，一只美丽的蝴蝶飞上她的肩头，她没有忘记和他打声招呼："Hello, Absolem."对于19世纪的英国人来说，中国无疑是又一个充满奇幻之物的Wonderland。在Tim Burton的安排下，Alice再一次踏上了她的奇境之旅。
2010年，Alice长大了，那么你呢？还躲在童年的幻境里吗？
