Alice in Wonderland
Rating: B/3 – There weren’t any real strong messages presented. Alice supposedly realizes who she is and that instead of marrying into a wealthy family, she should become an apprentice to her father’s company. Is this saying that a woman’s potential cannot be fully met in the home as a wife? Or that education is important in a woman’s life?
Benny and Joon
Rating: A/3 – The film produced a good message on the importance of making life happy. Life’s too short to look for excuses to not be involved. We need to have the courage to make decisions that will increase our happiness.
Edward Scissorhands
Rating: 5 Edward was a hermit and wouldn’t dare come into the town until he was shown genuine love by someone who took him in and treated him as her own son. There was no evil at all in him, even though by the looks of him you’d assume him to be a psychopath/serial killer, [...]