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Ross (3284 KP) rated The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) in Movies

Nov 5, 2018 (Updated Nov 5, 2018)  
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
2018 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
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6.6 (39 Ratings)
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The music and ballet sections seemed to respect the source material (0 more)
Clara is not very likeable, Keira Knightley awful (0 more)
Slight variation on the Alice in Wonderland reboot
I'm guessing Disney want to keep going with their live action Princess films, and thought they'd hit gold with the rights to the Nutcracker for a Christmas release. Similar to the 2010 Alice in Wonderland, the film intends to act as a sequel to the original tale of the Nutcracker, where the world has fallen into disarray. Clara is the daughter of the original story's Marie, who has passed away, and looking to open the intriguing present left by her mother she finds herself following a mouse (not a rabbit!) into a strange world. She is introduced to the world her mother was made queen of, though sadly learns that the "fourth realm" (led by Helen Mirren as Mother Ginger) is at war with the other three (among them are realms led by Keira Knightley and an underused Richard E Grant).
Here Disney have taken some liberties as Clara's brother and sister take the roles and names of her mother's siblings in the original, and for no apparent reason the film based on the Russian ballet that was based on the French adaptation of the German fairy tale, is set in London. I can only assume this was to up the Festive quotient, but seems a very odd choice, despite keeping a number of the German themes.
Keira Knightley is very irritating, doing an ear-piercing impression of Queenie from Blackadder.
Neither of the actors playing Clara or the Nutcracker are very good or likeable and you find yourself bored and starting to root for Mother Ginger just to end it.
The film is too long, and drags in large parts, and all three of my kids were restless for a lot of it. And there was a definite lack of large-scale special effects, some impressive scenes but audiences expect spectacles (not 3D glasses, I mean big scenes!) these days and those were lacking.
The most enjoyable scene was the use of ballet to get Clara up to date with the world she found herself in, being quite respectful to the medium it was adapting (though I can't say how authentic it was!).
  
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Dracoria Malfoy (690 KP) created a post

Sep 15, 2017  
Song obsession of the day: Shape of You - Ed Sheeran







Funny story; In my school, on Fridays, they play music in the cafeteria during lunch. Now, we're allowed to get up, have fun dance, do whatever I tend not to have the most guts in the world, but today when Shape of you played, I was like, "You know what. Forget it" I got up and started dancing. I'm a trained dancer in ballet, but I'm self taught when it comes to other styles. But I didn't care, because IT. FELT. AMAZING. I got so many compliments afterward, and everyone was clapping. I was so hyped up on adrenaline, I even took a bow. So, yeah. No lesson here, I just wanted to share.