William Friedkin recommended The Red Shoes (1948) in Movies (curated)
The ASBO Fairy Tales
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Sit back, relax and allow Hans Christian Asbosen to tell you fantastical stories of far-away lands....
Dana (24 KP) rated Little Knife (Grisha Verse, #2.6) in Books
Mar 23, 2018
I really respect when authors put together stories that would be in the folklore of the world they built. I can imagine Alina or Nina getting told this story when she was a kid.
I loved how this story was so much about girl power and a woman's rights to her own personhood.
I enjoy any kind of fairy tale, but I especially love one that takes place in a world I adore. The language used was very mysterious and lyrical, much like the Grimm Brothers or Hans Christian Anderson would use in their classic fairy tales.
I loved the twists and spins in the story.
Spoilers ahead. You have been warned.
Don't trust rivers, they may be FREAKING GODS IN DISGUISE!?!?!?!?
Flora Mythica: A Floral Tribute to the Imagination
Marco Appelfeller and Hing Ang
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In Flora Mythica floral designer Marco Appelfeller and photographer Hing Ang team up to create a...
David McK (3233 KP) rated Frozen (2013) in Movies
Dec 27, 2021
And I do mean everywhere.
Which is perhaps why I never actually saw this movie at all, thinking it wasn't for me, until it was shown on TV over the Christmas period.
This is based loosely on the Hans Christian Anderson tale 'The Snow Queen', and introduces the characters of Anna and Elsa as well as Christoph, Sven and (of course) Olaf, who continues the Disney comic-relief tradition of stealing nearly every scene he is in.
Lots have also been made over the years about how it replaces the typical Disney convention of true love between a Prince and a Princess with that between two sisters: this is true, while it does also make room for a more conventional romance sub-plot to bubble along underneath.
Beyond the Page
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Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved illustrators in the world, creating brilliant...
The Ice Virgin: A Novella
Hans Christian Andersen and Paul Binding
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Hans Christian Andersen was a master of other literary forms besides the fairy story - in...
Soul Solution (Beyond Fairytales)
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For Erik Anderson, the Copenhagen line is his curse. He takes the train every night en route to...
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Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories
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An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from a master storyteller and Hans Christian...
KatieLouCreate (162 KP) rated The Surface Breaks in Books
Jun 19, 2018 (Updated Jun 19, 2018)
It's a wonderful re-imagining of the Hans Christian Anderson's version of The Little Mermaid. What I like is that it still follows this version of the events to an extent- more accurate than Disney's the little mermaid, at least.
The book is a great read for young women; teaching them that it is ok to be a woman, to love another woman, and to still be strong and independent regardless of social constraints.
What I perhaps dislike is that the man-hating is just a little too much. Yes, some men can be horrible and misogynistic. But not all men. I think there was all but one minor minor character who wasn't a brute towards females- an inaccurate representation of men if you ask me. It just seemed a little too much in my opinion.
But the story line, character development, and writing style are wonderful. :)