03-16-2013, 12:09 AM
Given that you are a member here, it's safe to assume that some part of you likes the Grimm fairy tale aspect of the show. With fairy tales being a great source of material for shows and movies, and having recently seen the new Jack the Giant Slayer movie, I've decided to start a general thread in which we can discuss all movies fairy tale, both theatrical and straight to tv releases.
This past year, there were two fairy tales brought to the big screen. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Jack the Giant Slayer. Both were released in standard 2D, as well as 3D. I saw both in 3D and liked both of them. JMO, Hansel and Gretel was gory in the witch killings, but introduced two types of witches: white witches (good) and bad witches (the ugly ones to be nice). I would recommend not letting little kids watch this.
Jack, the Giant Slayer was far more family friendly. Admittedly, Nickolas Hoult (Jack) and Ewan McGregor (Elmont) were easy on the eye, and the teenaged girl part of me went for them. I thought it was an interesting take of the Jack story, and by having set in Albion and having it end like it did. Definitely something I would recommend seeing, even without the kids around.
I'm sorta interested in watching the Mirror, Mirror version of Snow White because it looks light hearted compared to the Snow White and the Huntsman movie (which suffers from having Kristen Stewart as its Snow White).
So what are some of your favourite fairy tale adaptions?
This past year, there were two fairy tales brought to the big screen. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, and Jack the Giant Slayer. Both were released in standard 2D, as well as 3D. I saw both in 3D and liked both of them. JMO, Hansel and Gretel was gory in the witch killings, but introduced two types of witches: white witches (good) and bad witches (the ugly ones to be nice). I would recommend not letting little kids watch this.
Jack, the Giant Slayer was far more family friendly. Admittedly, Nickolas Hoult (Jack) and Ewan McGregor (Elmont) were easy on the eye, and the teenaged girl part of me went for them. I thought it was an interesting take of the Jack story, and by having set in Albion and having it end like it did. Definitely something I would recommend seeing, even without the kids around.
I'm sorta interested in watching the Mirror, Mirror version of Snow White because it looks light hearted compared to the Snow White and the Huntsman movie (which suffers from having Kristen Stewart as its Snow White).
So what are some of your favourite fairy tale adaptions?