![]() Clara finds a letter stating “Everything you need is inside” in the metal egg though it is locked. However, the father’s feelings regarding Marie’s death has no significance on the plot whatsoever so why have it? What is the importance of this? To show grief in the family even though it has no importance in the main storyline? The main ballerina in the retelling of “The Nutcracker”.Īlong with Marie’s death, she leaves her children three gifts: a dress for Clara’s sister, wooden soldiers for Friz, and a metal egg for Clara. I suppose this relationship between the two is established to show how they are both dealing with the death of Marie and that Marie’s death is what keeps Clara going in the climax. There’s no satisfying resolution between the two and it’s just weird. The two have a fight at the beginning of the movie and the end of the film, Clara apologizes to him and they go on with their lives. Honestly, the relationship between Clara and her father and the problems they have does not affect the plot at all. They are both dealing with the death of Marie in different ways and it causes a rift between the two. ![]() Clara and her father are not in a good place. One of the key pieces to the plot surrounds the idea of Clara’s mother, Marie, and her death. Even though Clara’s intelligence does help her often, it just feels very forced and unnecessary. I don’t care for physics or math, I’m here for the fantasy and action in this other world Clara explores. I understand it was trying to show that girls can do math like boys too since society is trying to empower women but this was extremely unnecessary. Throughout the film, we see many moments of Clara using math or physics to solve problems happening in the plot. She’s explaining physics to him and how this mechanical trap they created will catch a mouse who is roaming around in the attic. She is accompanied by her brother, Friz, in the attic. I thought I was either watching a rip off version of “Harry Potter” or the opening to “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” (which was another awful movie).Īfter the whole CGI sequence, we meet our main character Clara who is the heroine of our story. Literally, the opening show is a tour of a VERY CGI version of London as we follow an owl through the city. The opening shot of the movie was so terribly filmed and edited I thought I recorded the wrong movie. The following contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms”. What I got was a beautiful movie with plot holes, overused cliches, and two dimensional characters that had no personalities whatsoever. With these two directors with creative talents in directing and this pretty supportive cast, I expected the movie to be a wonderfully made fantasy movie and I didn’t get that at all. Hallstrom is known as a Swedish director and Johnston worked on American movies such as “Jumanji” and “Captain America: The First Avenger” (mainly on visual effects). The film is directed by Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston. I only knew Mackenzie Foy, who played the creepy CGI vampire child from “Twilight”, and Morgan Freeman, who plays Princess Clara’s godfather, Drosselmeyer. The film stars other British actors and actresses I have never heard nor seen any other films with them in it. The film stars Mackenzie Foy as Princess Clara, Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jayden Fowora-Knight as Captain Philip Hoffman. On October 28th, 2018, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” was released in the theaters. After avoiding spoilers for roughly two years and anxiously waiting for the movie to arrive on cable TV, I was finally able to watch the movie in the comfort of my living room this past Friday night. I thought the movie would be a new holiday favorite movie to look forward to every year and I was extremely disappointed. ![]() When Disney announced that a Christmas movie surrounding the idea and ballet of “The Nutcracker”, I was excited about a new movie within this holiday was being released. There’s so much “Home Alone” I can take and don’t even get me started on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. Sure “Elf” is a classic and “The Polar Express” brings nostalgia, but I see these films every year and it just gets boring. I’m not the biggest fan of Christmas, especially Christmas movies. ![]()
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