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Jumat, 17 April 2015

Strange Magic

The ethical of the fairy tale is that an unpleasant exterior will typically hide real beauty beneath. And the other way around. that is sweet and definitely helpful. however it does not stop Strange Magic from being a wierd film.


This is a Moulin Rouge!-like musical whereby animated characters sing rock and pop standards at the drop of a wing—opening their mouths therefore wide we are able to count every and each fastidiously rendered tooth in their mouths. It's associate motion of the normal, threadbare fairy tale ending—only those endings are vertical  therefore usually late that this ending itself feels threadbare. And it includes oddly psychedelic, changeful interludes, that build American state wonder if this flick is not such a lot geared toward elementary school children because it is in school students bored out of their minds (and perhaps inebriated out of their skulls).

And all those complaints precede we tend to refer the heavy implications of the love potions or the twisted non secular undercurrents or the stray thoughts I currently have concerning what associate elf-lizard baby would seem like.

Quick: what percentage phrases are you able to think about that begin with love? heaps, right? Love is within the air … love may be a many-splendored issue … love is patient, love is kind … love may be a horrific pit of misery and will be banished forever …

Well, perhaps that last one is not precisely a social unit phrase in your neighborhood. however it definitely is round the Fairy Kingdom and its gloomy neighbor, the Dark Forest. There, love has seen higher days.

I mean, simply the name Dark Forest sorta suggests it isn't a very love-infested place. therefore perhaps it's no nice surprise that the hideous lavatory King has taken steps to banish all love in his kingdom—including imprisoning the Sugar Plum Fairy—who is that the region's solely maker of affection potions.

The Fairy Kingdom feels like a lighter scene for love. And for many of the residents of this sunny, colourful land, perhaps it's, love potions or no. however Marianne, crown blue blood to the kingdom's throne, had her very little fairy-heart crushed by a handsome adorer not farewell past, and she's in no rush to seek out another.

"You'll be a stronger ruler with a king at your facet," Marianne's father suggests.

"I'm stronger alone," Marianne insists.

Roland, Marianne's one-time beau, ruined everything by his recent rendezvous therewith alternative pretty young winged issue. however he isn't therefore positive he needs to grant Marianne up quite however. He positive loves thrones and crowns and armies and such, and she's the key to obtaining all that. The solution? A love beverage, of course. Sprinkle slightly of affection dirt in Marianne's eyes and, as long as Roland's the primary person she sees once she opens them once more, she'll fall head-over-heels permanently ol' tall, blond and deceptive. Roland'll get the dominion and therefore the woman, too.

But as i discussed, love potions ar problematic recently. herbaceous plant petals ar the prime ingredient, and people solely grow within the shadows between the brilliant Fairy Kingdom and therefore the Dark Forest. And if some guy's ready to notice a herbaceous plant floral leaf (no simple task considering the lavatory King has the plants curtail all the time), he'll still need to brave the Forest and notice the Sugar Plum Fairy.

It's not like Roland will do all that by himself. He's too, um, big. Yeah, that's it. huge and conspicuous. therefore he talks a lowly elf named Sunny into the work. See, Sunny's enthusiastic about Marianne's sister, Dawn, and will use somewhat magic magic himself.

It's not like it's wrong to as if by magic force somebody to fall taken with with you … is it?

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Animation, Kids
Cast: Voices of Alan Cumming as The Bog King; Evan Rachel Wood as Marianne; Elijah Kelley as Sunny; Meredith Anne Bull as Dawn; Sam Palladio as Roland; Kristin Chenoweth as The Sugar Plum Fairy; Maya Rudolph as Griselda; Peter Stormare as Thang; Llou Johnson as Pare
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Distributor: Walt Disney
In Theaters: January 23, 2015

Reviewer: Paul Asay

source:http://www.pluggedin.com/movies/intheaters/strange-magic.aspx

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