So, remember the post I did a while back about Grimm's fairy tales, and how Disney and others took those stories and made them much more ... kid-friendly, I guess? Happily ever after, and all that jazz. Well. Now look what's happening, with movies like "Beastly" and "Red Riding Hood" coming out back to back practically, both taking the tales YET AGAIN and now turning them a little more towards their darker roots.
Katy and I (along with my friend Clara) saw "Beastly" tonight, which is apparently a book as well though I have not read it. And I have to admit, it wasn't half bad. Yeah the acting was sub-par but I quickly got over it because the cinematography was beautiful, in my opinion. The modern spin on the very classic tale of Beauty and the Beast was excellently done, I think. Not to mention Neil Patrick Harris was in it... so yeah. Of course his character was great. Also, hooray for Mary-Kate Olsen for actually, I dunno... DOING something? Ahh childhood idols...
Secondly, I'm thoroughly excited about "Red Riding Hood," which probably pertains a little more to our dark fantastic theme. I'm really interested to see what kind of twist they put on the original story vs. the version we all know vs. what everyone expects.
Any other thoughts, ideas about the recent live action fairy tale theme we seem to be seeing in the movies, or about anything really. Comment away.
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I like how they're making these childhood stories dark like their roots. From what I've heard there is going to be a dark version of Snow White coming pretty soon. Don't get me wrong, I love Disney, but I would love to see the true colors of stories shown without a child-like twist.
sweeeet!
Wasn't there already a "dark-ish" version of Snow White? The one with the girl from Smallville? Maybe I'm wrong, I don't remember it that well.
Beastly looks really interesting and I can't wait to see it. I'll go see Red Riding Hood, but just to see how awful this director still is and how much she tries to use the same things she used in Twilight. I can't see it being any good unless Amanda Seyfreid's acting saves it.
I am excited about the more adult versions of these stories popping up, though personally, I love any and all versions of these stories.
Red Riding Hood looks much more like a dysfunctional, werewolf love story than the either of the old versions. I'm a little afraid it will just be like Twilight, but the girl has a red cape. (fingers crossed that this wont be the case)
Maybe the is an F you to the Twilight saga for letting her go so she felt the need to do a werewolf pic. I like conspiracies. I just hope the acting is better than the Twilight saga (although how can it not be) because I don't want to sit through any more of the monotonous dialogue we all experienced in Twilight. All the people who said Kristin Stewart and Rob Pattenson had chemistry were HIGH
Yeah... Beastly might not have been "dark" necessarily, but I really like the modern version of the tale everyone already knows.
As for Red Riding Hood... I think you might be right about the dysfunctional werewolf love story thing... but I'm okay with that. I am also interested to see the similarities to Twilight direction-wise, and I hope maybe she's actually gotten a bit better since then. In any case, Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman might be able to save it. Siriusly...
I've never even heard of "Beastly" until today, though if it has Neil Patrick Harris it can't be ALL bad...
Dr. Horrible FTW.
Beastly was good. And it stuck incredibly close to Beauty and the Beast. It's short, so if you choose to see it and don't like it, you won't waste too much of your time.
Jordan, you're going to freaking Europe this weekend or else I would tell you we have to go see Red Riding Hood. Darn it!
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