RAT KING NUTCRACKER FOUR REALMS MOVIE

When the now life-sized nutcracker goes into battle with the King Rat, Clara helps him defeat the enemy by throwing her shoe at the evil mouse and distracting him long enough that the nutcracker could kill him. Before Drosselmeier leaves her house that night, he casts a magical spell which makes everything, from the nutcracker to the rats scurrying inside the walls, in Clara’s house to come to life. He also introduces her to his nephew, and throughout the night, two of them dance and flirt innocently. The telling of The Nutcracker as known by many people today is a story about a young girl named Clara (or Marie, in some cases) who is given a nutcracker doll at her family’s Christmas celebration by her godfather, Drosselmeier.

RAT KING NUTCRACKER FOUR REALMS MOVIE

My concern toward the movie is that it will portray The Nutcracker in a way that would insult the holiday favorite. I’m not sure what their desire to change the story is caused by, because in my opinion this exquisite tale couldn’t get any better and its plot line shouldn’t be touched. In the case of Disney’s retelling, however, it does not seem to be their goal to edit out anything that would be inappropriate. In fact, the original telling of the story of the Nutcracker was different from the holiday classic so many enjoy today- it was changed because of some mature content. This tactic was used with many other Disney movies, and it makes sense- it allows them to avoid facing young viewers with troubling concepts, such as death or other heavy topics. Disney has a way of taking marvellous stories and making them completely different, such as in the case of The Little Mermaid, where they took a defeated woman who loses her chance at a human body and true love and created a more bubbly female lead who gets her happy ending. The tale of The Nutcracker holds a special place in my heart because I performed in the ballet throughout my childhood and adolescence.

Although other small-scale movies based on this unique story have been produced, The Nutcracker and The Four Realms will by far have the most viewership because of the company’s name recognition and the fact that the trailer’s been widely advertised since last December. The ballet was choreographed by a few different people, but most famously in the United States by The New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine, who used the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. As my fellow movie junkies probably know, Walt Disney Productions is making a new movie inspired by The Nutcracker, a story written by E.T.A Hoffman and later created into the iconic ballet.

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