Had a chance again to join the wagon of movie goers for the
premiere night of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms last Tuesday. Also, it was
the first time my sister will experience Qatar Movie Premiere, since she just
arrived a week ago.
And so while we are waiting for some gruesome Halloween
flicks, we did not think twice to watch this film.
A young girl named Clara (played by Mackenzie Foy) only
wanted is to get the key and open this one of a kind priceless box from her
late mother. A golden thread presented to her by Drosselmeyer (Morgan Freeman)
during the Annual Christmas Party, led her to the key but with so much twists
and turns, which sends her to the Land of Magic, Mysteries and Strange Things.
Along her way, she met a soldier named Phillip
(Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the advisers three Realms: Shiver (Richard
E. Grant) for the Land of Snowflakes, Hawthorne
(Eugenio Derbez) for the Land of Flowers and Sugar Plum fairy (Keira Knightley)
for the Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm,
home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and
hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
To be honest, I expected a lot from this film. I thought
even though the major market of the film are children, I still bet for a very
good outcome that this movie will be as successful as the Chronicles of Narnia
or Harry Potter. But… nope. Too far to compare. Except for having the same
Fantasy-Adventure Genre.
Their acting are all good - Clara is good, way better than
being the Renesmee during her Twilight days, Drosselmeyer is exceptional,
Mother Ginger is wow, what can we say? And Sugar Plum Fairy? Keira Knightley
nailed her character bigtime. And yet, something is missing. Maybe predictable
storyline? Or the same old dialogues? Or
maybe the setting? Unfortunately I didn’t see any “reals” on these “realms”. Good
thing is, children will love this as much as they love Frozen, because of its
colorful cinematic and extravagant effects. Definitely, grade schoolers will
fall in love on this one.
But If they will plan for a sequel, maybe they should also consider
a “movie of all ages theme”, as these kids will not be allowed to enter the
theater without a chaperone. Add something that adult viewers can also appreciate
and remember right after they’ve seen the movie.
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