fairy tale twist

Rusty 2022-04-18 17:34:53

I knew early on that it was just the same name and similar references, but I couldn't help but complain a little. The famous German linguist and fairy tale writer became a cunning charlatan in Hollywood, showing off without any skills. With so-called tricks, cheating to get money.
It is a bizarre adventure, the tree is big and the wind, so, forced to become a hero.
Director Terry Gilliam.
Matt Damon and Heath Ledger starred as Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob Grimm, respectively.

In Napoleon's Germany, a small village on the German-French border, the disappearance of girls one after another made people panic and had nowhere to go. The boiling public grievances made the French king very annoying, and at this time, the Grimm brothers, who were idle and made a living by exorcism and deception, happened to wander here. The cursed dark forest begins a thrilling struggle, the hero of unconscious achievement, liberty and democracy at the same time.

Probably from the beginning, this is a somewhat contradictory and confusing story. At the beginning of the story, the director specially introduced a brief glimpse of the Brothers Grimm when they were young. The only money in the family was exchanged for the so-called "Magic Beans", with a pious and innocent face, and the angry Wilhelm Grimm suddenly overturned his brother's ardent desire. It is unbelievable that someone believes in the so-called magic and warlock. .
If it is said that the younger brother has been a fanciful fancier since he was a child, then the older brother's character in his childhood is naturally a down-to-earth realist. Fifteen years later, when the brothers began to rely on so-called wizards and spells to cheat and collect money, the "atheist" brother of the year became the dominant player, persuading people to believe in ghosts and ghosts that did not exist before. However, the younger brother became a heartbroken "guardian", persuading the elder brother to stop again and again.
Is it the tempering of time, or the change of people was originally rapid! ?

Deliberately integrate the well-known plots of fairy tales into the film, trying to create an effect. Too bad it's not funny at all.
Little Red Riding Hood, who walks alone in the desolate forest, naturally brings bad luck; the brothers and sisters who are busy on their way, the bread they spread is constantly eaten by crows, so the sister gets lost; the ugly toad is actually the only guide on the lost, but must rely on the princess. Kiss; the framed princess, lost her soul, motionless, it was the prince's affection that brought her back to the world...

The structure of the story is a hero made by mortals, a cursed dark forest, a dark queen who tries to keep her youth forever. The intruding messenger, a savage woman, went through hardships, triumphed and returned, and was fulfilled in the fairy tale ending, a rough and bumpy process.
In the name of a fairy tale, but it's not cute at all!

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The Brothers Grimm quotes

  • Will Grimm: Ignore him. He wishes his whole life was something out of a book. And now he thinks he's in love.

    Jacob Grimm: Shut up, Will!

    Will Grimm: Angelika, do what your father wanted: leave the village now.

    Angelika: No, Will. I'm gonna find my sisters.

    Jacob Grimm: Will doesn't care about them. Will doesn't care about anything but himself!

    Will Grimm: This isn't a fairy tale. They are not coming back!

    Jacob Grimm: This is not your world, Will!

    [to Angelika]

    Jacob Grimm: Angelika, you know, don't you? The story, it's happening to us now. We're living it. It's-it's alive, it's real, it's breathing. And we can give it a happy ending.

    Angelika: Jake...

    Jacob Grimm: Angelika, we'll find your sisters. All right? We'll bring them back.

    Will Grimm: [getting angry] Bring back her sisters?

    [kicks Jacob]

    Will Grimm: Bring them back? Bring them back with what? Magic beans?

    Jacob Grimm: Why do you say that?

    Will Grimm: Magic beans don't work! They don't bring people back to life! They did not then and they will not now! You go wait by the horses! Jacob, wait by the horses!

  • Will Grimm: All right, Jake. What do you want me to do?

    Jacob Grimm: Honestly? You're my brother. I want you to believe in me.