The Nutcracker And The Four Realms, 2018, Lasse Hallstrm, Joe Johnston

The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, 2018,  Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston

Review: 8/10 Quite good

This classic fairytale inspired by Tchaikovsky ballet is quite interesting. I love the curiosity of Clara. The fact that there are more black characters (Jayden Fowora-Knight and Morgan Freeman and the dancer) during this last decade, not only in this movie, but also in others is something quite interesting and I appreciate that. 

Love is not portrayed as the most important thing in the world either, which is something I really appreciate too, specially in a Disney princess movie . The Sugarplum Fairy turns out to be bad, which is something I must recognise I did not expect. However, there are some cliché parts in the movie, like for example when Clara arrives and she is destined to save the kingdom, she is treated like a princess and all that, it was a little bit too sweet, but it’s okay since it is a movie for children. However, one thing I did expect was the content of the music box. I knew it since the beggining and that was cliché but I kinda like it anyway.

Finally, the dressing were pretty cool, the soundtrack was magnificent but the best thing about this movie is definitely the setting and the aesthetic, specially at the beggining. Awesome.

Russian Orthodox Cathedral

Nice,France

“You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

Huesca, España, 12 de julio de 2018

This one was from a trip I made to Huesca, in the north of Spain for an English immersion course. It was a really new experience. I travelled by train for the very first time. I met a lot of new wonderful people. The best memory I have from this trip was the visit to the cathedral, an old grocery shop from 1871, and an Irish dance we learnt to dance.

Why Sansa Stark is one of the best from Game of Thrones.

In relation to my last post (evolution of the character for the good and moving from childhood to adulthood ) I would like to give another great example with a pararell but similar evolution we can see on the big screen. 

I will explain why Sansa is one of the best characters from Game of Thrones. 

When she started at the first seasons, she was basically a nice child, who lived in Winterfell and only thought about herself and her dreams of escaping to a faraway land where she could live happily ever after with some handsome prince charming. She also had qualities and features of her personality that distinguished her for the good from the rest of her siblings, for which she felt superior and more deserving than them. Because of it, sometimes she acted like an entitled, spoiled child, just like Joffrey.

However, as the narrative advances she faces adversities like the death of her father, the psychological abuse by Cersei, the physical abuse by Joffrey, his forced marriage with Tyrion, the death of her mother, the disappearance of her siblings and a deep solitude and sadness. Later the manipulations of Littlefinger, her aunt Lysa and finally the ruthless sexual abuse by Ramsay Bolton.

She actually proves not to be like other spoiled children of the series that seem to be like her at first sight, like Tommen, who kills himself right after noticing Margaery’s death. She is also more sensible and humble than Joffrey, when she finally embraces her family and nurtures her relationship with them, forgetting about her utopic dreams. On the last episodes, having a more mature and realistic vision of the world she lives in and putting aside the fantasies and the chivalry fairytales, she bases her decisions on what is actually better for her house, the unity of her family and their long-preserved honor.

In conclusion, her evolution as a character is impressing and broke my expectations for the good by far in comparison to the beggining of the series. She is definitely an inspiring character and I think she deserves a happy ending.