Keep Rolling, Lovely Villain.

Dillan 2022-04-22 07:01:21

1⃣️The Black and White Hair, the fairy tale symbol of Disney

The heroine Stella, also Cruella, is born with the half-half black and white hair that plays a role in telling audiences the different characteristics of her. Black symbolizes cruel and crazy, full of genius imagination. White shows plain and simple, almost occupied her daily life . When looking through so many movies of Disney universe, they all share one feature, ie the symbol of fairytale. If one of them lost this, its Disney sense may wear thin. Back to Cruella, its symbol is heroine's hair. The story hasn't shown us why her hair was like that, but we can understand its metaphorical meaning. And Emma Stone really fits in the strange-looking hair.

2⃣️New Illustration of a villain

I guess this movie is a signal which means the new start of old villains. Cruella attaches great expectation to its fashion theme and new illustration of an old story, and unsurprisingly it has done a good job. How did Cruella grow into a genius fashion designer and what had changed her characteristics are important questions to answer.

As a foil character, Cruella's birth mother is the key, also the root of anger and psycho. A secret, an industrious butler, a broken family and a mattress are four points stringing the plot. Based on an avenging motive, a new motive to discover truth is being triggered. A necklace called heirloom seems to be the only one clue, but namely Cruella's talent on designing is another one.

This movie version gives us a chance to probe into a villain's inner growth which contains tons of bitterness and conflicts. Anyway, as a product of Disney world, it's more attractive in fashion expression and music than in plot line.

3⃣️Fantasy of Punk and Rock Music

The adapted version of Come Together by the Beatles , the fashion trend of punk and so on are appealing to me. The tailor and owner of a vintage fashion buyer shop, Artie, is amazing and cool. Much luv to him. And the looks of different season shows are all based on the classic looks at the prime time of fashion.

?And lastly, enjoy it!

Cruella is a good choice for your leisure time.

Black and White Witch Kuira (2021)
6.8
2021 / USA / Comedy Crime / Craig Gillespie / Emma Stone Emma Thompson

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Extended Reading
  • Alayna 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    2.5, under the surface of Tim Burton is a Marvelized Disney story, Estella/Kuila is completely the logic of superheroes, and the film itself is also a classic Marvel-style "hero origin" book. But "Library" proves that not only is Disney unable to truly present the colorful fashion culture and subculture of London in the last century, but even expecting another "Joker" is purely extravagant. For Gilles, who once completed "The Queen of Figure Skating," casting a big-budget villain as a princess trying to reclaim her true mother's name seems like a heartbreaker. And "dog" once again becomes a substitute for the father image in the film, replacing the absent, "truly kind" father, returning this deviant to the moral order, as well as the childish, stereotyped view of good and evil; as long as the family relationship As the support of the character's motivation, it is destined that the advancement of the plot is homogeneous with the characters being disciplined by the mainstream. It is worth mentioning that the background of the story is "smartly" chosen in the 70s, avoiding the subculture of the 60s on the one hand, and the "notorious" 80s on the other hand.

  • Luther 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Visual feast, spiritual pollution.

Cruella quotes

  • Cruella de Vil: From the very beginning, I realized I saw the world differently than everyone else. That didn't sit well with some people. But I wasn't for everyone. I guess they were all scared... that I'd be... a psycho.

    [laughs]

    Cruella de Vil: But a new day brings new opportunities. And I was ready to make a statement.

  • Cruella de Vil: [from official trailer] How does the saying go? I am woman, hear me roar.