Exaggerated and gorgeous costumes, watery heroines who can pinch out of water, cute and honest princes, insidious yet beautiful queens, humorous gnomes, and funny jesters, these elements are full of elements. Having fun is enough to make young children look excited. However, the adaptations of fairy tales that have become popular in recent years have all taken the adult route, and the same is true of the "Magic Mirror" directed by Tasim Sheen. This is where the contradiction arises. In fact, Tassim Shin originally set the target audience as a teenager, especially adolescent female audience, but if he accidentally used too much force, it became a visual film that even teenagers did not accept. As a result, it turned into a tragedy in the end.
The tragedy is that if only for children, the color of the movie can be more gorgeous. Gothic style like "Alice in Wonderland" will be liked by both adults and children. However, although the costumes and setting of "Magic Mirror" are gorgeous enough, the story follows a realistic route. The whole movie tries to dilute the elements of magic, and does not exaggerate the expression of witchcraft and magic, but try to avoid the emphasis and emphasize the authenticity of the story, and the style of the picture is also biased towards dark colors. However, it is said that it is a dark line, and it is completely inferior to "Snow White and the Hunter" and "Sleeping Curse". As a result, the whole film has some unsuitable looks. If you don't go forward, you don't left or right, the modest loses its personality.
As for the story of "Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs", there is no disassembly. The adaptation of "Magic Mirror" basically respects the design of fairy tales. The witch designed to frame the princess, and finally the princess and the prince, with the help of the dwarf, turned against the guest, and finally lived a happy life.
If this film were shot 10 years ago, it might be quite good, and could even become a classic live-action adaptation of the "Snow White" story. But the development of movies is really fast, especially the audience's appreciation level changes too fast. In the era of diversified information, big productions such as "Avengers" and gorgeous such as "Avatar" have raised the audience's appetite. In this case, if you offer a satisfactory adaptation, the audience will undoubtedly abandon you easily.
Tasim Sheen is actually not suitable for directing this kind of film. Although he has the basis of making costume dramas, he also has experience in shooting exaggerated and gorgeous stories. Although he has found the right actors, he only remembers the gorgeous appearance of the actors. , And lack of necessary memorable scenes. Moreover, the whole story is too young for adults. Just like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", if adults and children watch it together, the little friends will be overjoyed, and the adults will be drowsy.
I watched this film mainly for a systematic observation of the trend of adaptation of fairy tales in recent years. If you have to find a reason for recommending this film, it is an excellent work to coax children. If you have a 10-year-old friend, this film is enough to calm the children for more than an hour, and adults can. Take advantage of this gap to do something of your own.
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