Visitors Review

killb-94 (2012-05-21 23:47)

What where they thinking!!!

I'm sure there's been the occasional viewer that wonders why I do getso angry about movies sometimes. Well, films are something that I'mvery passionate about, every movie that I've seen goes from that ispraised with comments or hate with every cell of my brain.And speaking of the literal Devil, we have ourselves "The Nutcracker in3D"!!!...This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen!!!! First of all,Anderi Konchalovsky directed this crap! He previously directed "RunawayTrain" and the TV-movie "The Odyssey". I can't accept this!!! How isthat possible that he went from a groundbreaking movie and a cultfantasy film to This?!?What's the point on making a movie with Nazi Rats (They are Mice in theoriginal story, you idiots!!!) that burn toys like how they did to theJews?!?OK, if Konchalovsky wanted to make a despotic movie with Nazisrepresented like greedy rats and other political animal-alike allusionsthat's OK! It's interesting! ...But leave the classic story of theNutcracker alone!!!It would be like... If I make a movie about the tale of Aladdin, whereAladdin is Obama, Jafar is a Bin Laden, Agrabah a New York-alike citydestroyed by terrorist attacks and The Genie be an incarnation of UncleSam! Oh, and all this weird despotic crap pretended to be a "kidsmovie". No!No!No!!! That's not how it works!!! I'll describe the twoscenes that mostly offended me: the Rat King, after performing abad-choreographed musical number, kills a shark inside a tank byelectrocuting it with a light!!! The second one, the Rat King suddenlyrips off the head of a living Drummer Boy with bare hands and for a fewseconds he plays volleyball with his Nazi-soldiers using the head ofthe poor guy and than replace it and act like nothing happened! Youknow, for KIDS!But of course, these are the images that comes to your mind when youthink of the Nutcracker! ...Nazi creatures that burn toys, kill sharksand play volleyball with the head of their victims HELLO?!?The movie is an awful waste of money and talent(...If there wasANY!!!), and it sucks balls because for the unappealing Nazicharacters, the awful 3D effect and for turning Tchaikovsky's musicinto horrendous songs that makes "Marry the Mole" look like BohemianRhapsody!!!And I'm not the only person who thinks this "movie" in an abomination:0% on Rotten Tomatoes! And Roger Ebert said: "The Nutcracker in 3D isone of those rare holiday movies that may send children screaming undertheir seats." In fact, no kid went to see this movie! The Nutcraker in3D was a giant NUT-BOMB at the box office!!!This movie is one of those rare movies that can insult the intelligenceof Anybody. Do not watch it.

vishal-18 (2012-05-21 10:32)

will make you nuts. . .

One of the worst movies I have seen in the recent times. Usually iwould try to find some good point in a movie, but no matter how I crack(no wonder I just watched nutcracker!) my head . . . nothing. Well, Ido not want to take the credit away from the character of Mary, whichwas the only respite due to which at least I am rating 2 out of 10.When you go for such movies usually plot is not up for critical review,but this movie beats the lowest of the standards. Music is terrible,actors (except Elle) are worse, the flow of the movie allows anybody tokeep jumping out for some popcorn. One might expect at least some 3Deffects to feel compensated for the time, but clearly the movie (exceptfor the first few scenes) are much late adaptation for 3D and literallymakes you feel cheated. Usually, such movies that are targeted towardsyounger audiences manage extra chuckles from the young ones in thetheater, but this movie succeeded in getting yawns from them!.

reinhardgehlen3 (2012-05-20 23:44)

Excellent Christmas fare for children

Entertaining film for children. I will not allow political prejudicesto cloud my feelings about this film. The principal characters andtheir dialogue is easy to follow for children, costumes are colorfuland location/scenery is pleasant. All pluses for children. If you arelooking for period ballet sequences, you should not view. Again, thisfilm is most agreeable to children - all my grandchildren enjoyed thisfilm, and have asked to view it more than once. My only regret is thatI should have waited until December to allow the young ones to viewthis Christmas theme.Don't allow the distraction of others with political agendas toinfluence your decision to allow children to enjoy this excellent work.

posiedon (2012-05-20 16:50)

Definitely worth watching!

I think the reviews posted against this film are definitely too harsh.This is a fantasy film and the special effects, the creativity, theimagination and the characterization are all simply fantastic! Thismovie may not be a Harry Potter but it is surely a delight for anychild and even entertaining enough for an adult. Waiting for the DVDrelease to pick up a copy for my kid.The film is basically about a young girl whose boring life takes adramatic turn when her toys come to life! The Nutcracker doll takes herinto his own world and she helps him fight the evil Rat King.With a stellar star-cast (award-winning actors like Nathan Lane, JohnTurturro, Frances De La Tour) and superb acting by the kids (ElleFanning, Charlie Rowe), directed by Emmy Award winning director AndreiKonchlovsky, and 8 songs by Oscar award winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice,you cannot go wrong with such a great team!

tiy135 (2012-05-20 08:11)

What is a waste of time? To watch any movie with a rigid mindset

Yeah, reallyThe Hoffman's classic is for the first time in hi-tech style (and insome pseudo 3D), with Tchaikovsky and even Dr. Albert. One would bepleased to see the favourite story albeit in a new rendition, but... You can't please them all. One says "too rush", another "too slow". Onesays "music is nice", another "dumb music" (meaning Tchaikovsky,perhaps). And so on.Cutting long story short, people with mechanical mindsets do alwayswant a wetter water. Ratdogs certainly do not like toys...

mumandkids (2012-05-19 23:46)

Awful.

Even the kids hated it. At end daughter asked if we could put it in therubbish. I wanted to stop watching by halfway. Holocaust themes, dark and violent for younger children, and lots ofrat teeth.To be fair, make-up and costumes were alright plus Elle Fanning isgorgeous and a talented actress but even as the main redeeming featureshe was unable to support this holocaust-themed bastardisation of aballet. Tim Rice may be good at lyrics but the breaks into song wereun-natural and whole thing forced, boring and dreary. Composers wouldbe turning in their graves. I truly hope I never watch this again!

fvault_dweller (2012-05-19 06:23)

A waste of time

Disappointing in most respects. Inconsistent plot, poor lyrics, poormusic adaptation, unconvincing acting for most of the movie. Like mostreviewers will probably acknowledge, the visual effects are OK, buthave no cause to serve. The film is a waste of nice animation, exactlywhat I wouldn't have expected from Koncealovski. And now, for a fewupsetting details...It is very difficult to become attached to any of the characters,because they are so superficially introduced. I don't get the realfeeling of a backstory, which actually damages the whole universe ofthe film. Mary is the only character which seems alive, for better orworse. Otherwise, they are all pale and unconvincing.The techno-fairy tale / political satire mix doesn't help either. I'mthinking of loads of splices you'd be able to make, starting from anoriginal fairy tale, and I can't understand why you'd combine a Disneystyle dramatization with an oppressed-toys(andhumans)-against-evil-nazi-rats uprising. It's not fun enough foradults, it's not simple and clear enough for children. And it doesn'thave so much to do with the original...And talking about the original, the use of Tchaikovsky's music isuninspired, to say the least. The adaptation sounds simplistic, andvoices may not have been a good idea. First of all, because it used tobe a ballet and, call me a rigid type, but I'd have loved to see itdeveloped on this line. Second, because the lyrics are dull, and theactors' voices sound really bad at times (ok, try to make it soundnatural but do follow the notes!). Third, because the modernorchestration further reduces the charm of the original, turning itinto a sort of kindergarten party song. As far as the musical partgoes, I'm taking Sweeney Todd as a reference. And, compared to this,Nutcracker is way below.Bottom line? Don't see it, even if the other guy is paying. It's plainloss of time and a poor reference about the classics, if you have anychildren.

gmlvisualfx-235-787631 (2012-05-18 18:14)

Bad reviews, but good movie?

It seems that all the reviewers missed their mark and poorly did theirjobs! First, they say it was "dark" because of the rat army? But, Iremember Monkey flying armies in the "Wizard of Oz", does that meanthat it was "dark"? Nonsense! How about the Wicked Witch of the Weststarting the Straw Man on fire? Did that send "Children running up theisles"? Nonsense Again! So, the question is did the major studio's notwant the Competition and conspire to hurt a decent well done holidaymovie? My guess is yes! Only 45 screens in the U.S. doomed it tofailure. As to it being a bad version of Nutcracker, It was not aversion of Nutcracker at all! It says plainly "the untold story" andinspired by the Nutcracker, but , that was it! It was a fantasyadventure with some very good effects. The lift up the Christmas treewas deserving of much praise as a "magical Cinematic moment"! As, wereothers in this film. I had my children see it and they liked it verymuch, as did the Grandparents. Don't listen to the reviewers, theyalready decided this films fate before they saw it! (my belief)Otherwize they would't be so shallow and incredibly slow about theirreviews!