Why? Cause we want to applaud any attempt by the Disney studio to make something that isn't a strip-mined, live-action, CGI re-heated version of one of their classic animated films........
After this debacle, we fear they'll never try again..........so prepare yourself for more horrors......like maybe a live-action "Snow White" with Ariana Grande........
And even knowing it came out unwatchable and unfit for human consumption, Disney threw it into the marketplace anyway........which gives you a pretty good idea of corporate thinking..
Absolutely nobody involved in it did anything but go through the motions they thought they had to go through.......with one or two exceptions
Keira Knightly, as the ultra-hyper Sugar Plum Fairy, carries on as if she's in a Saturday Night Live skit.....(or maybe a Tim Burton movie).......if nothing else, it sets her apart from the rest of the cast......
Forget the writers, directors and actors........even Misty........the only person exerting major creative force in this film......is the production designer Guy Hendriz Dyas......
Dyas brilliantly creates a 75 dollar illustrated coffee-table book......in search of a movie to go with it. Which he never finds.
But give this guy credit......the images - a succession of fairy-tale kingdoms and steampunk contraptions are gorgeous sights to behold.
The movie itself? Way too painful to discuss in any detail. For parents looking to put their kids to sleep in a hurry, this film would work better than forcing them to drink an entire bottle of cough medicine.......
For the production designer's stellar work by itself, 4 stars (****)......for the movie, it more than earns our lowest AFH.....a genuine Abomination From Hell.
Nice tunes, though.....from that Tchaikovsky guy.....can't wait to hear more of his stuff.
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