The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 3D Movie Review
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
3D Movie Review
Written By: Jake Jarvis
3D
The 3D conversion for this movie is fairly well done. The ballet and waltzing scenes look stunning in 3D. The end credits look very nice in 3D. The 3D depth is pretty good and works well for this kind of movie. The 3D in this movie is better than most other action/ adventure movies. The cinematography really lends itself to the 3D visuals. The film does not have any pop outs or cutout effects here; it does have lots of rounded depth. I enjoyed the nice snowy 3D effects. In some of the holiday scenes the Christmas trees were totally flat, which is very disappointing. If you must watch this movie, then I can easily recommend watching it in 3D.
Final Verdict: Good 3D
Movie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is loosely inspired by the original 1812 story. The original 1812 story was later adapted into the 1892 ballet. Now that the nutcracker story is part of the public domain, any film studio can make a movie out of this classic tale. Clearly Disney has no love for the original source material because this movie is a poorly made cash grab.
So instead of a remake of the original Nutcracker with Disney cartoon characters or whatever, they opted for a semi sequel to the original story. Instead of a musical this is an action/adventure movie. Sadly this movie feels like the awful combination of two other Disney movies: Alice In Wonderland and the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. If you saw Disney's/Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, you essentially already watched this movie. This movie has over the top costumes and visuals to make up for the bad acting and poorly executed story telling. Just change out the CGI characters of Lewis Carroll's creations with the Nutcracker characters and stock action/adventure/fantasy tropes and you essentially got this pathetic excuse for a movie. This movie doesn’t feel new or original in any way. Five minutes in, you will have everything figured out, even though this bears next to no resemblance to the original Nutcracker story. The plot twists might surprise small children. That being said I wouldn’t recommend this movie for small children. The character of the mouse king is very creepy. Mother Ginger and the steam-punk inspired sets might be too overwhelming for the little ones. For an action/adventure film, there is a good deal of exposition dumping. The story telling never feels natural and often you are told the story and not shown the story. I never thought I'd ever say this, but this movie needed more music and dancing. Not just a short snippet of a performance that literally stops the movie dead in its tracks. The 100-minute run time feels like a Netflix binge and not a full movie.
I cannot recommend this movie. Save yourself the money and watch one of the literally hundreds of other previously made versions of The Nutcracker instead. There is even a Nutcracker movie already available on 3D blu-ray. If you want to see the ballet in 3D , go see the Wim Wenders' Pina documentary instead. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a forgettable movie that simply isn’t worth your time or money.
Final Verdict: 4/10
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