Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time is a show that follows all the story book characters that we know and love (Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Belle, and even Dr. Frankenstein) and brings them to the modern world, Storybrooke, where they were brought by a curse committed by the Evil Queen who wanted to have her final vengeance against Snow White. The show has two plot lines for the most part, one in Storybrooke and one in the Enchanted forest. Now, I love OUaT, I truly do. But I can't watch it anymore, because it's written by the same writers for Lost, and they just fuck everything up. But I still adore the first two seasons of this show and highly recommend them to anyone who loves Fairy-tales.
Into the woods
Into the Woods was originally a Broadway musical that has now been adapted for the big screen. It takes on the fairy-tales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk. It follows and young Baker and his wife who must reverse a curse put on their household by obtaining a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, the slipper as pure as gold. And craziness ensues. But like, good craziness, really good craziness. I really enjoyed this film and the music. I liked that it told the original Grimm tales that are dark and more realistic. A highly enjoyable film for any fairy-tale lover, but if you don't enjoy musicals, you might want to skip this one.
Ever After
This is the Cinderella retelling that slays all others. It takes place in 16th century France, and is often viewed as a modern, post-feminism interpretation of the Cinderella myth. I don't really need to give a synopsis for this one, you all already know the story. But this film does it masterfully, definitely one of my favorite films of all time.
Over the Garden Wall
Okay so, I'm cheating little with this one. It's not directly related to any specific Fairy-tale, but I feel it's very Fairy-tale-esque. This is the story of two brothers, Wurt and Greg, who are lost in the forest and trying to find they're way home. This is technically a miniseries done by Cartoon Network, but it can be watched as a film since it's only compiled of 10 ten-minutes long episodes. I highly recommend it, it's wonderfully done.
The 10th Kingdom
I don't think it should be a surprise to anyone that this is number one, I gush about it all the time. This is the story of Virginia and her father, Tony, who are transported through a magic mirror to a parallel world, a world where all of the Fairy-tales are history, but happily ever after didn't last as long as they thought. Here there are evil queens, a prince cursed to live in the body of a dog, troll's who love the Bee Gees, and a plot interwoven in so many Fairy-tales, it's any Fairy-tale buffs dream come true. This one is quite long, about 7 hours, since it is a miniseries. But still very enjoyable, the 7 hours won't feel like that at all once you've finished!
(This is also my favorite film of all time)
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