For more than 400 years, these tales have delighted, entertained and sparked the imaginations of countless children.
January 7, 2007 (Press Release) --
Once upon a time, there lived a couple of brothers named Grimm, who collected and published folk tales filled with princesses, witches, ogres, dwarves, wolves and the occasional fairy godmother. Their stories had a few laughs, some terror and oftentimes heavy-handed morals with happy endings reserved only for the virtuous.
Unfortunately, some writers and filmmakers think today's kids are too smart, too cynical and too adult to find much use in the tales of old.
"Happily N'Ever After" is a paint-by-numbers, retelling of the classic fairy tale of "Cinderella" repackaged for today's allegedly cynical audiences.
The film is set in a world called Fairy Tale Land ("We had to call fairy tale land something and Canada was already taken," quips the films narrator and hero Rick (voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. in what passes as humor in the film). A wizard (George Carlin) resides in the highest tower of a castle where he maintains a scale that balances good and evil, ensuring all fairy tales conclude with the traditional "happily ever after" ending. He's assisted by two bumbling assistants, a by-the-book pig named Munk (Wallace Shawn) and a rather spastic cat (Andy Dick). The wizard leaves the two in charge of a magic staff and the aforementioned scales.
Source: http://www.msn.com
POSTED BY MISHA DAVENPORT
Unfortunately, some writers and filmmakers think today's kids are too smart, too cynical and too adult to find much use in the tales of old.
"Happily N'Ever After" is a paint-by-numbers, retelling of the classic fairy tale of "Cinderella" repackaged for today's allegedly cynical audiences.
The film is set in a world called Fairy Tale Land ("We had to call fairy tale land something and Canada was already taken," quips the films narrator and hero Rick (voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. in what passes as humor in the film). A wizard (George Carlin) resides in the highest tower of a castle where he maintains a scale that balances good and evil, ensuring all fairy tales conclude with the traditional "happily ever after" ending. He's assisted by two bumbling assistants, a by-the-book pig named Munk (Wallace Shawn) and a rather spastic cat (Andy Dick). The wizard leaves the two in charge of a magic staff and the aforementioned scales.
Source: http://www.msn.com
POSTED BY MISHA DAVENPORT
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