glimpsed on by the director but the movie has gone out of hand . Do we really want our coming generation to grow up to these stories instead of the real one and observe mixed messages ??
Movies like Cinderella Story and Mirror Mirror follow the plot of the movies Cinderella and Snow White respectively . These stories unlike other modernised fairytale movies follow the plot of the original movies and have minimal changes , but have received less “ stardom ” than movies with many plot twists and violence .
What is this implying to our movie directors and producers ? It implies that movies with more modern take on an old tale will give high fame , movies with violence , romance and sometimes crude humour will appeal more . This is true .
Snow White and the Huntsman is a perfect example . Although this movie is a modern twist on Snow White it is set in an ancient period , it has received many box office hits , due to the intricate plot twist and violence combined it is one of the best fairytale re-dos .
Alice in Wonderland on the other hand has the exact same plot line as the original story , with just better graphics and animation it has been made into a modernised fairytale .
Lastly , we have Jack the giant slayer this is a version of the English folk tale of Jack the Giant Killer which has been changed to fit our modern world today . This folk tale has not been created into a movie before and viewers have said that this is a movie to remember . The graphics used made the movie seem very realistic but will teenagers watch the movie instead of reading the myth ?
These new “ fairy tales ” utterly replace and dominate the original versions of the story . This doesn ’ t give a chance for the children of “ Generation YOLO ” to appreciate the true moral and story of the originals as they are led to believe the newer versions .
Do we really want to destroy the innocence that the original fairy tales had and send our new prime ministers mixed messages on life ?