Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

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Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by Some Wanderer » Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:05 am

Yeah, not my cup of tea.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by foreverlurk » Thu Nov 17, 2022 6:43 pm

Some Wanderer wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:59 pm
 That wasn't too bad, all things considering.
Agreed.

There's even a more size-changing scenes, the first one shows the young prince being cursed (he shrinks first, then changes into the nutcracker). The second one at the end when the Rat Queen and all her court get changed back into rats - they shrink out of their clothes (ultra fast poof shrink) but they're rats, so...

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by Some Wanderer » Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:59 pm

That wasn't too bad, all things considering.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by ailyn » Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:02 pm

I love that squeaky voice that was used for that quick moment! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by foreverlurk » Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:44 pm

Well, as in other Nutcracker versions there's no interaction, and here the shrinking process is hidden behind the particle effects. Too bad because the animation quality is good for a non-AAA studio.

Here's the shrinking scene and a few minutes afterwards :
https://vimeo.com/771754056

There's a bit at the end where she grows back (too much) and then shrinks to her normal size... again, obscured by the obnoxious particle effects :
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Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by Some Wanderer » Wed Oct 05, 2022 4:37 am

foreverlurk wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:17 am
rscholar wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:29 pm
 Well not entirely - Keira Knightly as the (evil) Sugar Plum Fairy gets turned into a doll at the end.
Well, yeah... I guess it counts as shrinking, you're technically correct (the best kind of correct!). I was just hoping for something as good as 2010's Alice.
Some Wanderer wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:18 pm
 Plus (while it's not a sequence) there is a moment earlier in the movie where Claire appears shrunk.
Oh yes that short sequence, right. I was soooo disappointed with the movie that I removed it from my memory. :shrugs:
No arguments there, but I thought it was worth noting.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by foreverlurk » Wed Oct 05, 2022 3:17 am

rscholar wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:29 pm
 Well not entirely - Keira Knightly as the (evil) Sugar Plum Fairy gets turned into a doll at the end.
Well, yeah... I guess it counts as shrinking, you're technically correct (the best kind of correct!). I was just hoping for something as good as 2010's Alice.
Some Wanderer wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:18 pm
 Plus (while it's not a sequence) there is a moment earlier in the movie where Claire appears shrunk.
Oh yes that short sequence, right. I was soooo disappointed with the movie that I removed it from my memory. :shrugs:

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by Some Wanderer » Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:18 pm

rscholar wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:29 pm
foreverlurk wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:30 pm
eddiegiantman wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:34 pm
 Did the Disney one have shrinking?
If you mean 2018's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, sadly, no. I was really looking forward to a nice shrinking scene. :twisted:
Well not entirely - Keira Knightly as the (evil) Sugar Plum Fairy gets turned into a doll at the end.

https://youtu.be/STIjZjE2pGU?t=195
Plus (while it's not a sequence) there is a moment earlier in the movie where Claire appears shrunk.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by rscholar » Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:29 pm

foreverlurk wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:30 pm
eddiegiantman wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:34 pm
 Did the Disney one have shrinking?
If you mean 2018's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, sadly, no. I was really looking forward to a nice shrinking scene. :twisted:
Well not entirely - Keira Knightly as the (evil) Sugar Plum Fairy gets turned into a doll at the end.

https://youtu.be/STIjZjE2pGU?t=195

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by foreverlurk » Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:30 pm

Prof Sai wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:31 am
 The poster says Christmas 2021, which would have been a much better time to release it. I wonder if there are legal restrictions to exporting russian films.
I guess it was just COVID related delays, it has not been released in Russia either. There's a newer poster available now, but I choose this one for obvious reasons. :mrgreen:
eddiegiantman wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:34 pm
 Did the Disney one have shrinking?
If you mean 2018's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, sadly, no. I was really looking forward to a nice shrinking scene. :twisted:

Almost all other versions I know of feature some shrinking:

The Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/aU8JVEppCmM?t=2060
The Nutcracker Prince: https://youtu.be/bX6iYzDxrZ4
Katya and the Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/j8UYSt73WJ4?t=413
Barbie and the Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/NN3ksk8R--0?t=213
The Nuttiest Nutcracker: https://youtu.be/RLmvmESF87A?t=1064

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by eddiegiantman » Tue Oct 04, 2022 5:34 pm

Did the Disney one have shrinking?

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by Prof Sai » Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:31 am

The poster says Christmas 2021, which would have been a much better time to release it. I wonder if there are legal restrictions to exporting russian films.

Re: Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by pokonota » Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:44 am

Very nice, I really like it. As usual, there's but a couple of half-second safe-for-work SW moments here and there, but we take what we can get

Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (2022)

by foreverlurk » Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:11 am

Don't expect much from this one, but since all Nutcracker story versions include SW in one way or another, here is this russian animated version coming out in November...
Wishing to be carefree again instead of being forced to marry, 17-year-old Marie is magically shrunk down to the size of her childhood toys, which all come to life. There she discovers a nutcracker doll to be a prince who has been put under a spell.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziRNQ4pY_lQ

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