![]() Clara finds a string with her name on it, signifying her gift, and follows it into a forest in a parallel world where she sees the key. She calls him self-absorbed and obsessed with his family's image since Marie's passing, after which Drosselmeyer announces it being time for the children to receive their gifts. Returning to the ballroom, Clara gets scolded by Benjamin for not dancing with him. He then reveals to her that it was a creation of his that he gifted to Marie when she was younger, and that her wish was to bestow the gift to Clara. Refusing to dance with Benjamin, Clara scurries from the crowd to ask Drosselmeyer how to unlock her egg. The family then heads to a Christmas Eve ball, hosted by the children's godfather and skilled engineer, Drosselmeyer. In the package, she discovers a note from Marie that states that the inside of the egg is all she would ever need. Clara receives a handcrafted egg-shaped box, which she is unable to unlock. Hopefully, Disney improves their storytelling in its next live action films.In London, England one Christmas Eve, Benjamin Stahlbaum gives his children, Louise, Clara, and Fritz, Christmas presents to fulfill his wife Marie's dying wish. In the end, the movie was visually appealing but it did have a lot of faults in the storytelling by leaving out a lot of important information. However, it never really explained the discovery of the four realms. The choreography was amazing and it was just wonderful to watch. The ballet, which was performed by Misty Copeland, was performed with elegance in front of beautiful backgrounds. One scene that I enjoyed was the ballet held upon Clara’s arrival, symbolizing the discovery of the Four Realms by Clara’s mother. “I thought the movie was visually appealing but it did make me question throughout the movie what Clara’s mother did to make those realms break apart since one of the character kept saying repeatedly that it was her mother’s fault,” said student Maria Delgado. The movie seemed too rushed it was like an attempt to just make money with cheap production and faulty storytelling. ![]() It also doesn’t explain how Mother Ginger met the Mouse King since they are mainly working together as a team throughout the movie. For example, the movie never discussed how Clara’s mother died or what Mother Ginger did that led to the abandonment of the Land of Amusement. She discovers that her mother created an undisclosed issue in the Four Realms, which is now Clara’s job to fix the broken up world of toys that her mother had originally brought to life.Įven though the movie did seem promising, it did have some major faults in leaving out a lot of important information. The Four Realms were the Sugar Realm, Flower Realm, Snowflake Realm and finally the abandoned fourth realm which is the Land of Amusement. Clara is accompanied by her trusty knight Philip, played by Jayden Fowora-Knight, who was once a nutcracker in the Four Realms. ![]() She now journeys on through this winter wonderland, created by her mother to retrieve the key that was stolen from her by the Mouse King and another portrayed villain, Mother Ginger, who is the ruler of the abandoned Fourth Realm. She reaches out for the key only to have it taken away by a mouse, which she relentlessly chases. She keeps following the string and ultimately ends up in a winter wonderland where she finds the key hanging on a Christmas tree. Once Clara finds her string, she follows it throughout the estate, passing multiple doors to enter a dimly lit room. When she returns to the ballroom, Drosselmeyer announces to all the guests to follow a colored string that would lead them towards their individual gifts. On the night of the party, Clara departs from the ballroom to visit her godfather to find the key to open the locked egg. The movie begins with Clara, and her family receiving an invitation to a party held at the estate of her godfather Drosselmeyer, played by Morgan Freeman. Like her deceased mother, Clara is a very intelligent and creative inventor. Hoffman’s classic tale “The Nutcracker and The Mouse King.” In Disney’s reincarnation of the tale, the story takes place in Victorian England and focuses on a young girl named Clara, played by Mackenzie Foy, who was given a mysterious, egg-shaped music box by her mother who has passed away. “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” released on Nov. Despite promising to bring a winter wonderland to life, Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” left the audience confused and unsatisfied with the production.
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