Tale Of Tales

One of my favorite movies

Pretty good that's why I only gave it three stars.

Tale of TalesGreat cast and costumes, plot that goes nowhere.################SPOiLERS####################The darker side of fairy tales (and some of them are pretty dark to begin with) is explored to no comprehensible end by inverting some and a passing ref to others, with varying degrees of obscurity. No children are involved -- there's no Hansel or Gretel or Red Riding Hood.Expect refs to: Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Jack & the Beanstalk, Molly Whuppie, the Prince and the Pauper, Circe, Oedipus, Sleeping Beauty, Four Clever Brothers, etc. and typical fairy tale trials such as slaying the dragon, guessing something impossible to win the hand of the princess, a woman who must become young and beautiful to marry a king (and in so doing enrages her aged sister), a barren queen who cannot laugh.It ends with a coronation; so much drama must involve more than one kingdom and the survivors all show up at the end. The one who wins the game of thrones here is a silly but crafty girl who murders her husband, who won her fair and square, and does actually care for her. Even if he is the actor who was in The Hills Have Eyes. She just thinks he's ugly and a brute. And she proves she is too, inside.There are many grotesque moments, many pathetic and painful ones and very little joy. Men are portrayed as either young and handsome and useless, or rich, nutty, pathetic old pigs, and women as being interested in nothing but money and looks (their own). Only the gypsies represent a family loyalty that pulls together, and this weakness costs them their lives.In the end, the message seems to be Look Out for Number One. Kindness, charity and love are all repaid with : “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all”.

Pretty, but lack of a gratifying ending

I personally really enjoyed it. It had a bit of many tales and folklore I'd absolutely recommend it.

This fairy tale horror film brings to life the gruesome original Italian fairy tales but needs to work on execution. The "tales" in the film in question are not done in singular chunks of story like a regular anthology but have their parts interspersed throughout the film. I know what they were trying to do but honestly it takes away some of the emotional investment you have in each individual stories. They wanted to connect these stories so much that the emotional connection the audience has to the characters is left behind. Another aspect of this film that I didn't care for was that it kept the misogynistic tone of the original fairy tales. (SPOILERS) The queen is hungry for a child at all cost, a princess is raped by an ogre and is brought to her father as a broken woman, the old sisters are vain and greedy for youth. (END OF SPOILERS) Stories like this could have seriously benefited from a more feminist interpretation. What redeems the film (somewhat) is the focus on the grotesque, the monstrous, and the violence found in the original fairy tales brought to strange and quirky light by intense performances by Salma Hayek, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, and other great actors (who I greatly look forward to seeing in the future). It was definitely worth watching but I hope a reinterpretation of the Pentamerone comes again soon.

This film restores fairy tales to their proper tone, which is to say, something that Disney hasn't yet ruined. Anyone who has read the genuine "Grimm's Fairy Tales" will appreciate the darkness and realism of this movie. Poor Snow White, in the Disney version, she dances away like a simple little idiot - the end differs slightly in Grimm's: "just then, a pair of red-hot iron shoes were brought in...and these [the Old Queen] was forced to put on and to dance in them till she fell down dead". What would you do with a vicious stepmother who wanted to eat your heart? Alas, people like to paint life in pastels and are wont to admit that many of humanity's basest instincts are alive and well - and fascinating. This film shows the tragedy of intentions good and ill. With colorful characters, deft acting and beautiful photography, our weaknesses and strengths are shown in parables that impact each other. Not a film for the faint of heart or the hardened realist. Watch, listen, tremble and sigh that these fables are on the screen and not a reality. Or...?

I think I'm being generous with three stars here. This movie could have been very good. It immerses the viewer in a high fantasy land of magic and monsters. Three main storylines are happening simultaneously, and there is some overlap. However, the storylines seem to constantly be in development and never really resolve. Many things go completely unexplained and seem to be totally irrelevant to the story. You're just waiting for at least one of the storylines to have some kind of resolution and then the movie just ends.

Trae subtítulos al español y es algo que agradezco por parte de la casa productora que la a traído en Blu Ray. Me llegó en perfecto estado y me encantó la película y aunque contiene historias de cuentos de hadas, estás están dirigidas a un público adulto. Sí te gustan títulos como Blanca Nieves y el cazador o cualquier live Action de Disney encontrarás este título aburrido porque el ritmo es lento. Pero si amas películas como Amadeus, Titus, la joven con el arete de perla, le seguirás muy bien el ritmo.

Es una estupenda película de fantasía... muy bien diigida y actuada entre otros Salma Hayek y Vincent Cassel... Salma demuestra que no sólo es una mujer bella sino que también tiene talento histriónico... Algunos mexicanos no reconocen este talento de Salma, pero ella es una mujer triunfadora.

Tenía muchas ganas de ver esta película, son cuentos poco conocidos y es una versión interesante sobre los cuentos de hadas. El pedido llegó antes de lo esperado y la calidad excelente.

Los cuentos clásicos nunca antes habían tenido una adaptación tan fiel, esta película conserva el espíritu original de los cuentos los cuales mas que para entretenimiento infantil eran utilizados como medio de enseñanza de valores o para advertir de ciertas actitudes.La calidad de imagen es espectacular, una verdadera joya del cine italiano.

Me siento satisfecho con la compra: es una película que desde tener hace tiempo y fue muy grato encontrarla en este formato.