And yes! Today we will talk about these 'not for children' fairy tale. I think they are not suppose to be call as 'fairy tale', but nevermind...
No.1 - Corpse Bride
Tim's Burton's works, a very gothic style anime. And of course it is very Tim Burton's style- creepy yet full of imagination.
The story is about a young man- Victor who is timid, chicken-hearted, ruins his wedding's rehearsal and run away into a woods which near to a graveyard. In the woods, he rehearse the vows that he has to speak out in his tomorrow's wedding (something like...with this hand I will relieve your sorrow; your cup will never empty, for I will be your wine...with this ring, I ask you to be my wife....) And then he accidentally put on the ring he has prepares for his bride on a hand-alike twig. Without his expectation the 'twig' is actually hand of a beautiful corpse bride (Emily), and since he has ask her to be 'his wife', the bride say yes and so they're married.
And so he is brought to the underground (of course since his 'wife' is already not alive), he try to back to the upperworld by cheating to his 'wife', but then he figure out Emily's past.....
Have to mention that in the movie, the upperworld (place where the alive living) is portray in grey color, while the underground (where all the skeletons moving around) is colorful and harmony. Hmmm....sarcastic right?
Oh yeah, the movie stars the voice of Johnny Depp as Victor~
No.2 - Coraline
Another nice fantasy that I watched few months ago.
It's begins with a little girl- Coraline who is brave and curious about everything move into her new house which subdivided into 3 flats with her parents. Her parents are busy and pay little attention to Coraline. As no one play with her, she goes off to explore and she met her new friend- a boy who love to talk (I forgot his name adi), her new neighbours and a black cat who also can see the Other world.
One day Coraline found a locked door in a room, the next day she open the door by the key she stole from her mother and finds a dark long corridor leading to a house identical to her own. In the Other world, she met her replicas Other mother and Other father, which she think is far more better than her real parents in the real world, as they treats her well, care for her, made her great meal for dinner....except they have buttons for eyes. And she also see the cat, which can speak there. The Other world is perfect to Coraline, as everything is what she dream of. eg: she always think that her friend (the boy that I forgot his name) is noisy and annoying, so in the Other world, his mouth get sewed up.
At the day's end, the Other mother offers her a chance to stay there forever if Coraline will let her sew buttons over her eyes. Coraline is terrified and run back to home. But it is not end yet, she finds her parents are missing in the real world.....
Compare with the Corpse Bride, I think Coraline is much more creepy and freakish, especially the doll with the buttons eyes, yucks! I get a little horrified by the movie's atmosphere when I watch it alone at the night. Imagine your mom look at you with her buttons eyes....(Yaya, ghost stories can't scare me but I easily get frighten by those creepy movies eg: the X-file, Lost....very Excited to watch this kind of movie!!)
Yup! you're right! These stories are certainly not for children! I bet children can get nightmare after they watch the buttons eyes or the corpse with blue skin that crawl out from grave. But afterall, they are great movies which worth to watch! A little adventure, a little betrayal and hatred, a little horrified, till a heart-warming and touching ends, made a perfect movie...
Some music in the end:
Die, die we all pass away
But don't wear a frown cuz it's really okay
And you might try 'n' hide
And you might try 'n' pray
But we all end up the remains of the day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah~~~
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