finally! thoughts on the movie:
(i decided to use capital letters because i realized it would be easier to read for u guys)
It didn’t live up the book or the musical. I’m sorry, but it needs to be said. It was a good movie, I liked it and I’m excited to watch the next movies, but it did disappoint.
I kept expecting them to burst into song. I listen to the musical all the time, and it was weird that they were suddenly not singing. When Dina said “Se mig i øynene, så ved jeg at jeg tør.” (or s/t) I nearly cried because it reminded me of when Rosa said the same thing to Dina in the musical.
That being said, the soundtrack was so on point. I’m not a person who usually notices things like soundtracks in movie, but this one really got my attention.
They made some serious plot changes that I seriously disagree with. I don’t even know where to start.
They removed so many of my favorite scenes!! I go into a few of them later but one of them is in the beginning, where Dina plays with the other girls, and she is allowed to propose to the princess, and she is doing really well, but then they just dump the water(?) on her head anyawy. She didn’t attack Cilla just because Cilla was being rude, she had a bigger reason.
Another scene I really didn’t wish they remove was the scene between Nico and Dina, where Dina removes her apron to help Nico clean up. This is such an important scene, to Nico’s and Dina’s character (and to my heart.) It establishes Dina as a nice and caring character, and it shows Nico that someone cares and is willing to help him. It’s such a shame it wasn’t in the movie.
Another one of my favorite scenes: the scene where the guards come into Maunus’ house looking for Nico and Dina, and Nico is hanging in a rope outside the window. that’s so badass. I know we kinda got that with a short clip of Nico climbing in the movie, but it’s not the same. It was one of the scenes I was most excited to see, and it was just not there.
Adela married to Nico’s dad????? What?? Okay, I guess that would be easier to explain than “Adela is the wife of Nico’s dead brother.” but it removes Nico’s “””motives”””. in the book little Bian would be sovereign next, so killing him, his dad and his unborn nephew would make Nico the next sovereign, but in the movie that would be him anyway. What was the supposed motive in the movie? Je was drunk and he....didn’t like them?
Let’s be real here, they butchered Nico’s character completely. It’s not Jakob Oftebro’s fault, I love him to death and he’s a great Nico. but Nicodemus Ravens is my favorite character of all time, and I don’t like the way they wrote him. Nico is a very complex character, that’s what makes him so great. He’s not s nice as he is in the movie, where all the not-niceness is in the flashbacks. His relationship with maunus is so important, how they fight but love each other like father and son, and it was just not there in the movie either. Nico is a bit of an privilged, scared asshole and that’s an important part of his character that they just didn’t explore at all.
The Dina/Rosa frienship was nice. The scene where Rosa looks into Dina’s eyes and they kinda become friend was a big awkward, but I think the actresses had good chemistry and the way Rosa came to help Dina later was very sweet.
The ending was good. I don’t really like that it was Dina that somehow made everyone realize that Drakan was the murderer in the end, but it was alright I guess. (And Drakan wasn’t written that well either...) But other than that the ending was good. I really liked the scene were Nico nearly killed Drakan but couldn’t, because that’s the truest they had been to Nico’s character in the entire movie, and when Rosa stabbed him. (That scene was in the book...wonder why I liked it so much...)
TL;DR: They should’ve stuck with the book.
Thoughts? Agree or disagree? Please, I need someone to discuss with.
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