"Rebel Nursery Rhymes" is a subversive fairy tale animation, divided into two parts, a total of 57 minutes. Five fairy tales are described in the short film, all taken from the eponymous work of The English children's literature writer Royald Dahl. The combination of multiple stories has made it a new fairy tale short film, and the theme of the content has changed.
In the play, there are multiple characters, Such as Snow White, Big Bad Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood, etc., and the image of the characters has changed dramatically compared to what everyone usually sees in the past. The first half is the story of Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White, and the second half is the story of Jack and Cinderella. One of the most touching is the story in the first half, where Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White become friends.
Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White both fought back in this short film. The stepmother failed in all of Snow White's intrigues and tricks, and Snow White eventually got the reins of power, and was no longer so silly and sweet, a little blackened. Little Red Riding Hood is completely different from the stories he heard as a child, where the wolf shows a kind side and saves Little Red Riding Hood, while Little Red Riding Hood wears a coat with wolf skin. Both subvert the animated image of the past, and in this animated short film, it is impossible to easily judge whether the world is a little more sinister or a little more beautiful.
The two animations I saw as a child were full of beauty, snow white and the prince ended up happily together, and Little Red Riding Hood was saved by the hunters. However, this animation shows that marriage is not necessarily happy, love may not be able to get along, hunters also have selfish intentions, and the goodness of human nature will not always be maintained. At the same time, it also reveals that the bad guys are not as they appear on the surface, such as the big bad wolf was once kind, but reality forced it to be cornered. At the end of the story, the author gives everyone a kind big bad wolf.
As the film says, "The stories you know have been adapted and turned into warm, child-coaxing fairy tales." This may be what the short film wants to tell everyone, people are suspicious, even if you have seen goodness and ugliness, do not easily judge human nature. While seeing the good, believe that evil exists, and vice versa.
"Rebel Nursery Rhymes" is a fictional fairy tale short film, but it also truly exposes the world, telling the audience not to look at people with prejudice, nor to blindly believe in so-called good and evil.