Why The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is Basically an Aardman Animations Film
In 2018, Disney released The Nutcracker and the Four Realms , a live-action film adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet The Nutcracker , which bombed at the box office. Looking back on this underrated fantasy adventure film, I see that it has more than a little in common with the works of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio that specializes in stop-motion. In case you were wondering, Aardman is responsible for three hugely successful animated works: Chicken Run , Wallace and Gromit , and Shaun the Sheep . These hilarious animated stories have received many awards and nominations. This article will compare the aforementioned three stories to The Nutcracker and the Four Realms in terms of themes and subject matter. Here are the similarities I have found: 1. The works are set in England, often in a period format. 2. They take heavy inspiration from famous cinematic works. 3. Intelligent animals appear in major roles, often communicating t