Talk:Tale of Tales (2015 film)

Artisanal integrations

Would it be possible to convert this into language that's intelligible to a general audience:

"Digital effects were artisanal integrations of something that had to look as believable as possible" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.83.6 (talk) 20:05, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Also phrases like "metaphorical usages" and "the necromancer had manipulated the predicament from the inception, based on the inevitable outcome" make little sense. Sadiemonster (talk) 13:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Sources?

The lengthy "Philosophical Meanings" section cites no sources whatsoever, and makes a lot of confident, unsubstantiated conclusions about themes, such as "The flea was...meant to symbolize a hobby or other small, unimportant matter that a parent may indulge," "The moral of the story is that the eyes can be misleading and what you see or believe you see should not be substituted for the truth of what is," and "For the Lustful King...Dora was merely a reflection of himself that he could not see." This sounds like original research.Sadiemonster (talk) 13:50, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Agreed. I've removed that section as nothing has been done to justify it. Content is preserved below.--twl_corinthian (talk) 23:33, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Philosophical meanings. In all three tales, the selfishness of the characters led to their ultimate destruction based on their fixation of lustful desire rather than true love. The Queen of Darkwood's desire for a child consumed her, but she also wished for that love to be reciprocated by the child to her. When Elias did not reciprocate her love, she tried to murder Jonah, which was the person who made Elias happy. Rather than sacrificing her happiness knowing Elias had a soulmate friend, she tried to remove that relationship in hope it would further her relationship with her son. That desire ultimately led to her death by the hands of her own son, who was a product of her own desire. The King of Highmountain was so fixated on the flea that he lost sight of being a father and sacrificed his daughter, who looked up to him and loved him. The flea was a gross creature and meant to symbolize a hobby or other small, unimportant matter that a parent may indulge rather than focusing on their children. In the end, this mistake stripped the King of both his royal and paternal title. Unlike all the other characters, the King seemed truly repentant for what he had done and was consumed by grief and illness until his daughter's return. However, his prior actions and fixation on the flea can never erase the trauma Violet had to undergo with losing her virginity and innocence at the hands of an ogre. Further, the entertainer's entire family were killed by the ogre in an attempt to save the Princess when the King himself did nothing to rescue her and whose lack of regard and foolishness led to his daughter's plight. It was his daughter who ultimately had to save herself, disgracing the King not only as a King, but as a father as well. The Lustful King of Strongmountain desired sexual gratification and used his subjects to that regard. However, this addiction led him to sleep with Dora, who was an old woman, based on the illusion of what is beautiful. The reality of the Lustful King having slept with Dora as an old maid disgusts the King so much that he attempts to throw Dora to her death, claiming that she is a witch. Yet, Dora protests that the Lustful King demanded her presence, which was true. Yet, he falls in love with Dora and makes her his Queen once she is transformed into a beautiful maiden. The moral of the story is that the eyes can be misleading and what you see or believe you see should not be substituted for the truth of what is. On the flip-side, Dora is no different than the Lustful King she eventually marries - she desires wealth, title and sexual passions. When she receives youth, Dora traded Imma, who had been with her forever, for the man who had cast her to her death days before. This leads to Dora's condemnation to live the rest of her days alone and without Imma. For the Lustful King, he will never stop searching for his Queen who appeared to be the cure for his lustful addiction, when in fact, Dora was merely a reflection of himself that he could not see.