❝Words are beautiful. We have just as much right to them as any men.❞
❝All those stories you have told, all those wonderful stories… they are nothing compared to our story. People will tell it in years to come. And they will say, that was a story about Love. And about two brave girls who wouldn’t take shit from anyone.❞
۫ ׅ ⊹₊˚‧ ︵‿ ₊ ୨ ᰔ ୧ ₊ ‿︵ ‧˚₊⊹ ׅ ۫
I read 'The 100 Nights of Hero' quite recently before watching this adaptation, and while overall I liked the film, it was missing a lot of the magic woven into the book. I really liked the cast, and to me Emma Corrin and Nicholas Galitzine's performances stood out the most. The sets and costumes were beautifully done, and I loved the symmetry and stillness of the shot compositions; combined with the rich, painterly lighting it gave the film a very theatrical atmosphere, reminiscent, in my opinion, of Wes Anderson's style a little bit. However, I had a bit of an issue with the plot and pacing; the film focused only on the stories of The Dancing Stones and The League of Secret Storytellers, and while they're great the others in the book are equally, if not more, captivating. And because the focus was only on those two stories, the pacing of the film felt a bit slow at first while the ending was very rushed. I think the adaptation would've worked a lot better as a limited series, with one episode or so dedicated to each story. On the whole, though, I still think it's worth giving this a watch, especially if you like fairytales with a feminist twist and queer love 🫶.
❝Words are beautiful. We have just as much right to them as any men.❞
❝All those stories you have told, all those wonderful stories… they are nothing compared to our story. People will tell it in years to come. And they will say, that was a story about Love. And about two brave girls who wouldn’t take shit from anyone.❞
۫ ׅ ⊹₊˚‧ ︵‿ ₊ ୨ ᰔ ୧ ₊ ‿︵ ‧˚₊⊹ ׅ ۫
I read 'The 100 Nights of Hero' quite recently before watching this adaptation, and while overall I liked the film, it was missing a lot of the magic woven into the book. I really liked the cast, and to me Emma Corrin and Nicholas Galitzine's performances stood out the most. The sets and costumes were beautifully done, and I loved the symmetry and stillness of the shot compositions; combined with the rich, painterly lighting it gave the film a very theatrical atmosphere, reminiscent, in my opinion, of Wes Anderson's style a little bit. However, I had a bit of an issue with the plot and pacing; the film focused only on the stories of The Dancing Stones and The League of Secret Storytellers, and while they're great the others in the book are equally, if not more, captivating. And because the focus was only on those two stories, the pacing of the film felt a bit slow at first while the ending was very rushed. I think the adaptation would've worked a lot better as a limited series, with one episode or so dedicated to each story. On the whole, though, I still think it's worth giving this a watch, especially if you like fairytales with a feminist twist and queer love 🫶.
