四星全给结尾那几分钟。虽然片子非常一般,但个人认为最后几分钟,民间故事代代相传、演变那一段特别经典!妥妥的 History became legend, legend became myth. 的既视感,最后故事融入英国历史的脑洞也很赞!英国本来就没什么本土神话,反而是民间故事很多,Jack and the Beanstalk算是很有代表性的一个了,这样结合起来还是很带感的。
PS. 刚好男主的演员最近要演JRR托尔金了,结合托尔金那句经典名言还挺有意思的,“But once upon a time, I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogenic to the level of romantic fairy-story, which I could dedicate simply: to England; to my country." 希望演员能在托尔金传记里能演绎好这句的精髓吧。