Wicked: For Good And Romance Endings
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about Wicked: For Good, the second and final movie concluding the story of the Wizard Of Oz’s ‘Wicked’ Witch, and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this magical movie with a solid romance novel-worthy ending (YES!!!!), you might wish to skip this post.
I was dreading watching Wicked: For Good. I loved the first movie so very much and the trailers looked like the second part of Elphaba’s story would ruin that for me.
It didn’t ruin it. At all.
It made me love the story MORE.
I LOVED Wicked: For Good.
The characters held true. The relationships evolved and grew stronger. The tie-ins to the original Wizard Of Oz were magical. The girl power and friendship rocks messages remain.
And the ending…the ending, my friends. It had all the aspects of a great romance novel ending.
It was unexpected and hard fought for.
During the dark moment, I truly thought all hope of ANY sort of happy ending was impossible. I definitely didn’t think there would be a romantic happy ending.
Yet there was.
And it was delightful and different, not-at-all what I thought their romantic happy ending would be like yet it was perfect for them.
This is definitely a movie to rewatch when writing an ending to a romance novel. It is inspiring.
(smiles)
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The Tearsmith And Modern Fairy Tales
Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about The Tearsmith (Fabbricante di lacrime in Italian) and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this absolutely magical darker fairy tale romance movie (with the expected romance ending!), you might wish to skip this post.
I recently watched The Tearsmith and, my friends, this movie is absolutely magical. It was filmed in Italian, yes, but the English subtitle work is some of the best I’ve ever experienced. It is poetic and beautiful and it really gives that wonderful fairy tale feel the entire movie captures.
This is a modern fairy tale and it is a romance with the expected romance ending (which means, of course, critics hated it – nothing makes critics angrier than a happy ending – grins). It doesn’t have any paranormal elements. It is set in today’s world devoid of magic or shifters or anything like it.
Yet it FEELS paranormal. It FEELS like a magical story. It FEELS like it could be written by the Grimm Brothers if they lived now.
The hero is a prince turned into a monster by a wicked being. The heroine is his princess, to be protected and cherished but never to be his. There are evil forces working against them.
It is a wonderful story and I definitely recommend it to any writing buddies seeking to craft their own modern fairy tale. The Tearsmith does this very, very well.
(smiles)
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