Once Upon a Time is all the fairy tale stories you knew growing up mixed into a painting, than reflecting in the mirror of the real world. This is similar to Fringe, or Inception in that it's like two separate realities, the real world, and the fairy tale world co-existing.
It could have been a disaster but it works!
Jennifer Morrison (House) leads a tediously well picked cast of Ginnifer Goodwin (Ramona and Beezus, Big Love), Lana Parrilla (24, Spin City), but most importantly Jared Gilmore casts acting magic abundantly making the show glisten like Jack did for Lost.
Yet don't get your hopes too high. There's no John Locke or Kate (Lost) in Once Upon a Time.
Two major things kept this from being a classic wonderland. Wardrobes, and cinematography. The cinematography was great, and gave me that cool Harry Potter type of feeling but it didn't make up for the fact that the guards in the Fairy Tales had lame black face masks on or for the fact that they had one kind of nationality for every dwarf out of Snow White's Dwarfs. I mean it's neat but over all cheesy = you know they did it on purpose.
For Once to be a success the Fairy Tale world must be more realistic! It's difficult to jump from a cynical reality into an over the top fantasy (that should be saved for the best scenes).
ONCE UPON A TIME NEEDS TO BE MORE LIKE JOAN OR ARC AND LESS LIKE NARNIA!!
It could have been a disaster but it works!
Jennifer Morrison (House) leads a tediously well picked cast of Ginnifer Goodwin (Ramona and Beezus, Big Love), Lana Parrilla (24, Spin City), but most importantly Jared Gilmore casts acting magic abundantly making the show glisten like Jack did for Lost.
Yet don't get your hopes too high. There's no John Locke or Kate (Lost) in Once Upon a Time.
Two major things kept this from being a classic wonderland. Wardrobes, and cinematography. The cinematography was great, and gave me that cool Harry Potter type of feeling but it didn't make up for the fact that the guards in the Fairy Tales had lame black face masks on or for the fact that they had one kind of nationality for every dwarf out of Snow White's Dwarfs. I mean it's neat but over all cheesy = you know they did it on purpose.
For Once to be a success the Fairy Tale world must be more realistic! It's difficult to jump from a cynical reality into an over the top fantasy (that should be saved for the best scenes).
ONCE UPON A TIME NEEDS TO BE MORE LIKE JOAN OR ARC AND LESS LIKE NARNIA!!