Happy Birthday, Jacob Grimm

[filkertom]

On this date in 1785. He became famous for being transformed by cosmic rays into the Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed...






... Sorry. Wrong guy. This Grimm, and his brother Wilhelm, collected Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Different approach from normal: What fairy tales bug you the most? For me, trying to describe the plot of Rumplestiltskin is like trying to describe the plot of The Rocky Horror Show. It makes absolutely no frickin' sense at all.

Comments

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

OK, imdb.com doesn't give a screenplay credit for the movie -- but the poster (which a non-LJ friend has) says "Screenplay by Roald Dahl" followed by "Based On His Book..." What struck me about the movie, even at a young age, was how well the movie followed the novel -- about as well as a movie musical could, really -- *except* for those two scenes! And you're absolutely right about the point of the novel.