Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker

Meh.It never fails. The adaption of the story be way better than the actual story. First it was Beauty and the beast where I like the adaptop better than the OG version and it with nutcracker where I find the OG version ( aka this version) not as good as the adaptations of it. It always full like the original story always have to much going on meanwhile the adaption takes the strong points of the story and focus more on them. I'll stick with the Ballet versions of the story. The best thing about this was the fact I listened to the audiobook with Christopher Plummer narrating. Captain Von Trapp himself couldn't help this along with the fact the music from the Nutcracker was playing in the background. I found Marie to be annoying even if she was just 7 in this compare to other versions where she seem like she was at least 11 or 12. Drosselmeyer didn't have that mysterious feel that he does have in the adaptions. The nutcracker himself seem bland. It was just Meh. I prefer the George Balanchine’s Nutcracker..