... Interesting

In real life I always seem to imagine different outcomes from certain situations even if it ended positivley, so logically I thought to myself "what would have happened if she failed in rescuing her children ?" when I saw the movie, and realised how dark it would have been. I don't necesarilly agree with this outcome since that although the actual ending was odd, a happy ending is needed to balance a tragic story in my opinion and an ending like this would have felt really out of place and an unnecessary dark, unsatisfying turn of events and would have also ruined the rest of the film making it seem worthless as well as the moral. Yes ok some people think that the amulet was a dumb-magical addition but you don't need realism to teach good lifelessons to people. Aesop's fables weren't really on Italian Neorealism levels on the reality-meter, also the important thing is not that the amulet is unlikely to exist, but it's how is used, in this case the amulet is a very subtle metaphor. Nonetheless, this artwork is kind of more faithful to the book and it powerfully captures the emotions in one single picture. Hey one of the things that make this film so fantastic is that it leaves so much for the immagination leading to theories or "What If..." scenarios like this one.