Snow White Movie Review: Is it the Fairest of Them All?

     

  From the seven dwarves, the huntsman stole the spotlight in the adaptation of the classical fairy tale story loved by many of us Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Walt Disney presents Snow White and the Hunstman with a twist.

                                        Movie Review:

Snow White and the Huntsman: Is it the Fairest of Them all?

                                                                       By Noreen Batuhan

      

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ght star Kristen Stewart and The Avengers’ Thor, Chris Hemsworth together with the beautiful Charize Theron led the Walt Disney’s live action of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 

       Even though the movie was casted by great actors and actresses, critics are always present. Questions were formed, would you say Kristen Stewart is fairer over Charize Theron as the evil queen Ravenna? Or would this movie satisfy Thor and The Avengers supporters in Chris Hemsworth different role?

       Like any other movies, there were negative and positive points. They were successful to put up visual effects to support the movie’s theme. The setting were accurate and astonishingly beautiful. The actors’ performance were also great. Especially Theron’s top performance perfectly nailing the murderous vanity of her character.

       The film began with Ravenna’s rise to the throne as she arranged a plot against King Magnus. Despite his valiant’s efforts, they were no match with the queen’s dark magic and the assistance of her brother Finn ( Sam Spruell ).

       When chaos emerged in their kingdom, the princess, Snow White was locked up in the dungeon for years without the reason explained in the film.

      Ravenna drains the life force of the kingdom’s most beautiful ladies to sustain her youth. Their place fell to despair.

      With their different version of the mirror(covered man coming out from a metal) whom Ravenna is asking the famous line “ Mirror mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all “. The queen got to know that Snow White’s heart is her key to immortality. Fortunately, the princess managed to escape.

     There goes the Chris Hemsworth as the huntsman, Eric ordered to capture Snow White. Eventually he decided to help the lady escape. Then they met Prince William ( Sam Claflin ) Snow White’s long lost childhood friend. Finally the eight dwarves. Yes you read it right 8. Why? I don’t really know. Sadly, huntsman was successful to overthrown them to their fame. The director even let the other dwarf to die making them seven.  Some of the names were also unknown.

      The filmmakers’ backstory was quite disappointing. For example, it is unrealistic for Eric who was able to resurrect Snow White with his kiss that we all know must be a true love which in the first place, the huntsman was still grieving for his wife’s death. Also for Prince William who was set aside for the whole film. Originally, his role in the story is to bring Snow White back to life, why would they take that away from him? The newfound affection between Snow White and the Huntsman was the biggest yet unsurprising revelation in the story. Yes, huntsman is the title character but we can conclude that it just a favour for the actor who is Thor. I feel sorry for Prince William even though I liked the idea in making Chris Hemsworth as the leading man ( I just love Thor ! ).

      Admittedly, this modernized story of Snow White was not perfectly made yet still loveable. Snow White and the Huntsman might not be the fairest of them all but it is still worth spending more than two hours with having fun watching. It also provides interesting tweaks and has an impact to the viewers.