Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) by Edd J — 24 Jun 2013
This version of Snow White focuses on her relationship with the huntsman of legends, presenting a more active Snow White. The tale focuses on themes of people who will not let go of their youth and power at the expenses of others or perhaps the lengths one will go to preserve their looks. Is this a subtle attack on plastic surgery?
The images, cinematography and music are very good or better. The story, like many Hollywood films, is a few notches down and the characters and dialogue are in between the two previous mentioned elements. Charlize Theron, who plays the evil queen, does an exemplary job in presenting herself as a viable antagonist who is more than a villain in black. Kristin Stewart (best known as Bella from the controversial TWILIGHT series) plays a Messiah like Snow White, Chris Hemsworth plays an adequate Huntsman from the fairy tales and a couple of the dwarves are notable actors, too (Ian McShane and Ray Winstone).
For those familiar with the Snow White legends (and if you're not where have you been?) this takes a non-Disney approach trying to make this accessible for adults especially and to a lesser extent children. I don't see much of a reason to cover the story as it's well known and all the websites are already doing it.
The budget for this film was $170M and it made over $396M at the Box Office. Based on the famous fairy tale, "Snow White", by Brothers Grimm. A sequel was planned but got delayed when the director (who was married) slept with Stewart and got caught.
This picture was nominated by the Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design.
Why the hate from some reviewers? They don't like change and are expecting Shakespeare.
CINEMATOGRAPHY/VISUAL EFFECTS: B plus to A minus; STORY/PLOTTING/EDITING: B plus; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B plus; SOUND/MUSIC: B plus; FAIRY TALE FOCUSES/FRESHNESS EVEN IF USING THE SNOW WHITE STANDARDS: B;.
ACTION SCENES: B plus to A minus; WHEN WATCHED: mid June 2013; OVERALL GRADE: B plus.
This review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) was written by Edd J on 24 Jun 2013.
Snow White and the Huntsman has generally received mixed reviews.
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