Since this is a Mirror Mirror board, I'll say my opinions on it first.
When I saw the trailers, I remember thinking, oh that girl is beautiful, oh this is another light hearted Snow White movie clearly catered to younger children. Oh I like Julia Roberts. How cute.
I finally sat down and watched it, in December and I have to say. It was alright.
* The acting: I enjoyed Julia Roberts, the Dwarves (to an extent), and the Prince, the most. What bothered me the most was Lily Collins, she is beautiful but jeeze, now she cannot act, watching her was painful. I liked the scene when she fights the prince in the forest, that was cute and the ending (not the song), when she confronted the witch for the last time was cool too, except the unnecessary CGI cutting of that apple. Otherwise, I didn't enjoy her too much.
*The setting: It looked cheap. The set outside of the castle was exactly the same. The argument that they were in a forest is not relevant because no matter where they went (especially the part when she was running after Nathan Lane let her go), it looked exactly the SAME! It was like they spent all of the movie's budget on the over the top costumes, some were just plain silly. I did love her blue and black bandit outfit though. Probably my favorite one. I get that it was a comedy but it wasn't all that funny, I got a chuckle out of it a bit but that was mainly from some of the dwarves and the prince.
*The story:I thought it was cute that they changed the story to Snow White kissing the prince to save him, that was an interesting take and cute. But the thing with her father was random and when it happened, I was like wait... wtf? That doesn't make a LICK of sense. I mean, I know Roberts narrates in the beginning (which I liked the opening) but it just wasn't really cohesive to me. I also didn't really see the message. Snow White represents goodness, purity etc... it turned out more like Robin Hood in some areas with the whole stealing thing and then a completely different story in others.
Overall, I thought it was cute but definitely not better than Snow White and the Huntsman.
I saw SWATH in the movies, the trailers were epic, especially with Florence Welch singing "Breath of Life", omg that was just amazing. I was psyched. I don't hate Kristen Stewart like my friends or some people, so I was excited to not only see her in an action role but to see her in a fairytale element. I also already liked the premise of the movie. Much different from the light-hearted Snow White stories we are used too. I have to say I adore the movie.
Here's why since some people believe you have to justify why you like something:
*The scenery was so beautiful, the dark forest was amazing. I love how they did that scene. The scene when she meets the large white Elk, also beautiful.
*The acting was good. I will admit that there are things Kristen does that I wish she didn't, such as her constipated face but she's working on it clearly, this character had much more to her than Bella Swan. It's a shame that people only see Bella Swan when they look at her. I mean go watch her in The Runaways, In the Land of Women, Speak, or Into the Wild. Chris Hemsworth was quite good, very different from his Thor character, strong, sad, unsure and all over the place but focused when needed. Thor was an arrogant child for a while. Charlize Theron, omg amazing, beautiful, frightening, and she looked great. Her brother was also creepy. The dwarves were great, hard and warriors... not silly which was a nice take. I dropped a few tears when Gus died.
*The story. Let's not forget that originally, Snow White is a dark story. Sure, SWATH took a few liberties but it's not happy go lucky as Mirror Mirror portrayed the story, nor as all over the place as MM. SWATH does well in showing the dark side of the story and it has a set goal in mind.
*The ending. I think some people have a misconstrued idea of the ending. Snow White did NOT turn into a warrior princess at the end. I mean come on, watch it again, she doesn't do a thing until she meets Ravenna and even then she gets her butt handed to her. It wasn't until the Queen got a bit too cocky when she struck just like the Huntsman taught her. "Use their strength against them." She hits like one person before she finds Ravenna and he had her up against the wall. Snow White knew what she had to do and was focused on getting to the Queen, who technically lost because not only was it fate, Snow White's heart was too strong and pure, but because she finally met her match in terms of a pure soul. This Snow White wasn't technically more beautiful, it was the beauty and purity of her being, of her heart. Not just her physical appearance.
So... SWATH was superior in my opinion. I've seen it a few times already. Mirror Mirror was cute and worth the watch but not better.
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