By: Ursula M. Albrecht
Please Welcome our guest reviewer Ursula. Her husband runs this kick-ass site onepercase.net and is also a buddy of mine. So when I found out that Ursula wanted to give reviewing a shot I was right on it.
So without further adieu here is her review.
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN is a 127 minuets full of magic and visual enlightenment. Directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock, and Hossein Amini. I left the theatre feeling like I just saw a series of paintings brought to life by body language and a brilliant score interpret ting the story of Snow painted as the ultimate heroine. It was so intricate in its artistic nature. The music score by James Newton Howard was lovely and brought an epic quality to the film. I was thrilled with all the unexpected magic and creatures. The magic in the movie was much like a Harry Potter movie and the slight unexpected. Clearly the animals were friends of Snow, leading her to safety.
I like that they focused on the enemy and the darkness in the beginning. The queen played by Charlize Theron, was not so much scary as she was pure evil. Kristen Stewart who plays Snow White brings that fresh faced compassion and pure princess quality to the movie. Not a girly princess but a tom boy and a young women full of integrity and fight. She is not once bathed or princess like in appearance. Often her hands touched the face of someone or something and her nails were covered in dirt. This gave the movie a gritty texture, removing the cliché of the original Disney version while still allowing all the magic to sweep you away.
The movie does not focus on love or romance or even beauty so much as the beauty of a heroine. This is a grown woman’s perspective of the movie. It clearly had the touch of a woman’s mind and vision in its story telling. The queen hated men; snow on the other hand had no interest in seeking a man either.
She was focused on her kingdom and her people. There was very little dialogue; however the characters still came through. The acting was much like a play in the theatre, not so much like a big screen movie. The acting was focused on delivering powerful body language and facial expression. It was an upgrade from the savior prince character in the Disney version. Instead the two leading male characters rode into a triumphant battle with her. She did not wait in the sidelines; she rode in, chain mail and all, storming the castle with her soldiers and the two men that would fight to the death for her.
The dreamy and barbaric huntsman, Chris Hemsworth is front and center protecting Snow and in awe of her strength. There are some twists in his character and a good story behind his intentions. Will, Snow’s best friend from her childhood, played by Sam Claflin, is young, naïve, full of passion and fight! His ignorance and passionate fury brings a refreshing bit to the film.
The music throughout the film contained whatever mood the story was moving through at the moment. Original music was by James Newton Howard. It brought the epic nature, the magic to life, and whatever the mood needed, drama, suspense, the chase, the fight, sadness and triumph.
My favorite piece that I took with me from the movie was the marriage of Cinematography (Greig Fraser) and special effects (too many to name). The artistic nature of this film was absolutely brilliant and exhilarating for me. Every scene came to life visually and many times gave me the story purely through my eyes even if there was no sound.
She becomes a warrior fighting for her kingdom and her people. She is pure and her beauty is not on the surface it is in her willing to die and fight for her people. Her love is worth sacrificing for and her love is for her kingdom.
I think this is the version little ladies should see and skip the Disney version because it is bogus……..
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