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This film is based off the story Snow White written by the Brother's Grimm. A woman married into the rule of a kingdom, and after losing the King, become the Queen. She entraps the Kings daughter, Snow White, within the palace to keep the crown. Snow White begins to protest against the Queen's mistreatment of the people in the village she rules over. The Queen orders Snow White's death, but Snow White escapes. Snow White then enlists the help of seven dwarf bandits to aid her. This film was directed by Tarsem Singh. I can't say how true it remains to the story, but it does remove one essential part of the story-the apple. It also breaks itself away from the Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It obviously shows his artistic stylings with the film's backdrop, and highly lavish costumes. It's worth a watch to see the beautifully designed backgrounds that'll take you into a surreal world. This is the first of the Snow White renditions to be released. Okay, this film is not only a chick flick, but its intended for little girl's. It has a good story plot behing it, but it becomes shadowed by its over the top comedy. Since it is for children, the film is also a little cheesy at times. If you like bubbly type films, then you'll enjoy this. The film's ending was great in adding in an emotional depth to the film, and watching the villain get hers in the end was great. A lot of children's films are starting to avoid these endings. It also tries to include female empowerment to a smal degree. It mixes it with true love, and a savior prince. It's an odd mix for the film and the fragility of Snow White. This film also doesn't boost musical scores sung by the cast (not including the credits) which is good. The small fighting used was good, I enjoyed watching the basic swordplay not seen too often anymore. The computer animation was well done. The creature in the woods was amazingly well done. He was scary without being too terrifying.
The cast worked well together, and they moderately fit the roles for the film. Lily Collins played the leading role Snow White. She is opening her acting roles in Hollywood. This is a good second film for her. Now, the character is written oddly within the story, because she's supposed to be frail while discovering her inner strength. She managed to present the fragility of the character, but failed to give her anything more in the ending of the film. Julia Roberts played the Queen. Roberts is normally the distraught heroine that people cheer for, but here she tries to play the villain. She did okay. She made the villain too humorous, and this failed to make her hate worthy. Nathan Lane played the role of Brighton. He was great at being the comical whimpy sidekick to the Queen. He gave the film a lot of humour. Armie Hammer played the role of Prince Alcott. He was good at being the prince hero. He might've gone a bit over the top with the romance, but it works for the film. Jordan Prentice, Mark Povinelli, Joe Gnoffo, Danny Woodburn, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, and Ronald Lee Clark were the seven dwarves; Napoleon, Half Pint, Grub, Grimm, Wolf, Butcher, and Chuckles. It is unfortunate that there wasn't more done with these characters to better distinguish them, but it's hard to do. They were great at adding a sentimental humour to the film.
So, I give this film 2 out of 5 stars! It has a great emotional story, and great backdrops for the film. But it's highly overshadowed by its over the top humour.
Answer to last blog: Harry Hamlin played the original 1981 role of Perseus in the film Clash of the Titans.
Que: What other film has director Tarsem Singh directed?
Alice in Wonderland
The Cell
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sucker Punch
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