Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Movie Review: "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012)Universal Studios, indulging on an exclusive distribution deal with Roth Films, led by New-York-City based producer Joe Roth, who commissioned a re-interpretation of the 1812 published fairy tale compilation of German-folklore-rooted writing "Brother Grimm", when screenwriter Evan Daughtery & Hossein Amini grooming a script for director John Lee Hancock, known for directing "The Blind Side" starring Sandra Bullock, to then again all-around industry surprises given the direction to feature debutante Rupert Sanders, convincing producer Roth as Universal executives with a well-executed as visually-stunning, feature pre-visualized short film to be given an high-end presumingly minimum of a 170-Million-Dollar production budget, two feminine-striking Hollywood stars with Charlize Theron as Evil step-mother Ravenna and Kirsten Stewart as cell-hidden and tortured Snow White, battling in major league décor designed by production design Dominic Watkins, to the death.Cinematography under Greig fraser's orchestration had been the chance to be awe-striking brilliant, but then with still-keeping-up to industrial possibilities searching first-time director Rupert Sanders becomes the coverage for "Snow White and the Huntsman" industry close-to-television standards, which tend to convince only through impossible-strong as expensive visual effects supervised by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, known for learning his craft on the production for "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006), when a further joyful ensemble cast led by supporting character "The Huntsman", performed by another-heroic-act pushing actor Chris Hemsworth, alongside an amazingly entertaining group of dwarves, digitally-shrunk performers surrounding actor Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Ray Winstone and Bob Hopkins (1942-2012) as Muir in his final performance.Leading actress Kirsten Stewart left in still-recovering moods from endless production cycles of the "Twilight" movie series somewhere between early 2008 and mid-2012 re-shoots, when the actress plays for the camera with haunting green eyes and white skin; nevertheless to much left alone by technically-overthrowns director Rupert Sanders to be of conviction in final confrontations with Charlize Theron's out-for-blood as overly-raging performance as Ravenna, stealing every single scene, she performs in to further at least lavishingly-accomplished Academy-Award-nominated costume design by Colleen Atwood, who won her first Oscar for designing all wardrobe in favors of Rob Marshall's musical crime-drama "Chicago".© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

When I watched the 1937 Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" a few years ago, I was startled to see that the Evil Queen commanded the Huntsman to bring her back the heart of Snow White in a box. Thinking about that, and relating it to the present day requirement so many college students have of acquiring safe spaces to avoid such nasty information, I have to wonder if there will be a clamor to censor those old Walt Disney animated films along with tearing down statues of Confederate Generals. It shouldn't take long, keep your eyes and ears open for it.Well, there seems to be a preponderance of negative reviews for this film here in the IMDb viewer comments, probably running about ten to one against. Some of the critique is valid, but a lot of them simply parrot a standard line about Kristen Stewart's acting ability, lack of emotion, bad dialog, etc. Personally, I thought the cinematography and costuming brought the formerly animated tale to life in a credible and exciting manner. Charlize Theron's Evil Queen Ravenna was the picture of evil incarnate, while Chris Hemsworth delivered his character, The Huntsman, in a solidly conflicted manner. Of the three principals, I do concede that Snow White was the weakest, and Kristen Stewart would not have been my first choice for the role.The most intriguing part of the picture for me was that walk through the fairy Land in which the dwarfs accompanied Snow White and The Huntsman. The CGI involved in creating the animal and plant life looked quite extraordinary, and the white hart looked stunning. I didn't realize that the dwarfs themselves were shrunken down versions of established actors, though the resemblance of Beith to Ian McShane made me realize something was up. So that was an interesting element in the picture as well.I guess what I try to do is find something good to like in just about any picture and this one has it's pluses against all the minuses of the detractors. There's also something to be said about being a contrarian as well, and going against the grain. When I see that virtually everyone is piling on a movie, it suggests an element of group think to me, and I feel a lot of reviewers who might have found something good about the picture wound up going in reverse when it came time to write their comments.

I was somewhat surprised by the reviews, and felt they needed some balance. The look is stunning, and Charlize Theron is amazing; she gives such depth to the character. The film is beautiful to look at and the special effects never let you down. Not without flaws, Kristen Steward is admittedly a bit wooden at times, and doesn't exactly balance out the action parts with the empathy and love the character really needs at times. Sometimes the other characters don't have enough time to capture your interest and affection but they are small quibbles. One or two bits could have been done better, but this is hardly a second rate film as many reviewers who have you believe. On the whole the film is well paced with some emotion, and as I say, Ms Theron is totally superb and the film is worth watching just for her and her character alone. Chris Hemsworth binds the action together with an understated performance that doesn't distract from the two lady antagonists. Do watch the film, get the popcorn and the nibbles in, relax and enjoy a good fantasy film - ignore the critics they are plain wrong.

The movie has a nice story .. some good actors and some better actors but Kristen is not even close to be one of them , for the love of god those dwarfs act better than her , even that poor girl in the cell the two scenes she did equals the entire movie of Kristen .and oh my ... Charlize Theron WOW she is an amazing masterpiece and it is always a pleasure to watch her do evil , she is the only reason i watched this whole 131 minutes of this extended version , besides she is so beautiful i just love watching her .Do not waste your time watching this movie , unless you are a Charlize Theron fan .