Snow White and the Huntsman is part – and in some ways a culmination - of the worst instincts of big budgets Hollywood fantasies. It tries to combine the appeal of the Lord of the Rings films with a known property, Campbellian archetypes and a more dark and serious take on fantasy material. It’s garbage, easily one of the worst films of 2012. Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron lead the cast in this botched adaptation of the children’s classic. Our review of the film on Blu-ray follows after the jump.
The film opens by explaining how the evil queen came to power. Snow White’s mom died and so her father goes to battle and finds a pretty lady named Ravenna (Theron) who he weds. She’s a witch, so she kills him on their wedding night and takes over the kingdom, and locks up Snow White for her childhood. Cut to a decade later and Snow White (Stewart) is a lady. Ravenna talks to her mirror and is told that Snow is the only thing standing in her way in the future, but just then Miss White escapes and goes into the black forrest. The queen has no powers there, so she hires a Huntsman (Hemsworth) to go after Ms. White. Eventually they meet the dwarves (which include Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Toby Jones, Bob Hoskins and Nick Frost), but here it’s all about destiny, so Snow is the chosen one who can lead her people into battle against the ...
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