Snow White and the Huntsman

Originally posted by Nephthys

The difference is that Alan Moore is a genius and having them twisted like that actually served a narrative and thematic function.

Yes, it sounds like LotR. Which is entirely the point. With the success of LotR comes people trying to jump on the bandwagon. Theres been a steady shift towards Fantasy lately with Harry Potter, the Pirates movies and LotR being financial and critical successes. Alice in Wonderland was the same thing. Alice in Wonderland has brand recognition and its fantasy so it'll draw the crowds, but the story itself is nonsensical and undramatic. So Hollywood makes it simpler and has Alice swordfighting dragons and shit. Same thing here: Brand recognition, fantasy story but too bland in its original form, so they Hollywood it up, add swordfight and you have a marketable movie. Its all designed to appeal to the largest number of people, right down to the casting decisions.

Also its utterly stupid.

I'm not debating whether this film will be fantastic or not.
I'm simply giving it merit for adapting an age old children's story & making it appeal to a much older generation interested in sword & sorcery.

Walt Disney didn't write Snow White, the Grimm Brothers adapted the story from an old German fairy tale.

Fairy tales were meant to frighten children with their underlining morals...they didn't have happy endings or characters breaking into song & dance...like Walt Disney's version marketed to the children.

As far as Burton's Alice sword-fighting a dragon....could the idea have come from Lewis Carroll's sequel, "Through The Looking-Glass"?

Alice returns to UnderLand as a young woman & is told that she is the only one WHO CAN SLAY the Jabberwocky....

And by the way, Lewis Carroll wrote Alice In Wonderland & once again, it's a darker tale than Walt Disney's candied down version.

So SnowWhite & The Huntsman still looks good in my opinion.
I'll settle for a female heroine any day instead of another damsel in distress.

Walt always liked his women helpless & battered.

You know, I would really like it if the movie paid homage and paid homage to these words:

Spieglein, Spieglein, an der Wand
Wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?

Also, the original story DOES have the "huntsman" go after Snow White and just like the Disney movie, he can't do it. The ending of the original story has the step-mother queen dance in some red hot metal shoes until she dies (truly Grimm...lol).

I wonder if the film will have her do that?

One more thing..........the original Snow White story has the apple chunk dislodge out of her throat as they carried her in the coffin (they tripped or something...I don't remember exactly).

So the original story is very similar to the Disney movie. I think there was a play that Walt got his inspiration from: I do not think it was the original complied Grimm version (he could have).

doesnt look bad...,not necessarily my thing but it seems a lot more interesting than simply making an updated snow white. At least theyre trying something different. Id say that which ever studio green lit this movie is, in fact taking a big chance in what seems like a lot of artistic liberties

Other than a nice budget i didnt see much "hollywooding" it up in that trailer. If you want to see movies that "hollywood" it up take a look at Alice in wonderland and planet of the apes remake

Sometimes the remix can be interesting. For example, I liked SyFy's version of Wizard of OZ [Tin Man]. Alice wasn't as good as Tin man, but it was still interesting.

Then you have 7 dwarfs.
A really off the wall retelling of sleeping beauty.

Snow White and the Huntsman might be interesting. I am curious about the recent retelling of red riding hood.

I saw "Pet Semetary II"...oh if I could write in German here, there would be so much to say about it...😉
The movie was just bad and nearly every movie version of S.K.´s books was bad.
Sometimes I think the readers of Stephen King´s books are so underrated.
I have seen many so-called "Stephen King"-movies...in German AND in English but exept for "The Shining", nothing was really remarkable.
I hope, the movie version of Dolores Claiborne will be better...(still didn´t watch it...^^)

The Green Mile was an awesome adaptation! Kubrick's Shining wasn't too good; it changed too much.

Originally posted by miiih

The Green Mile was an awesome adaptation! Kubrick's Shining wasn't too good; it changed too much.

yeah but to be fair, NO ONE could do, The shining, justice in a mere two hour movie adaptation. Lets compare the tv mini-series which was very much like the book to Kubricks Shining....,Kubricks shining is not only more entertaining, it actually captures the feeling of the shining more than the mini-series which King wrote the screenplay for. Theres plenty of good king movies, it just happens that most are shit. Have you seen Storm of the century? That mini series was amazing little treat.

Even through the movie looks interesting I reather that they don't make another Snow White movie when Disney made a great one and it should not be remade.

Merged the threads together.

I just saw a Grimm's Brothers Snow White - "Snow White - a Tale of Terror" - with Sigourney Weaver as the always beautiful but evil Countess and Sam Neill as the guy who simply doesn't know what he's getting into Count. There was only one dwarf in the group that Lilliana [aka Snow White] ran to - there were originally six, but two died in the Witch's attempt to kill Lilli. They were all outlaws who were in some way corporeally punished by the Count - but it was believable and a good twist on the dwarves. Honestly, I don't see how a Snow White remake that's supposed to be gritty can keep the idea of the seven dwarves - it's just so... unrealistic and cutsey - perfect for Disney, but not for a movie where they might show the huntsman killing a fawn or whatever instead of Snow White.

Originally posted by siriuswriter
I just saw a Grimm's Brothers Snow White - "Snow White - a Tale of Terror" - with Sigourney Weaver as the always beautiful but evil Countess and Sam Neill as the guy who simply doesn't know what he's getting into Count. There was only one dwarf in the group that Lilliana [aka Snow White] ran to - there were originally six, but two died in the Witch's attempt to kill Lilli. They were all outlaws who were in some way corporeally punished by the Count - but it was believable and a good twist on the dwarves. Honestly, I don't see how a Snow White remake that's supposed to be gritty can keep the idea of the seven dwarves - it's just so... unrealistic and cutsey - perfect for Disney, but not for a movie where they might show the huntsman killing a fawn or whatever instead of Snow White.

The Charlize snow white looks pretty good from the preview.

Ever read Neil Gaiman's take on Snow White?

Very dark & incestuous.

Gregory Maguire [author of "Wicked"] also has a version out, called "Mirror, Mirror." It's a bit trippy, only like Gregory Maguire can be trippy. But it uses the Borgia family - Lucrezia Borgia is in the role of the evil queen. I haven't read it for a long time but it was very good the first time.

Originally posted by quanchi112
That film was rather dark. It also got pretty blasphemous at the end.

The Charlize snow white looks pretty good from the preview.

Oh yeah. I definitely agree with you there. [gasp!]

I think that once they went down the road of the Countess practicing Dark Magick, they kinda let that concept run away with them, especially with the

Spoiler:
voodoo baby being brought back to life. But I really liked how they did the bit with the mirror like "The Picture of Dorian Grey," you know, stab the mirror, stab the real Countess.

To the folks who think this movie does'nt look that good

then i suppose you'll like the other one thats coming 😬

YouTube video

Oh dear God ugh3

Originally posted by siriuswriter
Oh yeah. I definitely agree with you there. [gasp!]

I think that once they went down the road of the Countess practicing Dark Magick, they kinda let that concept run away with them, especially with the

Spoiler:
voodoo baby being brought back to life. But I really liked how they did the bit with the mirror like "The Picture of Dorian Grey," you know, stab the mirror, stab the real Countess.

First half of the trailer I thought "ok, might be decent fantasy", then it turned to shit. Kristin somehow being better looking than Charlize? LoLz. Kristen in armor at the end of the trailer? Face-Palm.

Uh...just saw the trailer and the first thing that came to mind was: why the hell is Kristin Stewart in this?

Then I processed the whole trailer and found it kind of silly for Snow White to be fighting battles and stuff. Not to sound sexist or anything but it's Snow White, what the hell is she supposed to do?

Oh and Rob...where does Kristin look better than Charlize? 😠

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka

Oh and Rob...where does Kristin look better than Charlize? 😠

She doesn't, which was my point.

"Mirror, mirror on the wall / Who is the most beautiful of all?"

Mirror, Mirror trailer - 1/5. It's like one of those films were all the good jokes are in the trailer. Eugh, not seeing that one. But the girl playing Snow White reminds me very much of Audrey Tatou... which is why I gave it even one star.