Of course, Snow White
and the Huntsman is the latest attempt to “revamp” the story of Snow White and
the seven dwarves. I mean personally, I feel that the film is worth watching for
this reason alone, I really like the idea of “what really happened” sort of
versions of these things, I mean Cinderella has had her fair share of re-vamps,
why not Snow White? I mean, here the basic tenets are all there. But in
addition to the usual, Snow White does not “keep house” for the seven friendly
dwarfs. She is “the chosen one who must save the land”. And when she comes
back from the dead (she is not “asleep” like the fairy tale but actually dead
here), she leads an army against the evil stepmother /witch and destroys her.
Badass. Right?
Well, hmm, maybe.
There are a few matters to be discussed though. First of all, Kristen Steward.
I mean, no offence to the actress but I actually had to google her. No, to find
out her real name. I thought and thought, and all I could come up with was
Bella Swan. But there is the other matter of, well, she obviously isn’t worried
about being typecast at all. Think about it, weak /normal and beautiful female
character no one expects much of goes on to conquer hearts /become something
super human and extraordinary / conquer hideous enemies. Fine, the second one
doesn’t involve rather large wolves that are calling themselves werewolves. (I
will not get started on Twilight. I respect everyone’s choice whether to like
it or not but I will say one single thing : classic literature clearly states ,
VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE IN THE SUN, THEY BURST INTO FLAMES. It’s my pet peeve
about that series. Moving on).
Yes, so Snow White. It
doesn’t take much experience in film analysis here to figure out that the Snow
White here is very clearly a Christ figure. I mean she actually dies. And is
brought back from the dead. Ok, there is true love’s kiss involved, but then
the true love melts into the background, Snow White remains as white as snow as
far as matters of the heart are concerned. It’s an interesting tack, but
firstly it may be a little too serious for a film that is a fantasy film based
on a children’s story. I don’t know, it just seems inappropriate somehow.
And then there is some
stuff in the film that just popped out at me and my friend as we watched it.
For starters, Snow White is trapped in a
tower for many long years until she comes of age. Then, her step mother must
kill her to remain the fairest in the land for ever, when Snow White escapes
and her adventure begins. The thing is, she is very athletic and able for
someone trapped in a small cell for the best part of 15 years… To the best of my knowledge, her muscles
should have atrophied and stuff, no? Unless being “the chosen one” makes you
some sort of exception. I mean this kind of omission of logic would be ok once
in a while if it was tied together by this brilliant fantasy film that takes
your breath away. And I mean there are some truly epic bits of this film (The bit with The White Heart for instance? I mean, Ok it has religious overtones but still... Pretty epic.). Oh and Charlize Theron is brilliant as the stepmother. Just awesome. But
not as many as I would have liked. And a few too many of the afore mentioned
errors in logic. I mean, suspension of disbelief is well and good but honestly,
one shouldn’t push the matter. Still,
like I said, the concept is interesting. There are some seriously good bits.
It’s a fun watch. Just watch it at home, on DVD with a couple of friends over.
So you can point stuff out and gripe about it to each other J
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