I didn't really know what to expect with this one. Part of me was stoked to see Charlize Theron looking hot on the big screen and see Thor (Chris Hemsworth) smash shit with a giant ax. The other part of me realized this was a movie about Snow White starring Twilight girl (Kristen Stewart) and was suddenly terrified. Well, luckily, the movie isn't all that bad. In fact, I would argue it could have actually been really good if it weren't for two things:
1) Kristen Stewart
Twilight really drops the ball in this flick. I mean, she's pretty and does a good job looking all gorgeous and stuff while covered in dirt and sporting messy hair and all, but whenever she opens her mouth to speak the movie literally comes to a screeching halt. It came to a point where I suddenly wished I was watching The Little Mermaid, the part where Ariel trades her voice for legs and can't speak. Twilight would have been PERFECT in that role. Not so much here unfortunately.
2) Editing
Well, I don't have an image for this. Sue me (please don't!). This version of Snow White chucks all the Disney cartoon cheese out the window and strives for a darker, more fantastical live action version. They succeed fairly well in this department. My main beef is that the editing is annoying as hell. Whoever put this film together must have ADD I swear. The shots jump all over the damn place and it starts getting old real fast. Example: dramatic scene where the group mourns a fallen friend. The camera sticks on each person's grieving reaction for all of 1 second. Talk about killing the dramatic mood.
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Other than that this is pretty ok movie. Thor smashes shit with his hamm...ax, and grunts alot. Charlize Theron looks amazing and if I hadn't just seen her play evil incarnate 10x in Prometheus, I'd say her turn as the evil queen is the most wicked performance of her career. Also, the movie has some pretty rad special effects. Like mind bogglingly cool. I can imagine the director watched Pan's Labyrinth every night/morning for inspiration while shooting. I mean that as a compliment. Either way, not a horrible movie by any means, it just could have been so much better if it had a stronger lead actress.
