It was dark and epic and inventive and made me feel all the intensity fairy tales made me feel when I was a child. Also, the older I get, the more I like women-centric heroic narratives and this was that rare beast - a mythic adventure tale with a heroine and a villainess at the center.
There will be a sequel! Amazon added a listing for the dvd yesterday so I'm crossing my fingers for a directors cut. (Hopefully one with more Snow/Ravenna when Snow was younger and without the gross "don't flatter yourself"line.)
People complaining about the lack a of romantic ending make me give them a stern look. Everyone involved there needs therapy, not romance. Ok, William just needs to give other folks his age a chance now that the "10 years of obsessive guilt" bit has hopefully been worked out.
Others have complained about how much it seems to borrow from other fantasy movies, but I love it FOR it's obvious love of older epic fantasy movies. It has a Willow inspired plot and the Snow/Huntsman relationship seems based on Willow and Dragonheart and a lot of Legend's imagery and i love those movies.
I saw some LOTR influences as well but what the movie reminded me most of were these Czech and Hungarian movies of my childhood - they did great live action adaptations of fairy tales that combined the fairy aspects with some grittiness. I am thinking of Three Nuts for Cinderella and similar.
Most of the LOTR influences I saw were things that LOTR drew from earlier fantasy movies, really. (Not that there's anything wrong with that for LOTR or SWATH, it's not like there aren't standard bits that are standard because they WORK and are a wise narrative choice even if not the most original.)
The two LOTR influences that struck me were the glass army at the start and the shot of them wandering around very NZ scenery (do you know where they shot this btw?) But I agree, a lot of 1980s fantasy influences too.
Style over substance, and it's too bad because I liked the look of it, which is dark and epic. Unfortunately, I have to agree with algelic. Snow White had zilch development. I thought she would turn into this powerful warrior through years of training, only to learn her armor and sword really are just her accessories
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Ehhh, I loved it. It's a fairytale and I am comparing it to Eastern European (Chech and Hungarian) fairytale moves of my childhood - it has a darker, properly medieval vibe but it's still a fairy tale.
Also, I am glad they didn't have her be proficient with sword and armor - it's my huge pet peeve in movies. There is a reason knights started training in childhood.
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SOLD. This sounds great.
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People complaining about the lack a of romantic ending make me give them a stern look. Everyone involved there needs therapy, not romance. Ok, William just needs to give other folks his age a chance now that the "10 years of obsessive guilt" bit has hopefully been worked out.
Others have complained about how much it seems to borrow from other fantasy movies, but I love it FOR it's obvious love of older epic fantasy movies. It has a Willow inspired plot and the Snow/Huntsman relationship seems based on Willow and Dragonheart and a lot of Legend's imagery and i love those movies.
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Also, I am glad they didn't have her be proficient with sword and armor - it's my huge pet peeve in movies. There is a reason knights started training in childhood.
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