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I usually am not interested enough in the superpopular/big things to get into them when they're still shiny and new and everyone is talking about them, which has made following reactions to Snow White and the Huntsman interesting, to say the least. (And often uncomfortable. I'm not even going to pretend that I can activate the critical part of my brain for most of the movie because that part of my brain refuses to care, but I'm well aware that it has problems and there are valid criticisms. Many, however, seem to be judging it as a movie in which the two main characters are women [Both in the "I have higher standards for female driven narratives" way and the "but epic fantasy is about dudes way. The former really isn't any better than the latter.], and not simply as a movie. That said, everyone should hunt down James Franco's review. Because while I don't agree with him on everything, it's an excellent review.) Anyway, back to my point. Interesting reactions. Particularly in regards to visuals and accusing it of LotR ripoffs.
Am I the only one who watched 80s high fantasy? Because, seriously, watch these two movies and then get back to me about who ripped off who for visuals and imagery:
(BTW, I'm 90% surethat an early thought process that eventually led to SWATH was along the lines of "What if Elora had been grown up in Willow?"
Am I the only one who watched 80s high fantasy? Because, seriously, watch these two movies and then get back to me about who ripped off who for visuals and imagery:
Click to view(BTW, I'm 90% surethat an early thought process that eventually led to SWATH was along the lines of "What if Elora had been grown up in Willow?"