Here’s a movie I was going back and forth on whether I wanted to see it or not. I like the premise of a retelling of a fairy tale, but on that same note I have seen those go awfully before (Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland). It stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White, so I was anxious to see if she could do anything more than what I saw from The Twilight Saga. It also has Charlize Theron, who is supposed to be “less fair” than Kristen Stewart… uhh… no. And Thor is there too (Chris Hemsworth). I know it sounds like I’m not putting a lot of effort into this, but then again, I don’t really care for this movie. It was badly-paced, full of actors either being boring, or over-acting, and an ending that was just… “What? That’s it?” There were a couple moments where I said “Well, that’s kind of cool”, but for a two hour movie, those moments were very few. The action scenes were weak, the final battle was lame, and, just like like I said in my Taken 2 review, the villains were stupid! A lot of things could have went their way if they just stopped and thought about what they were doing. There were some nice references to the original tale, but yeah, this movie was just a lot of too little, if that makes any sense.
I had some hopes for this movie, honestly, but the execution was lacking. Maybe the sequel will be better, but who knows. I wonder if it will be affected by that scandal between the director and Kristen Stewart (for those who forgot, Stewart cheated on her on-again, off-again boyfriend Robert Pattinson with the director, Rupert Sanders). And since I feel like this review is lacking, let me just say a couple more things: The movie was just really dark, in terms of the shooting. I get that it was a motif, where the world was dying because of Ravenna’s (Theron) control of the land, but even so it was just dark to see. Also, Kristen Stewart is no William Wallace when it comes to rallying the troops. And archers are still awesome (Sam Claflin). And the movie wasn’t all bad… Very nice costumes and some nice visual effects (both Oscar-nominated) and there were hints of some good cinematography. But these things did not really help boring writing and action. Watch if you want, as I won’t say STAY AWAY! But not highly recommended.
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