...more!
While I was never a "Twilight" fan and I've laughed heartily at all the mopey emo clips of Kristen Stewart that pop up here and there, I knew there was more to her than all that. After all, I saw her play out an extremely credible Joan Jett in "The Runaways" movie. [Yup, that's part of my time period. "Hello Daddy! Hello Mom! I'm yer ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-Cherry Bomb!" I'm contemporary with Joan.] So I had great hopes for "Snow White and the Huntsman".
Since there's a special deal where I can go see a first-run movie at the Circle Center Mall any time on Tuesdays for less-than-weekend-bargain-matinee-rates, I popped over there after work.
It's LOVELY.
Atmospheric, rich, and moody, the world and its special effects are pretty glorious, and I'm no big fan of CGI. The CGI is so good, I debated with myself for a good, long five minutes on whether or not that was really Ian McShane playing one of the dwarves (it was), and then debated more on why they would use full-sized actors (which all seven dwarves were) instead of properly littler actors...but also reminded myself that John Rhys Davies had also played a dwarf in the LOTR trilogy, so...
Snow White is disenfranchised, frightened, and lost. She learns she is stronger than she ever believed and throughout her journey to an imagined 'safe place', she discovers what it means to be Sovereignty in all its meaning. Still, it's a lofty and abstract concept that means very little in the beginning until she finally transcends even her own death to rise up and understand that ONLY SHE can change things. ONLY SHE can remake the world.
All the (king's) horses and all the (king's) men cannot do it. Every helpful man and every unhelpful thing that happens cannot change it. It's up to her, and she rises to do so.
Beautifully done, it never falls on what you 'expect'. The kiss that revives her isn't who you expect, and the one who gives it is not going to be destined to be her Shining Prince Charming. In fact, in a manner not often seen in movies, the last five or ten minutes of the film focuses on all the unspoken--yet impeccably expressed--emotions on Snow White's face. No dialogue, no falling into the arms of her 'hero': just her. She only has herself, after all.
So do you.
I recommend you see this. The middle bit in Sanctuary with all the Fae stuff going on actually avoids falling into The Twee Basketry of Kawaii and I enjoyed it. Not bad!
Nechtan :)
P.S. Promised photos still promised! Really!
While I was never a "Twilight" fan and I've laughed heartily at all the mopey emo clips of Kristen Stewart that pop up here and there, I knew there was more to her than all that. After all, I saw her play out an extremely credible Joan Jett in "The Runaways" movie. [Yup, that's part of my time period. "Hello Daddy! Hello Mom! I'm yer ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-Cherry Bomb!" I'm contemporary with Joan.] So I had great hopes for "Snow White and the Huntsman".
Since there's a special deal where I can go see a first-run movie at the Circle Center Mall any time on Tuesdays for less-than-weekend-bargain-matinee-rates, I popped over there after work.
It's LOVELY.
Atmospheric, rich, and moody, the world and its special effects are pretty glorious, and I'm no big fan of CGI. The CGI is so good, I debated with myself for a good, long five minutes on whether or not that was really Ian McShane playing one of the dwarves (it was), and then debated more on why they would use full-sized actors (which all seven dwarves were) instead of properly littler actors...but also reminded myself that John Rhys Davies had also played a dwarf in the LOTR trilogy, so...
Snow White is disenfranchised, frightened, and lost. She learns she is stronger than she ever believed and throughout her journey to an imagined 'safe place', she discovers what it means to be Sovereignty in all its meaning. Still, it's a lofty and abstract concept that means very little in the beginning until she finally transcends even her own death to rise up and understand that ONLY SHE can change things. ONLY SHE can remake the world.
All the (king's) horses and all the (king's) men cannot do it. Every helpful man and every unhelpful thing that happens cannot change it. It's up to her, and she rises to do so.
Beautifully done, it never falls on what you 'expect'. The kiss that revives her isn't who you expect, and the one who gives it is not going to be destined to be her Shining Prince Charming. In fact, in a manner not often seen in movies, the last five or ten minutes of the film focuses on all the unspoken--yet impeccably expressed--emotions on Snow White's face. No dialogue, no falling into the arms of her 'hero': just her. She only has herself, after all.
So do you.
I recommend you see this. The middle bit in Sanctuary with all the Fae stuff going on actually avoids falling into The Twee Basketry of Kawaii and I enjoyed it. Not bad!
Nechtan :)
P.S. Promised photos still promised! Really!
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