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THE MOTION PICTURE CONTAINS NOTHING THAT WOULD OFFEND PARENTS FOR VIEWING BY THEIR CHILDREN. PARENTS ARE URGED TO USE "PARENTAL GUIDANCE", AS THE MOTION PICTURE MAY CONTAIN SOME MATERIAL PARENTS MIGHT NOT LIKE FOR THEIR YOUNGER CHILDREN TO VIEW. PARENTS ARE URGED TO BE CAUTIOUS. SOME MATERIAL MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR PRE-TEENAGERS. CONTAINS SOME ADULT MATERIAL. PARENTS ARE URGED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MOTION PICTURE BEFORE TAKING THEIR YOUNGER CHILDREN WITH THEM. GENERALLY, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR PARENTS TO BRING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THEM TO R-RATED MOTION PICTURES. PATENTLY ADULT. CHILDREN ARE NOT ADMITTED.


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Snow White & The Huntsman

There is some major star power, to this movie's credit. However I am not sure why Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Bob Hoskins, Ian McShane (BlackBeard - Pirates 4), Eddie Marsan (Inspector Lestrade - Sherlock Homes), and Nick Frost (Sean of the Dead) would sign on to this movie... the script must have came across far differently than what these actors envisioned, because what you get is a dis-jointed story with almost zero dialogue, some figurative chest-beating, and an attempt to have a Brave Heart-like pep talk at the end - by a very zero dimensional Kristen "Twilight" Stewart.

If anything about this movie is enjoyable, then it would have to be Mr. Summer Blockbuster - Chris Hemsworth. He is the only person putting forth anything entertainment-worthy in this movie. He doesn't have a lot of dialogue, but when he does it's the only redeeming quality in this film.

Kristin Stewart has proven that she does not deserve another chance in Hollywood. I hear nothing but complaints about her wooden performances in Twilight and she doesn't even give you the pleasure of a performance in this movie... until the end, when it doesn't even fit with the character personality she portrays for 2 hours - out of a 2 hour 10 minutes, in this film.

I was so bored with her character in this movie I almost wanted to cheer when we get to the part where Snow white "dies" from eating the poison apple. I take it back, her best and most enjoyable performance is Snow White laying "lifeless" on a table and other characters mourn snow white's "passing." I was able to enjoy a pretty face, without her attempts at acting getting in the way. Actually, she never really acted... she just kind of literally ran around in this movie, a lot. She just keeps running from the bad guys, for nearly 90 minutes.

To Stewart's credit, I guess we have to blame to the script writer's for this poor excuse for entertainment, because the dialogue is terrible and boring. No one was really given much to say or give much in the way of any type of performance.

Moving on to the CG effects. The SFX for the bad guys looked and felt great. The appearance of the Dwarves and a trippy psychedelic fairy garden looked awful. The CG used for the good guys in this movie looked fake and you could tell when human counter parts were attempting to interact with CG. On top of the CG, the creators look like they tried to rip off Peter Jackson's look for dwarves, but the Huntsman creators made these dwarves look awful. I was annoyed with how bad these guys looked.

In summary - either spend your money on quality and see Avengers, again, or save your money for Pixar's Brave. I wouldn't even recommend waiting for your local Library to pick up this movie and watch it for free, because you'd still lose over 2 hours of your life that you would desperately want back. I give this 1/4 stars.