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skygiants ([personal profile] skygiants) wrote2012-06-03 07:48 pm

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Disorganized thoughts on Snow White and the Huntsman!



- that movie made zero sense in a lot of ways
- and yet I am totally okay with that, because it made no sense in all the ways that Classic Epic Fantasy about a Destined Chosen King-To-Be makes no sense, except about a Destined Chosen Queen-To-Be, and you know what, still not enough of that out there! So rock on, movie. COMMIT to your bad fantasy tropes self. I AM WITH YOU
- also it was very pretty
- except when fairies were slithering out of the backs of birds because seriously, WTF
- or when Snow White was communing with random helpful horses and mystical stags because HAHAHAHA and also, again, WTF
- also this movie wanted you to make very sure you knew what it shipped, which was hilarious, and fine by me, I am willing to roll with that!
- especially since I could not manage to pay much attention any time the non-Thor love interest was on the screen
- but I am really happy that the movie ended with Snow White becoming queen without having to Pick A Dude or Resolve The Love Triangle, because that's not the point!
- I am totally on board with the rumored sequel and/or trilogy because I really, really want it to be the fourth book of Twelve Kingdoms, in which the queen doesn't know a lot about ruling, because she has never had any training in it, and then learns about ruling and is awesome and responsible, possibly with the help of a couple of revolutionary teenaged girls her own age, and it's great
- but the rumored sequel and/or trilogy probably will not be that in any way :(
- BUT I LIVE IN HOPE
- (also otherwise I have no idea what you would even do with a sequel and/or trilogy
- (but if any of you have ideas, please do tell me!)
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[personal profile] lacewood 2012-06-04 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I think the director could have stood to cut the middle "ALL THE LANDCAPES" section by say... half, and used that time to construct a final act that maybe... could make some logical sense? But I guess the lure of the pretty landscapes was just TOO STRONG.

THOSE FAIRIES. I kept staring at them completely undecided whether they were supposed to be creepy or cute or BOTH AT ONCE. Guys, I'm not sure... what you're trying to achieve here...

On the other hand, Ravenna was EXCELLENT, the movie passed the Becdel test in ways I didn't expect it to bother with and I completely appreciated that the supposed love triangle was not even HALF an issue. William and Eric seem to basically recognise each other as the two people MOST TOTALLY OVERINVESTED in Snow White staying alive and are cool with that. And Snow White mostly has bigger things on her mind than choosing anyone. A+ guys.

I'm still kind of sad that they killed Ravenna though, despite all the writing on the wall. I was secretly hoping Snow White could maybe Disney-Princess her into a state of more ambigious evil. Or not so secretly. XD
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[personal profile] lacewood 2012-06-04 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure the audience could have gotten the LotR point with the same amount of landscape more speedily traversed! After the movie I got into a brief discussion on the peculiar concept on distance in Snow White's kingdom, because it apparently takes weeks to get from the Dark Forest to the Duke's castle, but William manages to get to the vicinity of the Queen's castle in... less than a day. Clearly they took the scenic route. XD

THE MOVIE WAS SO WEIRDLY UNDECIDED ON WHO EXACTLY RAVENNA WAS KILLING THOUGH. I mean, she definitely killed Snow White's dad and that random dude who stabbed her, but on the other hand, Greta survived having her youth sucked from her and only got... old herself? Which apparently magically reversed once Snow White killed Ravenna? So exactly what ARE your chances of survival when the Queen uses you as her magical youth and beauty battery? Do the other girls survive? WHAT IS THIS, MOVIE, EXPLAIN YOURSELF. >:(

Okay, self, stop trying to apply logic to this movie. Also, stop rewriting it in your head. JUST STOP THAT RIGHT NOW.
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[personal profile] lacewood 2012-06-05 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
... Well, I guess "mass hallucinations" would explain the middle portion of the movie as well as anything else. HAHAHA THAT TROLL. After the fairies turned up I decided they were probably to blame for everything else because WHY NOT. If they can possess a bird, they can possess a horse/troll/etc!

I KNOOOW. And given the AMOUNT OF MAGIC the Queen was using, you would presume she'd used up whatever beauty/youth/magic she'd taken, rather than... have it still hanging around to conveniently go back to the original owner. Also does this mean the castle dundgeons are full of half-dead old ladies they just leave there until they die? Seems... inefficient. Screenwriters, have you never read a fantasy novel, just because it's magic doesn't mean it doesn't have to make sense okay. *shakes fist*

Come to think, the biggest question we all had after the movie was why did the Queen let Snow White live at all? A question to which I have not been able to devise a satisfactory answer. XD The version in my head apparently involves creepy ritual sacrifices and Snow White actually getting a token month of military training before they stormed the castle and probably... doesn't make much more sense than the movie...
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[personal profile] mneme 2012-06-04 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Lisa caught the nail on the head when she said at its opening that Fairie was from Princess Mononoke. Then the stag showed up and got shot at and turned into butterflies and...well.