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[skygiants]

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!)

Comments

[jothra]

Yes, precisely. Lots of it didn't make sense, but in that special way that many fairy tales make so sense.

Charlize Theron left toothmarks on every scene she was in, it was great.

The mythology was very mixed up- what was with the Lord's Prayer in the beginning??

I forgave it for most of its faults because it was really pretty, and Kristen Stewart had actual emotions that you could see. Exciting! And she didn't marry either of them in the end. That part was awesome.

I also enjoyed the random backstory, honestly. You so rarely get any kind of legit motive for female villains, especially in fantasy. Revenge for people being dicks and terror about losing your power makes a certain amount of evil sense, you know?

[skygiants]

SO MUCH SCENERY CHEWING. I feel like this gif set sums it all up. "Just think MURDERRRRRRR and walk!"

We had debates about the religion! Half of us were like "but it makes sense, it would be weird not to have religion in a medievalish world" and the other half of us (I was in this half) were like "but . . . . religion NEVER HAS any impact on anybody's actions! AND YOU'D THINK IT MIGHT."

I also enjoyed the random backstory! And the fact that the movie was trying really hard to at least imply that the cause of Ravenna's problems was THE PATRIARCHY. I rely on fandom to write lots of fic that attempts to make sense of everything.

[jothra]

I love that gif set a lot.

There were crosses on the castle! I SAW THEM. I am with you. Half the time, no one mentions religion in fairy tales! You could easily get away with not having Christianity at least, especially if you have magic and fairies and are very unclear about where your story takes place.

The patriarchy might have been the start of her problem, but I think she rolled down the misanthropy hill pretty fast. Considering the 'I WILL GIVE THEM THE QUEEN THEY DESERVE' line.

[skygiants]

Exactly! If you're going to establish religion, then at least have someone MENTION how they think the queen is an agent of the devil or something and not just roll with the 'lol, magic' train.

Hah, well, yeah, I don't think anybody is denying that her personal rebellion against THE MAN was something of an overreaction. Especially since it mostly expressed itself as violence against other ladies . . .