Once the queen's wickedness is made manifest, however, and just when Theron's lusty devouring of a castle's worth of scenery begins to shift from impressive to tiresome, something even worse happens: She disappears from the movie. We then enter a long fallow period in which we wander around with Snow White, her huntsman, and eventually the seven dwarfs, who are not played by actual little people but by digitally altered actors including Ian McShane. They're followed around by the pasty and terrible Finn, as well as by Snow's well-meaning, personality-free childhood friend William (Sam Claflin), who serves no conceivable purpose in the story.
Throughout the movie, Snow White, played by Kristen Stewart, realizes the world is full of pain and suffering as a result of injustice from corrupt leadership. Her character evolves as she starts to grasp that she has a voice she can use to do something about it.
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Starting this Summer, Museum staffers Andi Wang (right) and Anel Muller (left) will be reviewing movies--past and present--inspired by, related to, or produced by Disney. In honor of The Walt Disney Family Museum's first anniversary YouTube contest they starred in, Wang and Muller will be rating each movie on a scale of facial hair: scruff (worst), mustache, goatee, mutton chops, and full-on beard (best). Today, we kick-off the "Wang and Muller, Watching Movies" series with a look at the new Snow White and the Huntsman, which is out in theaters today!
Theron isn't just gorgeous; she's a gifted actress capable of eliciting fear or desire just as easily. A former model, she can say a great deal with just the straightening of her back or an icy scowl. Stewart is a divisive performer (some critics think she perpetually looks bored), but she pulls off the pure and fair of heart Snow quite well. As for Hemsworth, he was born to play epic heroes. But while the movie is well acted and a marvel for the eyes, it's also overlong and delves into one too many subplots that aren't properly resolved. One of the most central, obviously, is whether Snow White's destined love is her lifelong friend William or the rogue huntsman. It's refreshing that the romance isn't the movie's central preoccupation, but by the end it's clear that there would need to be a sequel just to figure out who's to be her consort -- not to mention address the substantive issues of how a leader can heal a land so broken by years of ruin. 2ff7e9595c
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