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Magic mirror snow white huntsman1/22/2024 We can’t wait to hear the explanation for that.Īs far as accents go, we’re not very impressed by either Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron. Mirror, Mirror‘s Lilly Collins, meanwhile, makes sense in the role of spunky, gorgeous teenage princess, even in the swan-head dress she wears to the ball. Technically, yes, the little Twilighter can pull it off, but just seeing her laying around looking pretty or heading into battle looking pretty is not enough. What we do get is an epic ponytail, tight armor, and the knowledge that Stewart has five years’ experience acting opposite sexy men in a fantasy world. This is kind of an unfair bout, as the trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman doesn’t show Kristen Stewart saying anything. And it’s not just because of its faux-Daft Punk-for- Tron soundtrack. And unlike the more serious Snow White and the Huntsman, Mirror, Mirror has dwarfs! Dwarfs who say things like, “Snow who? Snow way!” Yet for all the whimsy, dwarfs aside, Mirror, Mirror just doesn’t excite us as much as the Braveheart-meets-Brothers Grimm approach of Snow White and the Huntsman. However, economic motivations seem to be driving the queen in Mirror, Mirror: without Snow White as competition, the she has a good shot of marrying the rich Prince Albert, The Social Network‘s Armie Hammer, and solving her debt problem. In this edition, Snow White is played by Phil Collins’ daughter, Lily Collins. To some extent, Mirror, Mirror also follows the same storyline-an aging queen, Julia Roberts, banishes the beautiful raven-haired princess to the forest. The huntsman joins up with Snow White and trains her in combat, to ultimately beat the evil queen. From what we can tell from the random, adrenaline-filled scenes of the trailer, along with the short plot description, the queen’s plan goes-gasp!-awry. Once she finds out she can gain immortality by eating Snow White’s heart, the plot is set. The twist is that our evil queen is suffering from just as much megalomania as vanity: she takes pleasure in death on the battlefield, and in her spare time, enjoys sucking the life from young girls. At the start, the plot is pretty true to the original: the evil queen, played by a devilish Charlize Theron, sends her huntsman ( Thor‘s Chris Hemsworth) to claim the heart of the one who will surpass her in beauty, Kristen Stewart. Snow White and the Huntsman takes the action-packed approach to the classic Brothers Grimm story. This week, we examine two big-budget, live-action reinventions of the Snow White fairy tale. Mirror, Mirror, two films about what happens when the story of Snow White gets a live-action treatment. This week: Snow White and the Huntsman vs. Welcome to Thursday Trailer Face-Off, a feature in which we cast a critical eye on two similar upcoming film releases, pitting them against each other across a variety of categories to determine which is most deserving of your two hours.
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