Live-Action ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’

[Chi84]

14. The whole conceit is she going through puberty and that’s why the queen is suddenly supplanted as no longer being the fairest.

Obviously, no one is terribly caught up in her age from the cartoon or honestly expecting they’d cast a 14yo to begin with.

Which doesn’t make the original bad, or an affront on the original film. But there are ways to update it, much as the Disney original modified the fairy tale.

The original film stands well on its own. It poses no major problems for the company, who basically made her the main princess of their newest castle park.

I’ve always been on the side of if you are going to remake these things anyways, at least take a swing at something different.

There’s no way they could do a present day remake that’s true to the original.

 

[Tha Realest]

Well, I brought it up specifically in the context of a sociological discussion and I did so because it appears to be the primary motivation of Greta Gerwig, who wrote the film.

A few pages back one poster shared an article in December of last year where Greta Gerwig minimized her role as more of doing a pass and punching up some jokes for the script. So it’s not clear how much of that view will make its way in the shooting script, if at all.

The other screenwriter, presumably the one that did the lion’s share of the work, is someone else, and this is their work (which explores some psychological sexual themes in a lot of those works):

 

[MisterPenguin]

14. The whole conceit is she going through puberty and that’s why the queen is suddenly supplanted as no longer being the fairest.

Ah, yes... The most 'fairable.'

 

[networkpro]

This thread does provide amusement for something that hasn't seen the light of day yet and has completed principle photography twice with a year separation between both occurrences. Looks like a tax write off in progress as its not even adequate to be dumped on streaming.

 

[Disstevefan1]

This thread does provide amusement for something that hasn't seen the light of day yet and has completed principle photography twice with a year separation between both occurrences. Looks like a tax write off in progress as its not even adequate to be dumped on streaming.

In the spirit of Schadenfreude, now I am hoping this goes to streaming

But the smart thing is to write it off, never to see the light of day.

 

[DKampy]

This thread does provide amusement for something that hasn't seen the light of day yet and has completed principle photography twice with a year separation between both occurrences. Looks like a tax write off in progress as its not even adequate to be dumped on streaming.

Oh that’s too bad… since you must of already seen the film to know that it is not even fit for streaming

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

In the spirit of Schadenfreude, now I am hoping this goes to streaming

But the smart thing is to write it off, never to see the light of day.

That may have made sense before the reshoots, instead they saw the negativity over the magical friends photos and the stars statements and decided to throw more money at it and try to salvage it. I think they’re in way too deep now not to release it and make something back.

I hope I’m wrong and they ultimately release an enjoyable movie but my expectations have never been lower for a Disney film.

 

[networkpro]

Oh that’s too bad… since you must of already seen the film to know that it is not even fit for streaming

That added nothing to the discussion other than a personal affront directed at me.

 

[erasure fan1]

That may have made sense before the reshoots, instead they saw the negativity over the magical friends photos and the stars statements and decided to throw more money at it and try to salvage it. I think they’re in way too deep now not to release it and make something back.

I hope I’m wrong and they ultimately release an enjoyable movie but my expectations have never been lower for a Disney film.

Its not like it can't happen. Take a look at the nightmare fuel that was the original sonic the hedgehog model. Those images were ridiculed as much as those magical creatures. But they went back, reworked what people didn't like, and had a very successful release. Enough to get a third movie and a spinoff show.

That said, do I think that Disney has the ability to fix it? Absolutely not, the talent just isn't there. But it isn't outside the realm of possibility. It did work for rogue one, but not so much for Solo, so who knows.

 

[networkpro]

Just pointing out that stating that Snow White does not even deserve streaming as fact…based on an interview from Rachael Zegler which some YouTubers have twisted to fit their political agendas is not fact

No, most Actors are not role models, nor well educated (there are exceptions of course like Mayim Bialik, Danica McKellar,
Dolph Lundgren to name a few)... they pretend to be someone else for a living, some better than others. I'm referring to the published images Disney released after the "magical creatures parade" image was leaked.

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Fiscal Q3 ends tomorrow, maybe they're trying to get the write-off in on time.

Hey, you’re back.

I think it will tank regardless as there's already a mob of people rooting for it to fail and getting money from YouTube ragebait.

I think you may overestimate their reach (?)

In this instance? "Traditional" Disney fans. You can define that however you want - family values, nuclear families, white, middle-class, 2.5 kids and a dog, patriarchal, old, straight, normative, etc - they know it when they see it.

If you think gay is automatically opposite of family values, that’s on you.

I’m gay, and my marriage has outlasted not only my straight siblings’ marriages, but also my parent’s (including their second marriages.)

We’re the best example of traditional family values after my late grandparents.

Welcome to no longer being a supermajority. The rest of us have put up with it for a long time.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

My word, is this...actually a faithful adaptation of the original film?

Is this a course correction from the "magical beings," or is this what it was always going to be? Who knows?

 

[Disney Analyst]

My word, is this...actually a faithful adaptation of the original film?

Is this a course correction from the "magical beings," or is this what it was always going to be? Who knows?

Who knows, who cares, it looks magical!

 

[brb1006]

Looks like the CGI Forest Animals is Disney testing to see how the upcoming Bambi remake will handle the animal characters. The most notable is the deer which appears to be a mixture of the cartooony aspects with a dose of realism.

 

[FutureCEO]

How are you making a movie when the Queen is not the fairest of them all but clearly prettier than Snow White?


But seriously, at least this 'live action' remake has humans in it. Unlike the still animated jungle book and lion King.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The CGI animals are still firmly in the uncanny valley for me. I'm not a fan of the live action remakes in general but the animal in particular just feel wrong.

 

[Consumer]

Doesn’t even look good or bad, just feels soulless.

 

[Jedijax719]

Are the dwarves CGI characters???

 

[Magenta Panther]

Well, that looks about as bad as I expected. Bad CGI animals, and the miscast lead actress is a disaster. The Wicked Queen is beautiful, whereas Snow, who's supposed to be a threat, is nowhere near her level. Plus she's lacking the innocence of the animated version, so how is she going to be naive enough to believe in a "magic wishing apple" from a creepy old lady and bite into it?

Smart move by Disney though to show only the dwarfs' shadows in the teaser. If the animals look bad, what are THEY going to look like?

Hard pass.