AdventureHasAName
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Word will spread quickly and half the country will avoid it and everyone at Disney will sit around and publicly pretend like they don't understand why it lost a ton of money.
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Live-Action ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’
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Vegas Disney Fan
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I think that’s already going to happen, this film has had more bad press and negativity surrounding it than any other film I can recall, unless the word of mouth is so good it overrides all the previous press I think it’s already beyond the point half the country will ever give it a chance.
ETA I chuckled when I saw the promo this morning, either they completely changed the movie or they are purposely misconstruing the story to trick people into seeing it, nothing in the trailer looks at all similar to what the actors said about the film in previous press statements.
LittleBuford
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I love that we’re now pretending that Zegler is somehow not attractive enough for the role (which also entails pretending that the original Show White is markedly more beautiful than the original Queen).
Chi84
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I think you’re far over-estimating the number of people who know or care about early publicity.
I'll bet the average person doesn’t have this on their radar screen and the first they’ll see or hear of it will be the trailer, which looks great.
Chi84
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Well we can’t pretend she was fired for her innocuous statements about the film so what’s left?
Vegas Disney Fan
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Certainly possible, it’s easy to forget we’re a very small minority on fan sites that actually pay attention to this stuff.
LittleBuford
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To my (admittedly gay) eyes, Gadot is beautiful in a sultry, womanly way and Zegler in a more innocent, girlish one. That’s pretty much exactly as it was in the original film, which I thought would please the “Make it a faithful adaptation” brigade.
In any case, my understanding is that the remake is going to place less emphasis on looks in its definition of “fairness” anyway. In the original film, it’s already implied (or at least inferable) that Snow White’s superior loveliness is in part a reflection of her virtues and goodness.
In any case, my understanding is that the remake is going to place less emphasis on looks in its definition of “fairness” anyway. In the original film, it’s already implied (or at least inferable) that Snow White’s superior loveliness is in part a reflection of her virtues and goodness.
Haters are going to hate… from what I have seen so far…. Rachael Zegler is perfectly cast… she looks great in the costume plus we already know she is a fantastic singer so she should be able knock the songs out of the park
I would expect some changes/expanding of the story…. There really isn’t much to the original Disney classic…
I would expect some changes/expanding of the story…. There really isn’t much to the original Disney classic…
I stopped by to post this exact statement…but you beat me to it… at any rate I don’t see how Zegler is not beautiful unless you have some sort of bias
BrianLo
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The movie is very retooled. It looks reasonably a faithful adaptation.
I will say Rachel comes together in song. Whistle while you work is actually superior to the original, but more ensemble.
I don’t think the CGI is as bad as Mermaid either. But the dwarves are incredibly uncanny valley. Especially Dopey. Not like Flounder by any means, they do resemble the film counterparts. Or like original Sonic… but I think we are going to still hear a bit on how they are off putting.
BrianLo
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The conceit is that the queen is aging and being surpassed by upcoming youth. She is the fairest, but there is “another” forthcoming. Though Gal will obviously preserve herself in real life. Rachel is certainly pretty and will come off well in song.
Outside of this thread, if this movie has problems, it will not be Rachel from what I saw. It’s going to be the dwarves. Or potentially Gal if she is too Wooden.
Disney Analyst
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Remember when everyone thought the 7 ”friends” were a replacement for the 7 dwarfs, but really it’s coming out that they are the princes friends / bandits?
Giving both Snow and her love interest a group of friends? (thats what the online chatter for why those 7 characters are in the film seems to say, and apparently that was always the plan)
Giving both Snow and her love interest a group of friends? (thats what the online chatter for why those 7 characters are in the film seems to say, and apparently that was always the plan)
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LittleBuford
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Just watched the trailer. It looks like a safe remake in the same mould as most of the other live-action versions. I was hoping for something a bit different; perhaps the final product will deliver that, even if the trailer doesn’t suggest it will.
LSLS
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So personally, looks awful to me. I've been on record for a while that I hate the straight remakes, and this feels like that is exactly what it is (though the actors said otherwise, so who knows at this point).
But, for those worried about the CGI (which does look really awful), that stuff usually does get cleaned up a lot between trailer and release, so don't read TOO much into it. I do agree with whoever said the hair looks bad on her though. I couldn't figure out what looked so off, and that is absolutely what it was. Guess we will see what happens next year.
But, for those worried about the CGI (which does look really awful), that stuff usually does get cleaned up a lot between trailer and release, so don't read TOO much into it. I do agree with whoever said the hair looks bad on her though. I couldn't figure out what looked so off, and that is absolutely what it was. Guess we will see what happens next year.
Disney Analyst
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I’m hearing this was always the plan. The prince (or prince like character) had seven friends, Snow has the seven dwarfs.
Now perhaps they’ve changed the direction of the prince and his friends, based on criticism.
Chi84
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It can’t be a straight remake. There is almost nothing to the original film in terms of plot or characters. Not to say the songs and animation weren’t great.
Most of it was the dwarfs washing dishes and Snow White kissing each one of the dwarfs on the head before they left for work.
Any full length movie is going to have to expand significantly in order to keep anyone’s interest, especially modern day audiences.
doctornick
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I definitely think doing CGI for the dwarfs was the wrong call. Casting actual little people would have been a big step up and, realistically, actually beneficial for the job opportunities for those actors.
doctornick
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I think it is pretty certain that the 7 bandits were a replacement for the dwarfs but they ditched that idea and used the CGI dwarfs in response to the substantial criticism. We know there was a bunch of reshoots done in the last year.
As @Disney Analyst already mentioned…. I had read somewhere that the 7 Dwarves are not a replacement for the 7 bandits….the bandits are on the prince’s side of the story… time will tell which is correct
Disney Analyst
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Yes, but Peter Dinklage called Disney out from even considering that idea… and so we got CGI dwarfs instead.
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