SPOILERS: Snow White live action (March 21, 2025 release)

[LittleBuford]

I believe that this weekends drop off of 66% leads credence that the movie itself is weak. Word of mouth of a better production than the rumor mill speaks of would have persevered.

If you have any interest in watching it (whether now or when it reaches Disney+), I hope you’ll do so and report back here with your thoughts. It was quite a bit better than I thought it’d be.

 

[WorldExplorer]

I guess the Disney Apologists and the supposed Modern Audience weren't enough to keep this afloat.

I guess the Modern Audience didn't see themselves in the characters. I don't know why they wouldn't though, they are just as insufferable as Rachel Zegler.

My favorite review quote so far is that Zegler is a very impressive actress because she had to pretend to be someone people actually like (in the movie).

 

[Agent H]

My favorite review quote so far is that Zegler is a very impressive actress because she had to pretend to be someone people actually like.

Isn’t that what actors do? Pretend to be someone else that may or may not be more likable?

 

[DKampy]

It was quite a bit better than I thought it’d be.

I saw Snow White today…. I thought it was much better than I expected…. I thought I would hate the film as I did not care for the trailer at all… in fact the only reason I saw the movie in theaters was because I did not want the trolls to win…. I actually thought it was pretty good…. Changing enough for modern audiences while keeping the core story in tact

It is interesting that the most irritating aspect of the trailer for me were The CGI Dwarves…. In the context of the movie they work….in fact may have been the heart of the movie

 

[LittleBuford]

It is interesting that the most irritating aspect of the trailer for me were The CGI Dwarves…. In the context of the movie they work….in fact may have been the heart of the movie

They worked better than I thought they would, but I didn’t find them as compelling as you did. For me, the heart of the movie was the love story. I was surprisingly moved by Dopey’s arc, though.

Glad you enjoyed it!

 

[DKampy]

They worked better than I thought they would, but I didn’t find them as compelling as you did. For me, the heart of the movie was the love story. I was surprisingly moved by Dopey’s arc, though.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Dopey is who I was referring to in particular…. I was intentionally being vague… did not realize I was in the spoiler thread… for whatever reason I found his arc very heartwarming

 

[Tony the Tigger]

People who haven’t seen the film should take their baseless speculation and taunting elsewhere. This thread is for people who have seen the film to discuss it, and for people to ask questions in good faith like @doctornick has done.

Rachel-bashing, politics, actors’ comments, etc. are off-topic and should be deleted.

 

[mickEblu]

I find that really unlikely, because all the other individuals in those leaked photos (from what I can tell; it's possible one or two are standins) are also in the final film as the bandits. Moreover, the same actors feature in this tweet:



I Googled a couple of them, and they are actors rather than stunt performers.

My knee Jerk reaction to seeing a cast with every race under the sun is that it is forced, inauthentic and DEI box checking. Particularly if it has to do with a remake or if the film is taking place during a time period / setting that would have made that mix highly unlikely. Now with something like Turning Red for example it doesn’t come across that way because one - it’s an original story and two - it’s based in early 2000’s Toronto which is a melting pot. Wish to me felt like what this cast of characters probably would have felt like or feel like assuming they re just stunt doubles for the actors.

 

[LittleBuford]

My knee Jerk reaction to seeing a cast with every race under the sun is that it is forced, inauthentic and DEI box checking.

Perhaps it's worth trying to move past that reaction and see if the characters are actually any good in the context of the story for which they've been developed. (In this case they have been reduced to nonentities, so we'll never know how well they would have worked.) Kneejerk reactions are seldom productive.

 

[mickEblu]

Perhaps it's worth trying to move past that reaction and seeing if the characters are actually any good in the context of the story for which they've been developed. (In this case they have been reduced to nonentities, so we'll never know well they would have worked.) Kneejerk reactions are seldom productive.

Things either feel authentic or they don’t. Clearly, I’m not in the minority.

 

[LittleBuford]

Things either feel authentic or they don’t. Clearly, I’m not in the minority.

To assume (as you seem to be) that people are staying away from this film because of its multiethnic casting seems quite the stretch. If audiences are so opposed to previously all-white IPs being made more diverse, they would boycotted Wicked too.

All of the leads in Snow White—Zegler, Gadot, Burnap, and the CGI dwarfs—remain, well, white.

 

[mickEblu]

To assume (as you seem to be) that people are staying away from this film because of its multiethnic casting seems quite the stretch. If audiences are so opposed to previously all-white IPs being made more diverse, they would boycotted Wicked too.

All of the leads in Snow White—Zegler, Gadot, Burnap, and the CGI dwarfs—remain, well, white.

I’m not saying that it’s why Snow is bombing. I’m saying that many people who feel like I do are staying away from these types of movies in general. The box checking casting is just a byproduct of the real issue. Wrong priorities and inauthenticity.

 

[LittleBuford]

I’m not saying that it’s why Snow is bombing. I’m saying that many people who feel like I do are staying away from these types of movies in general. The box checking casting In movies or settings where that feels inauthentic is just a small part of the issue. It’s the priorities and inauthenticity itself that’s the core issue.

Bridgerton, I feel, offers an effective retort to your stance, but it’s probably the sort of show your kneejerk reaction would keep you from watching.

 

[mickEblu]

Bridgerton, I feel, offers an effective retort to your stance, but it’s probably the sort of show your kneejerk reaction would keep you from watching.

I’ve never seen it. There’s always exceptions of course. Some films, shows etc can overcome those obstacles for a variety of reasons. I’m guessing it’s well produced and probably caters to a more narrow target audience unlike a a Disney movie or any movie released in theatres in general that needs to appeal to a broader audience to be successful. Particularly when the budgets are so big.

 

[LSLS]

Honestly I'm surprised seeing some say it was better than they expected. My thoughts on why it's so low in it's reviews is that the opposite would be true.

 

[LittleBuford]

If you had to see the movie to comment there wouldn't be many people in this thread.

That wouldn’t be a bad thing.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

That wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Definitely what will help Disney course correct is only reinforcement of what they’re doing with Pom Poms…

The truth dies in darkness

 

[LittleBuford]

Then you should go to Bluesky if you just want to hear the same opinions.

I don’t want to hear the same opinions. I want to hear informed opinions.

 

[LittleBuford]

Definitely what will help Disney course correct is only reinforcement of what they’re doing with Pom Poms…

The truth dies in darkness

Again, wishing that this thread were limited to actual and informed discussion of the film’s content (true to its title) is not the same as wanting that discussion to be favourable.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Again, wishing that this thread were limited to actual and informed discussion of the film’s content (true to its title) is not the same as wanting that discussion to be favourable.

The only informed discussion that matters is it was thoroughly rejected and a huge loss.

Disney is a for profit Corp…not an arthouse

The big picture is never a “bad take”

Some of the other movies we kicked around…like elemental, Mufasa and even the little Hallee (which was still a fail but not so obvious)…definitely was a better place for shutting down the financial discussion