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

[LittleBuford]

this whole sites a time waster!

This should be turned into a poster and sold as site merch!

 

[Agent H]

This should be turned into a poster and sold as site merch!

Don’t forget the loungeflys!

 

[networkpro]

I should make clear that I didn’t actually read any of the reviews (I was avoiding spoilers); I just knew they skewed very negative, which led me not to expect much of the film.

If you dislike remakes that hew really closely to the originals (I tend to agree), you may find aspects of Snow White to your liking, since it diverges quite a bit from the 1937 film. It’s more a reimagining than a remake.

Surprisingly enough, it could have ben much, much worse if they had followed the circa 2000 "Order of the Seven" treatment that Andrew Gunn had devised using Natalie Portman as the lead and spiraling off into a kung fu adventure. Ninja dwarves ???

 

[LittleBuford]

Surprisingly enough, it could have ben much, much worse if they had followed the circa 2000 "Order of the Seven" treatment that Andrew Gunn had devised using Natalie Portman as the lead and spiraling off into a kung fu adventure. Ninja dwarves ???

@Casper Gutman brought this up the other day. I never knew such an idea was in the works! I actually wish it had come to fruition (but I tend to prefer creative reimaginings over faithful remakes).

 

[LittleBuford]

most people understand the love at first sight concept and don't go out of their way to reinterpret films in the worse way possible.

It's just that a shame they hired people who aren't in that majority.

It’s essentially love at first sight in the remake too. It’s a very old-fashioned love story.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It’s essentially love at first sight in the remake too. It’s a very old-fashioned love story.

They apparently needed to hit it with a tuning fork and turn up the “resonance” on it a little

 

[LittleBuford]

They apparently needed to hit it with a tuning fork and turn up the “resonance” on it a little

I don’t understand.

 

[Agent H]

I don’t understand.

I think he’s saying they need to turn up the resonance on the love at first sight trope?

 

[mickEblu]

They apparently needed to hit it with a tuning fork and turn up the “resonance” on it a little

The crazy part is that they know the audience eats up the love story stuff. So the question is why do they water it down or avoid it often? My guess is it’s almost like inclusion by exclusion. It’s like if the Strange World and Lightyear romantic relationships don’t work the solution is to avoid heterosexual love or dumb it down and focus on female empowerment. Whether it’s driven subconsciously or not. Or maybe it’s as simple as filmmakers just making movies for their own little circles of people and not bothering to try and appease the broader audience. Then eventually the thing just gets created by committee as you have gatekeepers that don’t want the film to outright bomb. So you end up with the absolute worst version of the movie. Not what the director wanted nor what the audience wanted. Just a mish mash of crap.

 

[LittleBuford]

The crazy part is that they know the audience eats up the love story stuff. So the question is why do they water it down or avoid it often?

It isn’t watered down, much less avoided. The love story is given many, many more minutes of airtime than in the original film. Boy meets girl, they share an instant spark that grows throughout their interactions, they sing a love song, and he wakes her from her deathly sleep with a kiss. How is that not a classic love story?

I don’t understand why you and others here are speaking about the film as if you know what happens in it. Why keep ignoring what those of us who’ve actually seen it have posted?

 

[mickEblu]

It isn’t watered down, much less avoided. The love story is given many, many more minutes of airtime than in the original film. Boy meets girl, they share an instant spark that grows throughout their interactions, they sing a love song, and he wakes her from her deathly sleep with a kiss. How is that not a classic love story?

I don’t understand why you and others here are speaking about the film as if you know what happens in it. Why keep ignoring what those of us who’ve actually seen it have posted?

Im basing this off the last 10 or so years of Disney movies movies + Zeglers comments.

 

[LittleBuford]

Im basing this off the last 10 or so years of Disney movies movies + Zeglers comments.

OK, but it doesn’t actually reflect the reality of the film under discussion.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Im basing this off the last 10 or so years of Disney movies movies + Zeglers comments.

The first part is the big one

Like it or not…in the general public - not fan forums…Disney has a growing rep of guilting/lecturing company.

“We invite all under the umbrella…as long as you agree with only what we feel will still be appropriate according to our analysts 10 years from now”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

OK, but it doesn’t actually reflect the reality of the film under discussion.

So it’s your day to “compartmentalize to avoid the big picture”?

 

[Chi84]

Maybe people need to open up their minds a bit and stop relying so heavily on what other people think or say.

 

[mickEblu]

OK, but it doesn’t actually reflect the reality of the film under discussion.

Maybe we’re having a different discussion then. I’m discussing why a lot of these movies are coming out crappy and bombing. Part of that is because of the perception Disney has created. So you saying the movie is decent and that it actually highlights Snow White and the Non-Prince’s romantic relationship in a meaningful way is only strengthening my point. I guess I’ll see if I agree with you when it comes out on Disney +

 

[Chi84]

So it’s your day to “compartmentalize to avoid the big picture”?

There's a reason why we have specific threads devoted to particular subjects. Not everyone cares about the big picture, even in a movie thread.

 

[LittleBuford]

So it’s your day to “compartmentalize to avoid the big picture”?

Nope, it’s my day to take note of the title of the thread. There’s a whole other thread dedicated to more general discussion of larger cinematic trends.

 

[LittleBuford]

Maybe we’re having a different discussion then. I’m discussing why a lot of these movies are coming out crappy and bombing. Part of that is because of the perception Disney has created. So you saying the movie is decent and that it actually highlights Snow White and the non princes romantic relationship in a meaningful way is only strengthening my point. I guess I’ll see if I agree with you when it comes out on Disney +

I thought your point was that these films are “coming out crappy” in part because they avoid love stories. So I’m not sure how my saying that the love story is actually central to Snow White strengthens that point.

 

[LSLS]

I should make clear that I didn’t actually read any of the reviews (I was avoiding spoilers); I just knew they skewed very negative, which led me not to expect much of the film.

If you dislike remakes that hew really closely to the originals (I tend to agree), you may find aspects of Snow White to your liking, since it diverges quite a bit from the 1937 film. It’s more a reimagining than a remake.

Oh yeah, I figured that's what you meant. I'm just curious if a general majority check that (like, do they check the Rotten Tomato scores to determine their expectations), or if it's just not really a factor.

And unless the previews capture things very differently from the actual movie, it's just not really different for me. The ones that I seem to enjoy are the ones that go from a different perspective (ala Wicked or Maleficent). Even retold, I'm just bored of similar stories. And I know it's been discussed elsewhere, but I just don't give the benefit of the doubt on films (especially when I am going to be shelling out a good deal of money for them nowadays). Lastly, I'm really over the remakes, so I just refuse to go to them at this point. Lilo and Stich has everyone (including my kids) SUPER excited, but I will absolutely not go see it out of principle. One ticket I'm sure makes no difference, but I'm standing by it.