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

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

I like this one review quote, "If the Gremlins where watching the new Snow White, they would have walked out into the sunlight."

My favorite review quote was: "It's hard not to see this as anything other than a crisis point for Disney, a studio that used to make flawless cinematic stories but now infantilises global audiences with sanctimonious life lessons culled from the corpses of their own murdered movies".

 

[Phroobar]

My favorite review quote was: "It's hard not to see this as anything other than a crisis point for Disney, a studio that used to make flawless cinematic stories but now infantilises global audiences with sanctimonious life lessons culled from the corpses of their own murdered movies".

That review wins the Internet.

 

[Phroobar]

I wonder if Rifftrax will be doing a riff of this movie.

 

[MarvelCharacterNerd]

That review wins the Internet.

It came from this BBC article comparing the reactions of UK critics vs. US critics:

Snow White film is both 'bad' and 'captivating' say critics

The reviews are in for Disney's live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

www.bbc.com

But it really stood out.

 

[Ghost93]

My favorite review quote was: "It's hard not to see this as anything other than a crisis point for Disney, a studio that used to make flawless cinematic stories but now infantilises global audiences with sanctimonious life lessons culled from the corpses of their own murdered movies".

Disney — going back to the Walt era — has always had its share of crappy live action movies. They just tend to be forgotten by time, with only the good ones being passed on as classics.

Snow White 2025 will probably be completely forgotten 10-15 years from now, but there's nothing really uniquely awful about it. Like I said, it's a perfectly average 6/10 movie.

 

[TalkingHead]

Disney — going back to the Walt era — has always had its share of crappy live action movies. They just tend to be forgotten by time, with only the good ones being passed on as classics.

Snow White 2025 will probably be completely forgotten 10-15 years from now, but there's nothing really uniquely awful about it. Like I said, it's a perfectly average 6/10 movie.

Except the Disney live action movies tended to be cheap programmers (notable exception for 20K Leagues), and they were kept detached from the crown jewel animation features. Neither of those things is true of Disney’s current live action slate.

 

[mickEblu]

Saw live action Snow White. Disappointed. I was rooting for the Apple.





Jk. I haven’t seen it.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I thought it was fine. I really like Zegler in the role (but I’m a crazy person who liked her in Hunger Games and Romeo + Juliet on Broadway). For me, the weakest link was Gadot. I don’t mind the flat delivery as the Evil Queen was always pretty stoic. I just don’t think she acts well. I did love her costumes and nails, though!

The dwarfs were…fine. But the fact that there just happen to be 7 bandits leads me to believe they were originally the “dwarfs” but audiences balked in early screenings.

To whomever mentioned it, Zegler can actually sing. She sang live on Broadway.

The biggest improvement for me over the original was adding some depth to the Prince in Jonathan. Even if he’s basically Flynn Rider. And thank goodness the world’s boys finally know you don’t kiss a dead girl unless she expressed wanting to kiss you while alive. You don’t just give it all away to any dead girl. Only dead girls who are The One.

Of the new songs, I thought “Waiting on a Wish” was really pretty. All of the others were forgettable. No real surprise, since that’s the one song they were pushing. Kinda like the Wish song in Wish.

 

[Phroobar]

And thank goodness the world’s boys finally know you don’t kiss a dead girl unless she expressed wanting to kiss you while alive. You don’t just give it all away to any dead girl. Only dead girls who are The One.

I didn't realize this was a problem in reality.

What if girl kisses a dead boy?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Wonder how long it took them to pull the advertising today?

Does Bob have a wireless headset built into his vert climber?

 

[ToTBellHop]

I didn't realize this was a problem in reality.

What if girl kisses a dead boy?

They ABSOLUTELY spent hours discussing how they’d make it clear she wants to be kissed and then discussing whether the true-love’s-kiss would also be their first kiss.

That’s actually part of the issue here. Watching the film, it’s clear there was a vision but the movie was then hacked up by committees to fix contradictory problems. At the end of the day, it is really hard to remake an old movie. Change nothing and people are offended. Change too much and the fans are upset. Exhibit A: how do we portray dwarfs? Someone was dealt a bad hand on that and did the best they could. At least they made Dopey more endearing. And, credit where due—they make it clear that Snow White is attracted to Jonathan in particular. In the original, any prince will do. Simple storylines are fine but the story itself shows that maybe we shouldn’t marry just anyone with the desired chromosomes.

This film probably should have joined Peter Pan and Wendy and gone direct to Disney+. Let Stitch make the big bucks in theaters.

 

[Disney Irish]

Wonder how long it took them to pull the advertising today?

Does Bob have a wireless headset built into his vert climber?

Did they pull ads? I’m not seeing any less ads than I did last week.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Did they pull ads? I’m not seeing any less ads than I did last week.

I still see ads in streaming and cable. Maybe some geo-locations get more than others.

 

[UberMouse]

2017 Beauty and the Beast for me was exactly how you do a live action adaptation. I'm not sure why they feel the need to change a formula that worked. It did $170 million opening weekend, $350 million globally and 1.2 billion in total box office.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Did they pull ads? I’m not seeing any less ads than I did last week.

It’s the logical move…but you never know in the Kingdom of Hubrisia

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

2017 Beauty and the Beast for me was exactly how you do a live action adaptation. I'm not sure why they feel the need to change a formula that worked. It did $170 million opening weekend, $350 million globally and 1.2 billion in total box office.

You can thank JK Rowling for a lot of that (don’t shoot the messenger)

 

[Disney Irish]

It’s the logical move…but you never know in the Kingdom of Hubrisia

Why would ads already bought and paid for be pulled, that is just a waste and not logical at all. It’s not like you can get a refund on that.

Now I could see maybe not doing large scale future ad buys. But pulling ads already paid for, nah that ain’t happening.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Any money spent on ads going forward is an absolute waste…

It’s a complete flop. Case closed

And this part is interesting…it’s not a “political” response…it’s just not at all interesting

‘Snow White’: How Controversial Disney Princess Fared In Blue & Red County Cinemas – Box Office

'Snow White' did better in blue states at the domestic box office, however, the Disney movie overperformed in red states.

deadline.com

So don’t buy the already popping up articles saying it’s a “liberal Hollywood failure”…the demographics aren’t really supporting it.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Why would ads already bought and paid for be pulled, that is just a waste and not logical at all. It’s not like you can get a refund on that.

Now I could see maybe not doing large scale future ad buys. But pulling ads already paid for, nah that ain’t happening.

I’m sure what is contractually already locked is sunk money…but there’s always options to increase the duration they’re run or in the modern world: the frequency on web and stream

 

[JAN J]

2017 Beauty and the Beast for me was exactly how you do a live action adaptation. I'm not sure why they feel the need to change a formula that worked. It did $170 million opening weekend, $350 million globally and 1.2 billion in total box office.

Aladdin was my favorite but yes, same point, not sure why they would change a winning formula.