Snow White

Woke trash.

The thing about "Snow" is it might look pretty but it might just be covering a dog turd. Case in question Disney's contemporisation of "Snow White". The story of a sand paper abrasive, whiny character and a gas lighted wicked Queen, who really is "the fairest of them all". In fact, she's hotter than a Sydney pavement, on a summer's day. Then we have the dwarves who are no longer quaint dwarvish people. No they are scary CGI little creatures, who look like something cooked up in Frankenstein's laboratory. To top off the pervading sense of misery, we have a story that actually outwoke's "wokeness". Not an easy thing to do. The only upside is Rachel Zegler's singing. Yeah, the girl can "really" carry a tune. That said, nothings going to carry this cinematic monstrosity, across the finish line. In summary, take a look if you dare but don't say I didn't warn you first.

'Snow White' is a remake worth its salt. Disney (deservedly) have a reputation for churning out remake after remake, many of which aren't necessary whatsoever. A "reimagining" of a 1937 movie 88 years later via a different form is, in my opinion, a perfectly logical choice of flick to redo. For my money, this successfully improves upon 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'. Don't get me wrong, the original is an undeniable classic and has certain things going for it - e.g. the beautiful animation - but judging them solely as movies, this has more substance to it. I honestly don't hold any negatives for it, that isn't me saying it's a perfect film or anything close but I had a very nice time seeing it; I'd imagine it'll age well in the future, particularly for families that grow up with it. Visually, the movie looks vibrant; really colourful. The musicial numbers are good too, I especially dug new song "Waiting on a Wish". Looking at their work, I do like music by Pasek and Paul. I love the soundtrack to 'The Greatest Showman' and did enjoy what they did for 'Aladdin'; namely "Speechless". As for the cast, Rachel Zegler works as lead. I admit I had heard negative murmurs online about Zegler in the last few years back when I used Twitter properly, but in recent times I've seen some interviews and she seems cool (if clumsy?). I've watched her in a few films now and I rate her. I think Gal Gadot's Evil Queen is the weakest part, though only when compared to the rest. Gadot's performance is good, I was particularly impressed with her in terms of the music pieces. It's more so that anytime the character appears, I wasn't as interested as with SW & Co. Andrew Burnap is solid in the usual love interest sorta role. I have found the dudes in these other remakes from this company to be quite forgettable, even whilst viewing, but Burnap stood out a little more for me. Of those away from the aforementioned, Patrick Page suits his bit. The Seven Dwarfs, to me, looked great. I do believe that having actual humans in the role would've been better, though the effects used for those characters here looked pleasant and the voice actors give more than satisfactory showings; albeit with no overt standout performer. As alluded to above, I did hear about the many issues surrounding this release; admittedly without any deep detail. Quite the mess, it hit every branch of the way down it appears. Looking at IMDb, you think it's been review bombed by any chance? Lol. I thought IMDb fought against that sort of thing? Anyway, I really typed up nine paragraphs about this movie, huh. Well I did very much enjoy it, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯