Snow White and the Huntsman.

Looking evil never looked so good...Charlize Theron..Snow White and the Huntsman.

Its the same question of wither Daniel Radcliffe could step out of the 'Harry Potter' typecast and enter a new form of serious acting, its pretty safe to say The Woman In Black kept him safe. But now it's Kristen Stewart's turn - will she step away from the 'Bella Swan' role. The answer I think is yes. With a faux English accent that you don't really notice, she takes on the fairytale role of Snow White. She isn't quite the Disney pretty princess and she certainly isn't Lily Collins' 'Mirror Mirror' character either. Stewart makes the Brothers Grimm creation her own. She's very good, but still emotionless as usual. This is all quickly upstaged by Charlize Theron's evil queen performance. She's evil, sexy, cunning and magical. Throughout the film, Theron wears a serious of glamorous dresses and  crowns, all symbolizing evil. Her character is Queen Ravenna, a captive of an army that the Snow White's father defeats, after quickly killing a few people and imprisoning Snow White for no apparent reason, she gets herself to be queen and the land and many people die. It's a dark time, and in the light, shines 'Snow White' - the only person that can rid the evil from the land. Just like the fairytale, she escapes to the forest where she is pursued by a huntsman called Eric (though I don't remember him every being called that in the film), he's played by Thor's Chris Hemsworth, who is horribly miscast. Finally after at least half an hour of running around from the queen, we get the 'seven dwarves,'    (Ian McShane, Johnny Harris, Bob Hoskins, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Brian Gleeson, Ray Winstone and Nick Frost), seven very unfunny and often annoying minor (get it!) characters. They fall very thinly into the plot at the end. The effects are good and Charlize Theron's casting is perfect, but its a bit of a mess.


3/5