Snow White and the Huntsman

Director: Rupert Sanders
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Clafin, Ian McShane
Genre: Adventure/Drama/Fantasy
Running time: 127 mins
Rating:★½

The evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) will rule forever if she can take the life of Snow White (Kristen Stewart), so she dispatches the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to track her down. But the wicked ruler never imagined that the Huntsman would train the girl to become a brave warrior, skilled in the art of war.

SNORE!! The back of DVD cover is correct, "this is no fairy tale." No shit, its an already done, highly unoriginal drag of a film. Wasn't there already a live action version of Snow White release recently. Oh yeah, Mirror Mirror which also came out in the same year as this "film" (on the verge of being a TV movie). Though less hokey as the Twilight films and Mirror Mirror, it rips off the Harry Potter visuals!  Such as the "person" within the mirror looks very similar to Voldemort (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) or the tormentors. The high contrast of muted yellows and oranges from the glaring sun, in certain scenes (to say the least), is trying to hard to be an edgy-artsy-hipster flick. Kristen Stewart's acting is a little more tolerable in this movie (almost as if she started to get some acting lessons, for once), but she still portrays Snow White in the same manner as she did Bella and Joan Jett. I rather have a root canal done than watch her act. But again she did a slightly better job this time around.

I can't believe Charlize Theron would stoop so low as to agree to play opposite of Stewart. Nevertheless, this accomplished actress performance, who was awarded an Academy Award and Golden Globe award for best actress in the movie Monster, makes up for it.  Well, the majority of the performance from the other actors make up for Stewart. Might as well as add, the annoyingly predictable romance theme too! The cinematography of the landscapes in the "fairy safe haven" forest and caves/quarries are breathtakingly beautiful and magical.