Snow White and the Huntsman Review

In this adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Kristen Stewart (ugh) stars as Snow White; a beauty so pure that it rivals the evil queen, Charlize Theron, which blocks her from immortality (yeah, right).

Out of 5 stars, I'll give this movie a 2.5.

You can go ahead and gives 1.5 of those stars to Charlize Theron. 0.5 of the stars goes to Chris Hemsworth and 0.5 gets split amongst the 8 , errr...umm..., 7 dwarves. Charlize Theron was a powerhouse in this movie. When she was on screen, I actually thought I was watching a fantastic movie. But then, out of the teen paranormal romance section of Barnes & Noble, Kristen Stewart enters the frame. I have to give her credit, she expanded her repertoire of acting emotions she has down. Now, instead of only being able to look like your impatient and annoyed-by-the-World little Sister who is pissed at you for breathing, she can also play a princess in a coma. Brilliant.

Chris Hemsworth plays Thor... or, the Huntsman. I'm not quite sure. You really can't hold it against him. He's entertaining to watch and a handsome dude in a superficial little role. He's putting a few notches on his belt before he's given his big break, I think. I will say that as the movie went along his hard to place accent because more confusing and garbled. He sounded like...an Irish version of that Stone Dude from the Fantastic Four.
The visuals were fantastic but this movie definitely banked on us not calling it out for plagiarism. Rather it hoped we commended it for practicing the notion that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. First, the helicopter shots whilst their party runs along the summit of the mountain... Everyone and their Mother was rolling their eyes and thinking of The Lord of the Rings. Hell, it could have been a cut and pasted scene from The Lord of the Rings for all I know. Next, the Great Stag. This one's hard to place but for anyone that's a fan of Miyazaki films, they will have immediately recognized The Great Stag and the vibrant forest scene. That had wayyy too many similarities to not have been taken from the film Princess Mononoke.
Overall, I'd say if you were bored, had some cash to blow, and insisted on seeing a movie, then you could do worse than this. Just set your expectations low and I think you could definitely enjoy this flick.