Snow White and The Huntsman

I enjoyed this dark, sensual and gritty adaptation of the classic fairy tale. Dubbed “Snow White and The Hunstman”, it is a bundle of action, light humour, magic, eye candies, even a hint of romance and of course heart stopping violence that had me ogling at the projection screen hard enough till my eyes water.  Somewhat a stark contrast to the Walt Disney version released 75 years ago, Rupert Sanders’s first effort on feature film deviated from its classic mold, giving it an exciting, terrifying and triumphant toll to it. Charlize Theron was commendable as the voodoo queen and troublemaker extraordinaire that fed on human hearts (she's so evil, you'll love her). Kristen Stewart whose effortless beauty (and deadpan acting) played the locked-up-princess-turned-warrior in a way that made me admire her more than in “The Twilit Saga”. I especially love the “post- modern woman" attitude as she resurrects from the poison of the evil queen’s death bait and fulfills her destiny that is: to slay the nefarious beauty who took her father’s life, attempted to take hers (too) and the throne which was rightfully hers. Chris Hemsworth stars as the beefcake huntsman, whose kiss broke the spell of Snow White’s deathly slumber (though, clearly enough, there was no love storm going on). Sam Claflin (who is he?) stars as Prince William, a childhood friend of Snow White, a very skilled archer, and an added attraction to the movie. There was also the appearance of the dwarves Muir, Beith, Quert, Coll, Duir, Gort, Nion, and Gus which served as a comic relief to its toe-curling horse chase and wrought violence (these dwarves, they still hold an important role on this myth). All in all I enjoyed this slightly different remake. I don’t see how this is the kind of movie anybody would try to bore a hole to. This is a good movie. This is a year of good movies.