Snow White (Live-Action)

[Vlad]

Georgian poster.


Source: https://www.instagram.com/geodisneyoffi ... VvgmxsdU0/

It's quite lovely. I love Snow's facial expression

[Lukas1986]

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[Thumper_93]

So many songs removed. If they were not going to respect the soundtrack then they should have made a whole new version of the story.

[Farerb]

What was sooo problematic about "With a Smile and a Song"?!?

[Lukas1986]

So many songs removed. If they were not going to respect the soundtrack then they should have made a whole new version of the story.

Exactly my thoughts. They have screwed absolutely everything.

[Sotiris]

https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BAMU8yjrns

I don't think that soundtrack list is accurate. For starters, a fan account posted it without revealing where they got the information, and then there's the fact that the list contains errors such as listing "Good to Go" and "Good to Grow" as tracks instead of "Good Things Grow" as well as including too many reprises which seems highly unlikely to be the case.

[Sotiris]

New TV spot.
https://x.com/DisneyStudios/status/1894794559336652861

New Korean TV spot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtRX7HxvaU

[Disney's Divinity]

I listened to a little of the soundtrack, but not everything... I'll try to see it tomorrow or Sunday. I love Snow's white dress inthe commercial.

[Farerb]

I've seen four films of Rachel and I thought she basically plays all her characters the same, which makes me come to the conclusion that she basically plays herself in everything she's done. It might have worked in the Hunger Games and West Side Story (less so but Spielberg directed her well), but she absolutely isn't believable as Snow White and it has nothing to do with her skin color, she completely lacks the warmth and innocence of the character. I don't think she's bad, but she isn't as extraordinary as the reviews say.

Gal was also just fine and isn't as bad as they say. I prefer her Evil Queen to Melissa McCarthy's shouty Ursula and she was definitely better than that dreadful actor who played Jafar, but I don't think she's at the same level as Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchet. I feel like these remakes don't entice Oscar actors like they used to 10 years ago due to bad reputation.

I'm not a fan of Pasek and Paul's pop style. All the songs felt like they belong in a Disney channel movie. Even the songs from the original got an awful rendition that reminded me those awful video clips from the Platinum edition DVDs.

This film isn't good, it's not a complete travesty but not good, a one and done and be forgotten forever.

[bruno_wbt]

SPOILER FREE REVIEW:

I loved the movie. It's a love letter to the classic Snow White; they didn't make any major changes, which I'm very grateful for. It's one of Disney's best remakes!

Rachel captures Snow White's innocence and spirit perfectly. And Gal Gadot does justice to the original Disney villain.

The new songs seem to fit perfectly; they already seem timeless and they all have very classic singing voices, especially Jonathan, who sounds like a young man from the 1930s.

I didn't mind the CGI animation of the dwarves; they're fun, and Dopey is very adorable.


SPOILER ALERT:

What I liked most about Snow White is that she keeps her original personality, she is pure kindness and love for all living things, and she doesn't need a sword to fight, like all the newer versions of Snow White, which is what I really enjoyed, we don't need another warrior princess, we need the classic princesses to remain classic!

[Farerb]

Funny tidbit:
Gal Gadot is also doing the Hebrew dub for the Evil Queen, but she's only doing the speaking part, they brought someone else to sing for her.

[Sotiris]

Snow White has received a B+ CinemaScore. The only other live-action remakes of Disney animated features that have received the same grade is The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and 102 Dalmatians. Unless, of course, you count Into the Woods which received a B.

[blackcauldron85]

For those of you who have seen it: Um, when Dopey talks, how did that make you feel?

(Obviously major spoilers!)
‘Snow White’ Makes 11 Big Changes to Disney’s Animated Classic
https://variety.com/lists/snow-white-ch ... tory-name/

[Disney's Divinity]

Sitting in the theater as I type this. I spoiled myself on the soundtrack a bit and wasn't too crazy about "All Is Fair"; maybe it'll be a little better in-film.

[Vlad]

I went today with my sister to see it. Boy, it was so bad...

Rachel Zegler was very unlikeable as Snow White - I don't know, she didn't embody the character well. And the way she acted was really awful...and what was with her weird (pun intended ) facial expressions? She sang beautifully though, that's the only compliment I can give her.

Meanwhile, Gal Gadot was amazing as the Queen. She delivered her lines very well, and I even enjoyed her new song.

About the songs, I didn't really care for the new ones, they didn't fit the story...I mean, that love duet between Snow White and Jonathan felt like it dragged on for too long (Some Day My Prince Will Come is far better, in my opinion).

The dwarfs were awful, I thought I'd get used to their new appearance, but they just got worse and worse.

I was very disappointed to see how her flight through the forest and the Queen's transformation, which are two of the most intense scenes in the animated feature were so poorly reproduced in this adaptation. They were too short, in my opinion.

I'll stick to the original animated classic, and I'll never return to this atrocity ever again.

[Sotiris]

I've seen four films of Rachel and I thought she basically plays all her characters the same, which makes me come to the conclusion that she basically plays herself in everything she's done.

I've always considered her a poor actress. I'm glad others are beginning to see it too. She's stiff, awkward, and stagy in her performances. She also lacks gracefulness and poise. Just look at how she carried herself at the Oscars. And while her signing is decent, it's not something exceptional that can't be found in many other actresses working in the industry.

I'm not a fan of Pasek and Paul's pop style. All the songs felt like they belong in a Disney channel movie. Even the songs from the original got an awful rendition that reminded me those awful video clips from the Platinum edition DVDs.

I agree about the renditions of the pre-existing songs. They are awful. The new songs are a mixed bag. While all of them are very pop-sounding and do not match the era or the style of the old songs, some are better than others. Good Things Grow and Waiting on a Wish are quite catchy and the standouts for me. A Hand Meets a Hand is meh. The love song should have been stronger. To think they replaced Someday My Prince Will Come and One Song with this lukewarm, slight little ditty is insulting. All Is Fair is a failed attempt at replicating a '90s villain song. Pasek & Paul simply don't have the chops to pull off such a type of song. Princess Problems is plain horrible. It's emblematic of why turning The Prince into a mix of Robin Hood and Flynn Rider was a bad idea. It's unnecessary—could have easily been replaced with a few lines of dialogue—,cringe-worthy, and makes Jonathan come off as obnoxious in the vein of the male co-leads of the Revival era.

Gal Gadot is also doing the Hebrew dub for the Evil Queen, but she's only doing the speaking part, they brought someone else to sing for her.

Oh, that's not cool. Since she's doing the singing in the English version, they should have let her do it in the Hebrew dub as well. If I were her, I would have refused to only do the speaking part.

[Disney's Divinity]

To blackcauldron: That moment worked for me, but your mileage may vary.

*SPOILERS GALORE*

I liked it... For the most part. It wasn't perfect at all and that's unfair to expect of the remakes anyway. I'd say the weakest part of the film is Snow herself. They were trying to thread a needle with a lot of different things--trying to have her act the way the original character does while making her feel more...real--and it worked sometimes and didn't work others. I love the early scenes she has with the Dwarfs, and every one of her scenes with the Queen. They did the climax very well, imo--having her being able to "conquer" the Queen simply through being kind and loving others enough to remember their names rather than there being some kind of "fight" that would've been ridiculous.

I thought Zegler was fine. Gadot was as good as I'd hoped. She made the song work by virtue of acting the heck out of the scene to make up for the horrible vocal. For some reason, I thought her song would be later in the film, that maybe she'd be singing to the people to convince them not to be horrified when she sends guards to hunt for and kill SW. Putting it where she realizes the Huntsman lied to her was a good choice though. I liked the way they had the character die, too. And I loveloveloved how they did the scene of Snow biting the apple, every part of that was great. Although it did feel very TLK-esque (referring to how Scar whispers that he killed Mufasa as Simba is about to die).

The love interest... Well--mixed bag. I loved the actor (so cute), "Princess Problems" was cute, and overall the romance worked. It was refreshing to finally hear a love song again although I still hate they didn't have him sing a version of "One Song" somewhere in the film. They could've still used it even if they re-purposed it in a different spot. But overall he felt like Kristoff from Frozen and "Princess Problems" sounded like Kristoff's song from that film's musical, it didn't fit in this film at all. The actor even looked and sounded like Jonathan Groff!

I did like the outfits they gave all the characters. The music was mostly good, but it just doesn't feel right that they cut so many songs from the original, that's some real BS. There's nothing wrong with those songs, and they could've still had "Waiting On a Wish." They could've had Zegler's voice singing "Some Day My Prince Will Come" in the background while Jonathan breaks out of the dungeon, rides to her, and wakes her up. I liked the Dwarfs actually. I thought they'd be unbearable, but I suppose they minimized both the Dwarfs and woodland creatures down to a reasonable level compared to the original where they come across too much like filler. Didn't care for the bandits though...

I might rank remakes later. Right now I'd say this is one of those I'll probably buy. I think the film is a better movie overall than Maleficent, but Jolie outshines anything here, so I'd probably put it behind that film but ahead of Alice, where HBC was the only good thing about that movie. I can understand why people for whom SW&tSD is their favorite film probably hate this though, it did change a great deal. But not in an OTT change way a la Mulan, more in the vein of Cinderella where they would explain things that need no real explanation (like showing Snow's parents and upbringing, showing why she was kind, etc) and have the villain and heroine actually confront one another directly. But as weak as the intro of her as a child was here, it was necessary for the climax to work. Anyway, for someone like me who was always a bit critical of SW&tSD, the new film did things I liked. Cutting the Dwarfs' time was one of them, giving Snow and the Queen actual interactions, the Queen actually being youthful and beautiful, the Hag being more pitiful and less cackling--those kinds of things are what I enjoyed even if the film is imperfect. And thankfully the film never did feel like it was imitating SW & the Huntsman, Mirror Mirror, or OUAT. So glad they didn't try to make Snow some kind of fighter or archer. They pretty much did what I hoped as far as using the trait you most associate with the original character (kindness, gentleness) and used it to drive the character to do things rather than having her just being naturally given for taking on a leader role. Loved how they tied Dopey speaking into her deciding to finally take acton and not be afraid, and then it turned out he was the narrator. That was a good choice.

[PatchofBlue]

Mostly, the whole thing was just kinda annoying.

Zegler was no more confused than any other part of the movie. She weaved in and out of Disneyland character performer, Gen Z Youtuber, and Eponine at your community theater production of Les Mis.

Gadot, meanwhile, was just ghastly here, which is a shame because I was excited by her casting. I could attribute part of that to the writing, maybe, and the lines that felt like they wandered in from a My Little Pony DVD, but she overacted every moment she was onscreen. Menace was at a zero.

I think I might have really liked Jonathan in another Disney movie, but he, like everyone else here, was just poorly thought out.

Early on, Jonathan tells Snow White some variation of "Actions speak louder than words," which ended up being really weird because there was just no connection between characters' actions and how people react to them.

The "Princess Problems" bit makes absolutely no sense in the context of their relationship seeing how Jonathan's only real interaction with Snow White by this point literally had her stick up for him in front of The Queen, and also offer him bread. Even if he does make assumptions about her being a princess, he has seen with his own eyes what kind of a person she is, so him acting all dismissive toward her just made him seem like a ding-dong. I have to imagine one of these segments was added in reshoots. Or, maybe the writers really were that confused.

You could see the intentions in certain story beats, but the pay-offs were inconsistent. Snow White doing that thing that Scout does in "To Kill a Mockingbird" where she diffuses a mob by like asking how their wives and farms are doing ... again I get what they were going for in showing her connection to the people, and that's what makes her special, but a HUGE plotpoint was that Snow White has been cut off from the kingdom since The Queen took over, and so that moment just fell flat to me. They tried explaining that away with "I REMEMBER you!" but that's way too tenuous a link for me.

There were individual things that I liked. Dopey finding his voice actually kind of worked for me because that did follow a track that was developed across the whole film. But this whole package was just messy.

My impression is less "worst movie ever!" or "the one that will sink Disney once and for all!" and more just, "Whatever. It's done. It's over with. Let's all just move on now."

[Disney's Divinity]

I was very disappointed to see how her flight through the forest and the Queen's transformation, which are two of the most intense scenes in the animated feature were so poorly reproduced in this adaptation. They were too short, in my opinion.

I agree about the Queen's transformation happening too fast. I liked the run through the forest though, until she falls into the water. Something about that part felt way too visceral.

Glad you liked Gadot at least.

[Farerb]

I've always considered her a poor actress. I'm glad others are beginning to see it too. She's stiff, awkward, and stagy in her performances. She also lacks gracefulness and poise. Just look at how she carried herself at the Oscars. And while her signing is decent, it's not something exceptional that can't be found in many other actresses working in the industry.

The problem is thateven if the audience sees it, outlets decided to overpraise her performance and it's so obvious that it's not genuine and it's only being done because they want to protect her from the backlash.

I agree about the renditions of the pre-existing songs. They are awful. The new songs are a mixed bag. While all of them are all very pop-sounding and do not match the era or the style of the old songs, some are better than others. Good Things Grow and Waiting on a Wish are quite catchy and the standouts for me. A Hand Meets a Hand is meh. The love song should have been stronger. To think they replaced Someday My Prince Will Come and One Song with this lukewarm, slight little ditty is insulting. All Is Fair is a failed attempt at replicating a '90s villain song. Pasek & Paul simply don't have the talent to pull off such a type of song. Princess Problems is plain horrible. It's emblematic of why turning The Prince into a mix of Robin Hood and Flynn Rider was a bad idea. It's unnecessary—could have easily been replaced with a few lines of dialogue—,cringe-worthy, and makes Jonathan come off as obnoxious in the vein of the male co-leads of the Revival era.

Princess Problems was awful and didn't make any sense considering Jonathan meets her when she's a servant so obviously she didn't have a spoiled princess upbringing. she's literally on the run because her stepmother is trying to kill her, why is it being dismissed as a "princess problem"??

Oh, that's not cool. Since she's doing the singing in the English version, they should have let her do it in the Hebrew dub as well. If I were her, I would have refused to only do the speaking part.

I don't know if it was their decision or Gal's decision. I think it's obvious she's not a good singer and I'm pretty sure that she's aware of that. I tried searching for times she sang and only found the song from Ralph Breaks the Internet and a song from a children stage show from 17 years ago.
I also know that autotuning isn't as common as it is in the US.