Comments on: Please, please don’t waste money on Mirror Mirror

By: Despite first-time director jitters, Snow White and the Huntsman is solid freshman effort from Rupert Sanders « CineSnark

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:04:45 +0000

[...] thinks rape makes an acceptable fantasy; likewise, Tarsem Singh has never become this guy because he doesn’t give a shit about storytelling. But now it’s Rupert Sanders’, best known for a series of head-turning commercials for Xbox’s [...]

By: Sad to see this crap made it to the big screen :(

Sad to see this crap made it to the big screen :( — Fri, 04 May 2012 00:43:30 +0000

Bad cast, hideous dresses and yes, a big disappointment. I didn’t waste time or money on this, my mum wanted to see it but i said “well don’t expect anything good from it, you can go see it, but i’d rather watch grass grow”. I read the spoiler plot and i was almost in tears seeing what they’d done to my favorite story (which i know like the back of my hand), it doesn’t relate to the story at all, aside from the magic mirror and the queen ruining the happiness between Daddy and his little girl, but all evil stepmothers in fairy tales did this. The trailers looked awful, not funny, full of bitching, both the queen and Snow White look like they belong on “Mean Girls” with their “plastic-fantastic” attitudes and nasty smirks. If they’d stuck with Saoirse Ronan for their Snow White, i would have taken an interest, coz she’s at least a good actress and would fit the part great if she just had black hair, but Lily Collins looks sad with the badly dyed hair (which wasn’t even dyed black in most scenes) and she loves her tan too much, and i don’t recall Snow White ever having a tan, or awful eyebrows!!!! Don’t get me wrong, she’s pretty, but looks like she had a bad makeover in this film. Poor dear was miscast, and didn’t even get to play the part properly when she was looking forward to it! And Julia Roberts is a bad choice, she’s not villain material. Very sad to see my childhood hero ruined by 2 silly girls (very upset with “S.W.A.T.H. aswell) and a bad plot, wish these directors had chosen another princess to pick on! All the same, i still adore Snow White, i just hate what those 2 movies have done, so i won’t let them ruin my favorite story or princess, Ginnifer Goodwin is the saving grace Snow White, she looks so beautiful, she’s a great actress and fit for the part! Lana Parilla is the best evil queen too, she gives audiences the shivers, and she’s got the charachter down pat! “Once Upon a Time” did the fairytales first, and they did it best! Now i beg Hollywood, do it properly, or don’t do it at all!

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:31:42 +0000

Wish I’d read this before I took my 11 yo niece to see it last Friday. It was not enjoyable for me, but she liked it. Of course, most kids that age like almost any movie.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:43:58 +0000

Good point. And based on my memories of The Cell, he’d give us an effed up jungle arena.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:09:12 +0000

Well I guess we can’t but I’m intrigued by the idea of his visual flair applied to the Capitol. Maybe he should be the production designer.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:30:22 +0000

I’m still confused as to why you threw out Singh’s name as a possible good match for Catching Fire…If he can’t even handle Snow White, how can we trust him with Katniss?

By: Jeannine

Jeannine — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:14:19 +0000

Damn, wish I had read this before spending $40 on tickets and $5mil on snacks. It was indeed dreadful. Loved the costumes but everything else, just silly and worthless. Was happy to hear my 13 year old was disappointed by everything about the film, esp. the acting and script.

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:02:35 +0000

My son & I already made plans to see SWATH. But I am writing you to thank you for your recommendation of ATTACK THE BLOCK.

It was awesome. I loved it. My son laughed his head off. And my husband was talking about it the next day.

So thank you. I prolly wouldn’t have picked it up at Blockbuster’s if you haven’t mentioned it time and again.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:08:22 +0000

Tarsem gets a lot of leeway because his visuals are so crazy good. But like…I’m sick of it. Sure, his movies look great but they’ve gotten progressively worse and instead of owning up to his shortcomings as a director, he blames the writers, the people who cut the trailers–basically, anyone other than himself. That’s obnoxious.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:34:45 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I never had any intention of seeing the movie – but how is the 50% on Rotten Tomatoes explained? Based on the trailer (and this review), I figured this movie would be in Gigli territory with critical success.