The Huntsman: Winter's War Reviews

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since there was a really nice cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, eventually, I'm not surprised at all that it turned out to be a flop at the box-office. Indeed, the damned thing turned out to be a perfect example of why some sequels are just seriously misguided. In fact, the whole thing actually started as a prequel to 'Snow White and the Huntsman', but, after about 20 minutes, it suddenly became a sequel and this switch was just really awkward. In this case, why didn't they bring back Kristen Stewart to shoot at least a cameo? To make things worse, the whole thing was just really derivative with the Ice queen obviously inspired by 'Frozen' and the magic mirror who worked pretty much exactly like the ring in 'The Lord of the Rings'. At least, the whole thing looked decent enough and it is not very often that you get to see 3 amazing actresses like Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain all together in the same movie. It's just too bad they got involved in such a rather average blockbuster like this one. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was rather generous with my rating here but I guess the damned thing was still watchable though. 

I remember watching the first even though I didn't particularly like Kristen Stewart. It ended up being a pretty decent film. Nothing all that great, but it was a good watch. Now that she isn't in this I may end up liking it more than the first one. It only has a handful of people from the first film too. This is Cedric Nicolas-Troyan's first major film. He hasn't done much else. Evan Spiliotopoulos has written many of Disney's sequels and live Action films. Hercules was his best one while many were not so good. Craig Mazin has written many films. Most of which are parody films and The Hangover films. It's going to be interesting to see how this goes. That's an interesting beginning. So far this is pretty dark. That was kind of cool though. So basically this is the live action Frozen? Love as a sin! I just couldn't survive that. Well that was quick. I mean not for them maybe, but surely for us viewers. That's a fairly cool fight. No way did that just happen! Ah so this is before and after the first movie. Looks like a few of the returnees are pretty much just glorified cameos. I always like it when a PG-13 fight is fairly brutal. Wait what!? Okay that is an interesting twist of events. I love the design of the goblins! The background animals are really creative and unique. That's a badass mount. I had a feeling that was the case. Nice I didn't see that coming. It's about time! Was that supposed to be a twist. I knew that happened from the very beginning. That was a pretty cool moment. The ending was alright. There is a brief scene after the credits, but it really doesn't do anything storywise. Honestly this is either just as decent as the first or slightly better. It's pretty to look at though. Also I admired many of the characters. It's worth checking out for sure.