An average movie

To be honest, I didn’t have some huge expectations concerning this movie but I still ended  up watching it in the movie theater. The main issue is that these live-action remakes of the Disney classic animated features is such an obvious cash-grab from the entertainment juggernaut, as a result, it is really difficult to care for them and this one was not an exception. The first thing that always annoys me was that most of these classic animated features were fairly short and, with these new versions, they feel compelled to extend the running time (in this case, it was barely 2 hrs but it didn’t bother me, in the contrary) but these extra scenes are never interesting or entertaining enough. The other failure with this movie was that they tried to convince the viewers that Rachel Zegler was actually more beautiful than Gal Gadot. I mean, sure, I have to admit that Zegler is quite cute but Gadot is probably one of the most beautiful women in the world. Of course, at some point, they pointed out that Snow White’s beauty was also from the inside and not only the outside but, if I would chose, I would go for the Evil Queen any day of the week. Furthermore, the way they tried to make Snow White an independent woman who didn’t need a prince to rescue her was an honorable attempt but what’s the point of adapting a classic fairy tale if you will it give such a modern spin? Is it then worth it remaking it if the core is actually really outdated? Eventually, the only update that really worked for me was the way they handled Dopey. Indeed, even if the character might have seemed harmless when you watched the animated feature as a child, this character was actually deeply offensive and I did appreciate how they try to rehabilitate him somehow. Anyway, to conclude, I think my rating might have been generous here but I don’t think this remake was the worst one delivered by Disney and I guess it might be worth a look if you really like the genre. 

6/10