Review – Snow White and the Huntsman

Of Hollywood’s 2012 adaptations of this story, this one’s the grimmer of the two. Though I didn’t need anything as goofy-happy as Mirror Mirror, I would have preferred something that seemed more like a movie and less like a marketing package. The production reeked of Game of Thrones, and of course casting Kristen Stewart (whom I’m beginning to suspect is genuinely talentless) didn’t exactly hurt with the Twilight crowd, either. I also found myself strangely annoyed by the decision to cast average height actors and shrink them via CGI to play the dwarves. Though technically effective, the effect made the characters (especially Ian McShane) creepy and deprived seven naturally shorter actors of jobs. Mildly amusing