I'm laughing my ass off (and worrying about the state of the human race) reading a thread on IMDB about SWatH, where the OP states that KS needs breast implants to improve her.
Missed the first ten minutes of Snow White and the Huntsmen the other day, but I enjoyed it, was pretty thoroughly engaged throughout, even though the scenes in fairyland were a little . . . twee. I don't even know what that word means, but it feels right.
Charlize Theron was delicious as the queen, and I want to have troll babies now.
I did spend good parts of the movie cringing at the idea of
Kristen Stewart in another movie where she's caught in a love triangle, so I was fist pumping at the end when it was a non-issue to the resolution of the story. But it still felt odd to me that there was this potential for romance (was it me projecting expectations like a well-trained dog, or was the foundation really there?), especially given that she didn't wake up until the huntman's kiss. Was it just timing? She would have woken up anyway, given time, and it just so happened that she got necro-kisses by two guys with certain levels of affection towards her?
Also, the moment I learned Gus' name, and watched him
dancing with SW, I knew he was a goner.
The dwarves were awesome, and with that level of visual manipulation, I'm kind of frightened. In awe, but, holy crap, I'll not be trusting what I see with my own eyes on a screen ever again.
I was also reveling in the lack of dwarf tossing jokes.
What sort of visual manipulation?
Apparently a sequel has been greenlit.
Making actors like Ian McShane look flawlessly like a dwarf.
It wasn't just "Elijah Wood filmed separately from Viggo Mortensen and the two scenes mashed together" or whatnot. His hands and shoulders were small. So, even in the scenes where it was all just the dwarves were together, there was still awesome creepy magic going on. Like skinny Steve.
Making actors like Ian McShane look flawlessly like a dwarf.
It wasn't just "Elijah Wood filmed separately from Viggo Mortensen and the two scenes mashed together" or whatnot. His hands and shoulders were small. So, even in the scenes where it was all just the dwarves were together, there was still awesome creepy magic going on. Like skinny Steve.
What sort of visual manipulation?
They visually manipulated the actors to make them look shorter and more dwarf-like.
I think I saw a different movie than the other people here did. I thought it veered into so bad it's good territory. They stole images from so many different sources, and Charlize Theron, who I normally love, was chewing every bit of scenery she could find. I laughed out loud at some of the more dramatic bits.
Oh, she chewed the scenery alright, and I loved every bit of it.
So why does this one push you to never believing and Captain America didn't?
I'm not sure. Skinny Steve was sure amazing and freaky. I'd have to rewatch, but as flawless as skinny Steve was, these guys seemed moreso. Or maybe it was that there was more of them. Or maybe it was the whole movie had me a bit creeped out, and that just took the cake.
Apparently a sequel has been greenlit.
We were wondering about that. I did like
that there wasn't really romance in the movie. On the "true love's kiss" thing, I liked that the Huntsman actually knew her, unlike anyone else.
Charlize Theron, who I normally love, was chewing every bit of scenery she could find. I laughed out loud at some of the more dramatic bits.
Me too! In the best way. Also at the very end, K-Stew looked like she was about to say something a couple of time, but then just did that mouth thing she does instead, and I laughed out loud. With joy.
I have to say, the movie, with it's
negation of any romance, did seem to be open to a sequel that explicitly explored romantic possibilities. But also the universe it set up also left possibilites of world healing to explore.
But if they continue to ignore romance, I'm going to get Hunger Games levels of annoyed.
Hunger Games book spoiler
(I'm still irked that the deciding factor was a suspicion of one lover being involved in the death of a family member. That felt like cheating just to get that shit over with.)