Snow White and the Huntsman

So, I'm not quite sure what has sparked the recent interest in re-telling classic children's fairy tales, but here comes another one. To be fair, Snow White and the Huntsman shares very little with it's Disney-fied equivalent, but instead comes with the distinct feel of how 'Lord of the Rings' would have looked had The Brothers Grimm been in charge. Complete with some incredibly odd Indiana Jones style "Kalimaaaaaaa!" powers, and topped off with some hilariously outlandish casting of dwarves (Bob Hoskins, Ray Winston, Nick Frost et al.) it doesn't quite gel as well as it should. Perhaps not my first choice, but Charlize Theron makes for a pretty decent evil queen, however Kristen Stewart appears wholly misplaced, not really delivering the depth of character (or in my opinion, the beauty) to be befitting of "the fairest in the land". One side note of applause is due to the team in charge of costuming; just the sheer number of evil crowns should be commended, but the attention to detail across all of the wardrobes is worth saluting, even if the rest of the film isn't.

Yeah, that looks like seven years bad luck to me...