At about 1:30 in the morning Disney sent out the first trailer for their live-action remake of Snow White. I was surprised to open up my email and find the The Mouse Factory had deemed me worthy of receiving one of those announcements. I immediately gave the clip a look and I honestly felt conflicted by what I saw.
First off, Disney is billing this one as a live-action remake even though about 90% of it is obviously computer generated. The actress who plays Snow White, Rachel Zegler, doesn't really fit the part and really fails to meet the "fairest one of all" criteria. To really accentuate this you have Zegler cast alongside Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, which I kinda like, but having one of the most beautiful women in the world being obsessed with this Snow White's beauty just comes off as ludacris.
The Evil Queen asks her magic mirror, "Magic mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?"The mirror responds, "My Queen, you are the fairest here so true. But Snow White is a thousand times more beautiful than you"
Yeah, I don't think that anyone is buying that.
After the trailer was released on YouTube both critics and fans alike began to voice a bevy of harsh criticisms about the film. Many were puzzled about the casting of Rachel Zegler (like I was), thought that Snow White's costume looked like it had been purchased at Party City, disliked the CGI Dwarfs, and yet many others called the whole spectacle 'weird'.
Here is the trailer:
From Disney:
“Disney’s Snow White” is a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. “Disney’s Snow White” is directed by Marc Webb and produced by Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff, with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer, and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
As a coincidence, our friends over at Abandoned Films put out this trailer for a fictitious 1950s style live-action version of Snow White, and to honest, I think that I would rather see this version.
Know that's a Snow White that could give Gal Gadot's Evil Queen some competition for 'fairest one of all."
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