A New Take: Snow White and the Huntsman
Just a reminder of another "Adult Fairy Tale."
SYNOPSIS:
In this spectacular action-adventure, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) is Snow White, the only woman in the land fairer than the evil queen Ravenna (Oscar® winner Charlize Theron). Ravenna wants nothing more than to destroy her young rival, but she doesn’t know that Show White has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) the queen dispatched to kill her. Together with a handsome prince (Sam Claflin) enchanted by Snow White’s beauty and power, they assemble an armed force to recapture the kingdom. This breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale from Joe Roth, the producer of Alice in Wonderland and acclaimed commercial director and state-of-the-art visualist Rupert Sanders is, in the words of Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV, “A film that soars with creativity, stylistic genius and amazing battle scenes.”
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Here are a few other "adult adaptations" on fairy tales from childhood...
Alice
in Wonderland
This
Disney blockbuster is full of curiouser-and-curiouser twists on its
source material; for example, they refer to Wonderland throughout the
film as “Underland.” This 3-D, darker telling of the classic
story could only come from the mind of Tim Burton.
Beastly
Drawing
from Beauty
and the Beast,
this modern retelling of the classic story takes place in high school
and stars Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens.
Ever
After
This
1998 romantic drama starring Drew Barrymore, Aneglica Houston and
Dougray Scott claimed to be the "real" story of Cinderella.
Freeway
This
flick starring Reese Witherspoon is so far away from being
kid-appropriate, it’s hard to believe it’s based on “Little Red
Riding Hood.” Instead
of a big, bad wolf, Kiefer Sutherland's Bob Wolverton is the villain;
he is a killer and rapist.
Hook
What
if Peter Pan – played here by Robin Williams - grew up to be a
stressed, middle-aged lawyer who barely pays attention to his
marriage or children? What happens when Hook kidnaps his children and
draws grown-up Pan back to Neverland?
Red
Riding Hood
Set
as a horror movie in a medieval village that is haunted by a
werewolf, a young girl, portrayed by Amanda Seyfriend, falls for an
orphaned woodcutter, much to her family's displeasure.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE?
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I've seen Hook and Disney's Alice and Wonderland. I'd love to see Snow White and the Huntsman. We have a HUGE movie poster hanging up at school. It really makes me want to see the movie.
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