Snow White and the Huntsman

[Lencho01]

I've read the first draft. It's great. This really has potential to become a good franchise. However, there's already a few differences I can pick up from the trailer alone. Here's the summary, anyway.

Spoiler

Snow White (Kristen Stewart) is the young daughter of King Magnus (Noah Huntley). During her childhood, she falls in in love with Prince Charmant (Sam Claflin), son of Duke Charmant, her father's most trusted knight. After Snow White's mother (Liberty Ross) dies, the King marries Ravenna (Charlize Theron), a beautiful Gypsy girl who was forced to leave her village and marry him. Before Ravenna left, her mother, a witch, made her invincible using a potion of the blood of the fairest of the land, who, at the time, was Ravenna. That means that only the fairest can destroy her. As punishment for helping the King to capture her, Ravenna orders Duke Charmant and his son to leave the castle.

Snow White grows into the fairest of the land, and, upon learning of this through the magic mirror, Ravenna orders her men to kill the King and Snow White, but she is able to escape and hide in the nearby woods. Ravenna orders her men to find Eric, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and have him capture Snow White.

Eric's wife, Sara, was murdered by a shapeshifting white wolf, and he's obssesed in killing it ever since. He captures beautiful young women and sells them to Ravenna's men, who lead them to the castle, where Ravenna imprisions them in a steel sarcophagus that drains them of their beauty and youth. Ravenna drinks a liquid made of it to maintain hers. Eric and Ravenna were once lovers, and she convinces him to capture Snow White by offering to tell him the white wolf's wherebounds.

Eric captures Snow White, who discovers what Ravenna promised him, and reveals the white wolf serves her. Ravenna reveals that Sara was once the fairest of the land, and, not having discovered how to extract somone's beauty at the time, she ordered the white wolf to eliminate Sara. Infuriated, Eric destroys Ravenna's device and escapes into the Dark Forest with Snow White, vowing to take her to Prince Charmant, who, upon learning of her disappearance, leaves to search for her.

Ravenna's men refuse to enter the Dark Forest, so she sends a team of mercenaries led by Eric's old rival Finn (Sam Spruell) to kill both. Unable to survive alone in the Dark Forest, which is filled with magical creatures, Snow White is trained by Eric. They eventually arrive at a small village ruled by Anna (Rachel Stirling). All women have disfigured themselves to escape from Ravenna, and give the two shelter, but Finn and his band locate them and a battle ensues, in which Eric discovers that Snow White is the only one that can defeat Ravenna.

The two escape and take shelter with Eric's old friends, the Eight Dwarfs Caesar (Ian McShane), Nero (Steven Graham), Constantine (Bob Hoskins), Hadrian (Eddie Marsan), Trajan (Ray Winstone), Claudius (Toby Jones), Tiberius (Eddie Izzard) and Augustus (Nick Frost). They were once hunters who were exiled from the kingdom by Ravenna, who manipulated Eric into betraying them and helping her, and now work as miners in the Icelands. Eric tries to convince them to help him attack the castle and destroy Ravenna, while Prince Charmant finds Snow White and they reunite. Eric and Charmant become rivals, with Eric insisting that Snow White must stay and fight, while Charmant tries to hide her in his father's state.

Their plans are interrupted by the arrival of Finn and his men, who have joined forces with dark fairies. In the ensuing battle, Eric discovers that Finn is the white wolf, and that Ravenna intents to marry the ruthless King Bloodaxe, leader of the Dark Army. If that happens, darkness will sweep the lands. Meanwhile, Charmant defeats the Fairy Captain and August sacrifices himself to destroy the other fairies. Snow White, blaming herself, decides to commit suicide in order to stop Ravenna's pursuit, but Eric stops her and tells her what he had learned from Finn about Ravenna's magic. Believing Eric to having been using her to get revenge against Ravenna, Snow White runs away while Eric and Charmant butt heads.

One of Finn's men returns to the castle and tells Ravenna of what happened. She uses sorcery to transform herself into a hideous old crone and creatures an apple poisoned by dark chemicals. She then transforms into a flock of ravens and locates the delirious Snow White. She offers her the apple, and, once Snow White bites it, she dies. Ravenna reverts to her normal self and leaves for her wedding. Meanwhile, Eric is convinced by Charmant to depart with the Dwarfs to ambush King Bloodaxe's wedding caravan headed for Ravenna's kingdom, while he searches for Snow White, carrying an old Dwarf healing potion with himself. He eventually finds her and drinks the potion, which he passes to her with a kiss, awakening her. They declare their love for one another and ride to Duke Charmant's state, where the Prince demands horses and men from his father.

Meanwhile, Eric and the Dwarfs are captured by King Bloodaxe and his men, and Eric is imprisioned with the many women he sold out. He apologizes and helps them escape, giving them weapons stolen from Ravenna's men. They raid the castle and release the dwarfs, confronting the soldiers while Snow White and Prince Charmant lead Duke Charmant's army into battle against King Bloodaxe's and Ravenna's combined forces.

Prince Charmant, the Dwards and the women fight the Black Guard while King Bloodaxe escapes and Snow White and Eric confront Ravenna and the Mirror Man in the throne room. Eric is mortally wounded destroying the Mirror Man, and Ravenna overpowers Snow White. As she prepares to stab her with a mirror shard, Eric takes the hit, allowing Snow White to stab Ravenna in the chest. The spell undone, Ravenna sees her true, decrepit appearance and dies. Charmant and his army defeat Ravenna's soldiers and force King Bloodaxe's men into retreat. The battle is won. Snow White tearfully says goodbye to Eric as he dies.

The kingdom has been rebuild, and all women who had their youth stolen by Ravenna are returned to normal. Snow White and Prince Charmant get married. During the cerimony, she shees Eric, but, after looking back again, all that's there is a white wolf watching the castle, with blue eyes and a tail. She smiles.

I don't see much reason to go with Snow White other than name recognition.

 

[Project862006]

I don't see much reason to go with Snow White other than name recognition.

yeah it is not like it has the evil queen trying to be the fairest of them all

or queen wanting Snow White's heart

or having a magic mirror

or the queen stealing the beauty and tormenting the woman of her kingdom

or having the huntsman tasked to hunt SW down

or featuring the 7 dwarfs

or having the prince fall in love with her

or having snow white grow in maturity as a scared girl into a strong confident woman

or the poisonous apple

yes just snow white in name

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

It looks fine, too bad that Steward was casted as Snow White since I really don't like her gaze/eyes, they look empty/bland but that's just me.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

yeah it is not like it has the evil queen trying to be the fairest of them all

or queen wanting Snow White's heart

or having a magic mirror

or the queen stealing the beauty and tormenting the woman of her kingdom

or having the huntsman tasked to hunt SW down

or featuring the 7 dwarfs

or having the prince fall in love with her

or having snow white grow in maturity as a scared girl into a strong confident woman

or the poisonous apple

yes just snow white in name

I personally don't care if it's 100% pure Snow White, I just care if it's good.

 

[Project862006]

same here but to say it is snow white in name only and does'nt feature tons of mythos and elements from the original story and respectful to the source material is just a lie

 

[kickass]

It IS Snow White, with a new twist and new ideas. Obviously the biggest change of all is a Huntsman protecting and - eventually - training Snow White to take back what used to be her father's Kingdom. I don't understand how that discounts everything else that IS the Snow White mythos.

Did Mace Windu's purple Lightsaber discount the fact that he was a Jedi?
Did the Joker's non-permawhite makeup discount the fact that he was the Clown Prince of Crime?

People are reaching over here.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

same here but to say it is snow white in name only and does'nt feature tons of mythos and elements from the original story and respectful to the source material is just a lie

Agreed.

It IS Snow White, with a new twist and new ideas. Obviously the biggest change of all is a Huntsman protecting and - eventually - training Snow White to take back what used to be her father's Kingdom. I don't understand how that discounts everything else that IS the Snow White mythos.

Did Mace Windu's purple Lightsaber discount the fact that he was a Jedi?
Did the Joker's non-permawhite makeup discount the fact that he was the Clown Prince of Crime?

People are reaching over here.

Agreed. It's a new take and if it's a good movie people won't care about the changes.

I remember when the Star Trek fans were *****ing that Abrams movie was not "really" Star Trek and the general public didn't care because they thought that the movie was damn good.

 

[Project862006]

yeah that is why i love this movie and it has my full interest

it is respectful to the material and its mythos but also tonally gives it a darker edge and adds new interesting elements to an old tale

thats what makes it feel new and fresh and quite interesting

 

[dark_b]

trailer music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shT_yPEnzoE&feature=related

 

[craigdbfan]

Its sort of funny how many "Mind Heist" copies are out there now.

 

[Wolfwood]

I'm pretty excited for this movie. I actually really like Kristen Stewart. Despite the criticisms she gets for the Twilight stuff, I think she's a really capable actress. Her work in the Runaways was quite good.

 

[dark_b]

Its sort of funny how many "Mind Heist" copies are out there now.

Mind Heist was inspired by a lot of songs . Two steps from hell,Immediate music,.......

as a huge trailer music fan it makes me a little angry when some are acting like Mind Heist was before anyone else. months ago Nolan fans started writting how Bay movies copied the sound effect . not true IMO.

 

[craigdbfan]

Sure.

 

[dark_b]

Sure.

i dont think you are a Nolan fanatic

 

[Lencho01]

yeah it is not like it has the evil queen trying to be the fairest of them all

or queen wanting Snow White's heart

or having a magic mirror

or the queen stealing the beauty and tormenting the woman of her kingdom

or having the huntsman tasked to hunt SW down

or featuring the 7 dwarfs

or having the prince fall in love with her

or having snow white grow in maturity as a scared girl into a strong confident woman

or the poisonous apple

yes just snow white in name

Yeah, because I completely missed the elements of what can be a short story, but placed in a film that'll be around two hours or so. No need to role your eyes.

Those elements seem like they could've been removed or replaced with something else and still come out with the same general idea.

 

[Sentinel X]

Mind Heist was inspired by a lot of songs . Two steps from hell,Immediate music,.......

as a huge trailer music fan it makes me a little angry when some are acting like Mind Heist was before anyone else. months ago Nolan fans started writting how Bay movies copied the sound effect . not true IMO.

Okay....examples? Because honestly it sound extremely similar. Not that I care, the trailer looked epic regardless.

 

[corby]

Its sort of funny how many "Mind Heist" copies are out there now.

The first half of the trailer music reminds me more the Tron Legacy score than of Mind Heist

 

[craigdbfan]

Okay....examples? Because honestly it sound extremely similar. Not that I care, the trailer looked epic regardless.

This.

The first half of the trailer music reminds me more the Tron Legacy score than of Mind Heist

Yeah the first half does but soon after it goes into Mind Heist redux.

 

[Raiden]

Charlize Theron on the cover of Vogue:

I don't think I have seen a Kristen Stewart picture that looks as good as Theron's.

 

[jaymes_e06]

It looks fine, too bad that Steward was casted as Snow White since I really don't like her gaze/eyes, they look empty/bland but that's just me.

Yep she is the only thing wrong with this film IMO.

 

[Wolf Boy]

I'm pretty excited for this movie. I actually really like Kristen Stewart. Despite the criticisms she gets for the Twilight stuff, I think she's a really capable actress. Her work in the Runaways was quite good.

Agreed, she was also good in Keeping Up With The Riley's.

 

[Darkness Falls]

the trailer blew me away, i'd heard a little about this before the trailer but damn
i can't wait, i can already tell theron is gonna steal the movie, she looks great

 

[SuperBatman]

I think its save to say this looks like the better Snow White Movie. I'm sorry but Mirror Mirror trailer didn't blow me away.

 

[Project862006]

sure is far superior

and collins showed me nothing to warrant a kristen stewart replacement

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Charlize Theron on the cover of Vogue:

I don't think I have seen a Kristen Stewart picture that looks as good as Theron's.

I don't think I've seen anyone look as good as her.