Snow White: Disney, Once Again Has Not Learned Their Lesson.

[The Liturgist]

and having her poisoning cured by a minor sexual assault.

There’s no sexual assault in Snow White.

 

[Belk]

As long as they leave Jose Wales and Dirty Harry alone

And Highlander.

 

[BPPLEE]

And Highlander.

They made a TV version a long time ago

 

[Belk]

They made a TV version a long time ago

I actually just bought the first season since a reviewer I like said it was pretty good.

 

[BPPLEE]

I actually just bought the first season since a reviewer I like said it was pretty good.

I liked it. Good action show if it’s the same one I watched

 

[BPPLEE]

I actually just bought the first season since a reviewer I like said it was pretty good.

 

[MehGuy]

Idk.. I find some of this "woke" stuff to be campy fun, lol.

 

[Belk]

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That's the one.

 

[BPPLEE]

That's the one.

It’s a good show. Hope you enjoy it

 

[iluvatar5150]

I would call it family friendly and acceptable for Christians

Yeah, I have no problem with that characterization.

 

[RDKirk]

Now that I have a 4yo daughter who's into anything Disney, I've been finding that I like the idea of live-action remakes a lot less than I like the actual experience. The Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid remakes stand up perfectly fine on their own. The Maleficent movies aren't remakes per se, but they're decent enough and the story is more interesting than the original. The kid went with grandma to see Snow White last week and liked it. I didn't go, but the original sucks, so it's hard to imagine the new one being any worse.

I have kind of the same opinion of the comic book thing - I like the idea less than I like the reality. This current iteration of the Batman universe, for example, is really solid. I have a hard time caring about most other cinematic universes (e.g. Star Wars, Marvel), but this one is landing for me. Even Joker: Foile a Deux, which everybody else hated, I thought was at least an interesting take on both the story and the jukebox musical genre.

You should watch Star Wars: Andor. Now is a good time to spring for two months of subscription. You can watch Season 1 of Andor, then Season 2 through May, and also catch Star Wars: Skeleton Crew along the way. All three are distinctly off the chain of the recent offerings and considered the best since Empire Strikes Back (except for some extremists who whine "It's not Star Wars enough"...no Jedi or light sabers or Force).

 

[MrMoe]

I think much of the reason this film flopped has to do with the lead actress herself and her comments regarding Trump supporters, and also comments about the original Snow White film, that rubbed people the wrong way.

Rachel Zegler issues foulmouthed tirade against Donald Trump

The actor, who rose to fame in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" remake, is starring in "Romeo + Juliet" on Broadway.

www.newsweek.com

"On Wednesday, a user on X, formerly Twitter, posted screenshots of Zegler's comments about Trump, which the actor wrote in Instagram stories. A story is designed to be deleted after 24 hours, so the posts are no longer available on Zegler's account.

According to the screenshots, Zegler made the posts during the intermission of her show shortly after Trump's win, writing, "May trump supporters and trump voters and trump himself never know peace.""

Here comments made it onto Fox and other conservative and even non conservative media. Add to that criticism from pro-Palestinians of Israeli actress Gal Gadot's support of Israel.

Gal Gadot’s Walk of Fame ceremony disrupted by political protesters

Police and protesters clashed at Hollywood ceremony for Israeli Wonder Woman star who has been vocal in support

www.theguardian.com

This film had so many controversies even before the first trailer came out.

 

[RDKirk]

My favorite critics say Snow White is mostly just boring. One, who normally likes things woke, says the first 20 minutes is downright awful, then it gets tolerable.

 

[RDKirk]

The written reviews are what we're talking about. If you actually read them, a significant percentage of the negative ones appear to be written by AI (they use similar vocabulary, make similar arguments, and are structured like ChatGTP usually structures responses), and they're mostly posted by accounts that have never reviewed another movie. Those are hallmarks of "review-bombing" rather than legitimate critical reviews.

That's why it's better to have a handful of specific reviewers whose idiosyncrasies you can grow to know. Even if you don't always agree with their outlook, if they can articulate the specifics of what they dislike (and especially if they can do so non-politically), they're still useful.

One of mine is a woman who usually likes everything. If she says something is bad...it's bad. She says the first 20 minutes of Snow White is awful, then gets tolerable after that.

 

[FireDragon76]

“The weekend was even worse for other movies.”

"It's the economy, stupid". People are probably tightening their belts and cutting out luxuries and entertainment in expectation of an economic downturn.

 

[Pommer]

There’s no sexual assault in Snow White.

From what I remember the Bonnie Prince thought that he was kissing a corpse, which is equally disturbing.

 

[The Liturgist]

From what I remember the Bonnie Prince thought that he was kissing a corpse, which is equally disturbing.

Eastern Orthodox Christians, along with Byzantine Rite Catholics and Oriental Orthodox Christians and indeed other Eastern Christians kiss our loved ones before they are buried. It is called the Last Kiss. We also venerate the relics of departed saints, by kissing them. There is nothing disturbing or perverse about this practice, and the idea of such is terribly offensive to the second largest and most persecuted group of Christians in the world.

I myself have venerated the skull of a great saint and hesychast, and it was one of the most profound moments of my life, and the suggestion that this is somehow wrong or disturbing is incredibly offensive. When I die, my relatives will kiss my cheek one last time. Are they to be accused of immorality?

 

[iluvatar5150]

From what I remember the Bonnie Prince thought that he was kissing a corpse, which is equally disturbing.

Now that I think about it, it’s also odd that the definition of “love” that can break such a curse is so loose that it can be met by a complete stranger who did nothing but go out and kiss a corpse.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

lol, I legit can't tell if you're serious or not. I haven't seen Pinnochio in years, so I won't comment on that one, but there's nothing at all "Christian" about Snow White, Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty, unless Princess Charming is somehow a metaphor for Christ and the hapless princesses the (occasionally underaged) Bride of Christ.

Witchcraft, magic, dragons, it's almost as Satanic as Harry Potter.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Witchcraft, magic, dragons, it's almost as Satanic as Harry Potter.

Princess Aurora was also underage and, in the original cartoon, her FIL-to-be (King Hubert?) is very interested in her and his somewhat-older son getting down to business IYKWIM.