William Colvin, News.com.au, reports
MIRROR, mirror on the wall, which will be the fairest Snow White movie of... 2012?
Two movie versions of the classic fairytale are set to go head-to-head, with Snow White and The Huntsman and Mirror, Mirror vying for box office supremacy.
The trailers for both films, have hit the net and already YouTube fans are fighting over which one will reign supreme. Sharp loyalties have formed on either side, months before the films have even been released.
Snow White and The Huntsman looks like a dark and gritty interpretation with Kristen Stewart playing Snow as a brooding, armour-clad warrior-princess. Charlize Theron stars as the chillingly evil Queen, and Australian Chris Hemsworth is sure to win hearts as the rough, tough, and completely hunky Huntsman.
Over a heavy electronic score that echoes Inception, we’re shown scenes of warfare, murder, mayhem, and even one where Theron’s Queen baths in what looks like thickened cream after eating a woman’s soul.
Mirror, Mirror’s trailer, on the other hand, is a much more light-hearted and colourful affair.
The clip kicks off with a Bollywood-style dance routine to introduce an altogether spunkier Snow White as played by Lily Collins (daughter of Genesis drummer Phil Collins).
Julia Roberts’ character is less evil Queen and more insecure, wise-cracking step-mother, sparking off Nathan Lane as her pantaloon-wearing, bumbling side-kick.
Showdowns between similarly-themed Hollywood blockbusters are becoming a staple of modern cinema.
We saw it in 1998 with Deep Impact and Armageddon. Then there was Antz and A Bugs Life, and earlier this year we even had No Strings Attached facing off with Friends With Benefits.
So when they both finally hit the cinemas, it could either be an epic confrontation - "The Battle Of The Fourteen Dwarves" - or a very long snooze, with no poisoned apple required.
MIRROR, mirror on the wall, which will be the fairest Snow White movie of... 2012?
Two movie versions of the classic fairytale are set to go head-to-head, with Snow White and The Huntsman and Mirror, Mirror vying for box office supremacy.
The trailers for both films, have hit the net and already YouTube fans are fighting over which one will reign supreme. Sharp loyalties have formed on either side, months before the films have even been released.
Snow White and The Huntsman looks like a dark and gritty interpretation with Kristen Stewart playing Snow as a brooding, armour-clad warrior-princess. Charlize Theron stars as the chillingly evil Queen, and Australian Chris Hemsworth is sure to win hearts as the rough, tough, and completely hunky Huntsman.
Over a heavy electronic score that echoes Inception, we’re shown scenes of warfare, murder, mayhem, and even one where Theron’s Queen baths in what looks like thickened cream after eating a woman’s soul.
Mirror, Mirror’s trailer, on the other hand, is a much more light-hearted and colourful affair.
The clip kicks off with a Bollywood-style dance routine to introduce an altogether spunkier Snow White as played by Lily Collins (daughter of Genesis drummer Phil Collins).
Julia Roberts’ character is less evil Queen and more insecure, wise-cracking step-mother, sparking off Nathan Lane as her pantaloon-wearing, bumbling side-kick.
Showdowns between similarly-themed Hollywood blockbusters are becoming a staple of modern cinema.
We saw it in 1998 with Deep Impact and Armageddon. Then there was Antz and A Bugs Life, and earlier this year we even had No Strings Attached facing off with Friends With Benefits.
So when they both finally hit the cinemas, it could either be an epic confrontation - "The Battle Of The Fourteen Dwarves" - or a very long snooze, with no poisoned apple required.
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