With “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs” being Walt Disney’s first animated princess movie, you would think the new live-action movie “Snow White” might hold up to its beloved reputation.

Having over 80 years and unimaginable talent to perfect the plot and adjust the themes to fit the new age of society, the filmmakers completely missed the mark and instead confused viewers with the way they interpreted the film. 

Not only was the film extremely sappy, I felt that it was a massive failure of an attempt to please its viewers. It was obvious to me they put the opinions of the public over any real creative choices for the film. 

The immense use of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) really takes you out of the illusion of a false reality, magnifying the inauthenticity of the whole film. The hyper-realism they attempted to achieve with the seven dwarfs in specific, seemed spurious and awkward. 

While we all know the original story of Snow White, pushing creative boundaries of what people expect could have been a unique way of connecting with viewers and fans of the movie. 

The entire film felt very cut and dry, due to them already having an entire plot handed to them. They didn’t need to use their minds or put an ounce of effort into sparking creativity into the storyline even though it might have made for a more entertaining story. They ran with an old idea and the slight changes to the plot they did make, were lazy and made no sense. For example how Johnathan (Snow White’s supposed true love) was not a prince and had met Snow White for about five minutes before falling instantly in love sharing zero chemistry. For me it was extremely confusing. 

Not to mention the movie had a budget of over $200 million. To allow the costumes to look like something you would find at a Spirit Halloween is unprofessional to say the least. Not only did the costumes look cheap, the set design was poorly made. It felt a little bit like a play a high school would put on. 

While the filmmakers tried so hard not to be offensive, they forgot to make anything about this movie memorable. Watching the most dull performances from Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot might have been the most uncomfortable part of the whole film for me. Though the singing from both parties was objectively exceptional, there was a huge lack of soul in this movie that their singing alone was incapable of saving. 

The fairytale that is the story of Snow White is a big part of plentiful childhood memories. Being able to capture the essence and the fantasy of an original Disney movie was something that I think was brushed aside to focus on building a “safe” movie that wouldn’t leave people questioning Disney’s morals or politics. I found it difficult to sit and watch a movie with such prior inspiration and power disintegrated into speckles of nothing but a cash grab for filmmakers to profit off of by killing the unique flair of a Disney princess movie.