There have been two recent films based on the Snow White story. I write this afternoon about the more serious film, titled Snow White and the Huntsman.
I guess there were other known actors in it but the performance you will remember is that of Charlize Theron. She is the beautiful, scary-as-hell powerful witch - Queen Ravenna.
This story is not played for laughs, although it is set in a time and place where magic works and cute fairies inhabit an Eden-like place called Sanctuary and ride on the backs of bunnies and magpies.
The casting of Snow White herself was weak, although the actress playing her does an okay job. I can't believe a magic mirror would find her more attractive than Theron's Ravenna. A nicer person certainly, but not "fairer."
A favorite scene is the funeral of one of the dwarves, where a haunting dirge called "Gone" is sung. I like the dwarves played as ruffians, as they are here. The special effects are very well done too.
