{"id":3239,"date":"2012-06-24T16:32:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2012-06-24T16:32:05","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T23:32:05","slug":"mirror-mirror-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=3239","title":{"rendered":"Mirror Mirror Available on Blu-ray\/DVD June 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cMirror Mirror\u201d is the latest retelling of the Snow White fairy tale that tries desperately to mix High Fantasy, comedy and whimsy. The chemistry unfortunately doesn\u2019t work and the end result is one of the most bizarre children\u2019s films since Robert Altman took a warped crack at \u201cPopeye\u201d.<\/p>\n

This kiddie flick is loaded with slapstick and cartoon sound effects fused with over-the-top performances that border on obnoxious. The greatest offender is Julia Roberts who appears to be having a hoot being witchy as the (sort of) Evil Queen. The act is never believable and you can\u2019t help but realize that you are watching Julia Roberts, the actress, parade around in several ornate costumes pretending to be wicked. It reminded me of last year\u2019s Cameron Diaz debacle, \u201cBad Teacher,\u201d where you are supposed to be entertained out of your shorts because Miss Diaz is saying curse words. Not going to happen.<\/p>\n

You know the story so let\u2019s make the synopsis brief. Snow White (Lily Collins) is a lovely, milky skinned princess that lives in a castle with her evil stepmother, the aforementioned dread Queen. White\u2019s father has been dead for some time now and the kingdom has been decimated by the Queen\u2019s lavish lifestyle choices.
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\nThere is a handsome Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer) who visits the castle, looking for adventure. He finds Snow to be ever so enchanting and falls immediately but the Queen wants him for her own and orders the young princess dead. She is trotted out to the woods by the bumbling Brighton (Nathan Lane) who doesn\u2019t kill her, of course, and takes back fake organs and you know the rest. And there are seven dwarves, all with new and uninteresting names, and they all work together to defeat the awful Queen.<\/p>\n

One of the many things going against \u201cMirror Mirror\u201d is the flood of Snow White projects hitting Hollywood. With \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u201d already on the TV every Sunday, the direct-to-video release of the animated \u201cGrimm\u2019s Snow White\u201d and the upcoming \u201cSnow White and the Huntsman,\u201d I am already suffering from Fairy Tale Fatigue. \u201cMirror Mirror\u201d will be hurt by the fact that the \u201cHuntsman\u201d project is much more anticipated and actually is enjoying a good buzz the streets. The fact that Nathan Lane is the faux assassin here while \u201cHuntsman\u201d has Chris Hemsworth (\u201cThor\u201d) to do its dirty work is a fantastic living symbol of the differences between the two projects. (Sorry, Mr. Lane. I do love you.)<\/p>\n

\u201cMirror, Mirror\u201d was directed by the visual auteur Tarsem Singh and the film oozes his style from the elaborate costumes to the detailed sets. He is a true marvel at creating vivid world and this film is absolutely gorgeous. The Indian filmmaker gives the classic tale a decidedly Bollywood feel (it even ends with a grand dance number) but the spin gives the entire project an awkward feel.<\/p>\n

The cast is game and the dwarves have a few cute moments. Miss Collins has few wooden moments (Maybe they should have cast her in \u201cPinocchio\u201d!!! Get it?…sorry) but she sure reminds one of a young Audrey Hepburn at a few angles. But nothing can really save it and we can chalk this on up as \u201cfor the wee ones only.\u201d
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\nOne last thing: In the middle of the film the Prince decides to go in the forest to find some bandits and leaves the castle. Then we go to Snow and the dwarves as we see- through montage- Snow learning how to kick ass (balancing on a large stone, sword fighting, trying on clothes). As the montage wears on, Snow gets better and better at these tasks as per the text book. The montage ends and one can presume that a substantial time has pasted but then we see the handsome Prince enter the forest. Meaning the entire montage covered a span of about an hour!!!!Making it the Stupidest Montage in the History of Cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMirror Mirror\u201d is the latest retelling of the Snow White fairy tale that tries desperately to mix High Fantasy, comedy and whimsy. The chemistry unfortunately doesn\u2019t work and the end result is one of the most bizarre children\u2019s films since Robert Altman took a warped crack at \u201cPopeye\u201d. This kiddie flick is loaded with slapstick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1808,11135,14042,19594],"class_list":["post-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dvdblu-ray-reviews","tag-armie-hammer","tag-julia-roberts","tag-mirror-mirror-review","tag-tarsem"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}